Special effort for faraway friends
I have two friends to catch up with, both of whom have just dropped by from Hong Kong. They are from different circles so I will have to catch up with them separately. It’s an effort especially when you are normally not in the mood to go out, or when you have to move your schedule around to accomodate the visitors whose schedules are much tighter than yours.
But friends, and relatives whom I like, who are visiting from the eastern states or outside of Australia are a group of ppl whom I will always make time for. No matter how tired or uninspired I am, I will always drag myself out to meet them. And once I meet up with them, I don’t know why I would have even contemplated not coming.
Sometimes they may be apologetic for dragging me out to see them but I always say to them,
How often do you come here anyway? I can see everyone else some other time.
I feel that every minute spent together with ppl that you don’t normally see everyday is that much more special. Quality over quantity? Or is it that all the goodness of the company get condensed into the limited time that you have together, such that it becomes even more intense and enjoyable?
But don’t let the title of this post fool you - I treasure every minute that I get to spend with my favourite friends and family no matter near or far. Time and money is nothing if you don’t have ppl around whom you can share with.
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9 Responses to “Special effort for faraway friends”
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Jun 02 2006 / 8:46 pm
Here, here (or is it ‘hear, hear’?)
Nice post!
We don’t see Pascal’s family much (they live in Holland), but when we do see them (4 weeks every year usually) we make it extra special.
His brother is coming for 3 weeks in July, haven’t seen him in 2 years, it’ll be great!Btw, everytime I see the name of your blog, I think ‘beautifulness’, mooi is just such a Dutch word, used for a few different things! (Beautiful, great, nice). It’s funny! (and yes, I have read where you got the name from!)
seeyou,
Simone
p.s. I’ve added your blog to my WA Blogs link list, are you ok with that?

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Jun 02 2006 / 10:34 pm
i agree… some of my friends are working elsewhere in the world and it’s really nice to catch up with them while they are back..ALTHOUGH.. i did contemplate of not going to meet them sometimes…

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Jun 02 2006 / 11:59 pm
Haha, just the right timing for you to post this. When my cousin came to Melbourne, I basically put my daily routines to a halt. And now that he’s returned to Malaysia, I find myself picking up from the mess that I have left a few weeks ago… But I wasn’t really complaining.
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Jun 02 2006 / 11:59 pm
It really takes a lot of effort on both sides to maintain a friendship, even if he/she just lives next door!
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Jun 03 2006 / 12:25 am
Its funny how that there are some people in general would meet someone who is so far away, but at the same time, dont meet up with people who are nearer in the vicinity to them.
Maybe they feel that these people are closer, so they think that they can meet them any time they want to.
But coming back, yeah, its always wonderful to meet old friends that we havent met for a long time ago and reminisce, it always brings back the days of before, even just momentarily

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Jun 03 2006 / 3:12 am
aye, without friends, things would be a tad dull. lotsa moments that are unique to hanging out with friends - they’re just… irreplaceable and very, very precious. =)
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Jun 03 2006 / 11:41 am
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Jun 05 2006 / 7:40 pm
Sometimes going out to meet certain people feels like such an ‘obligation’ which eats me up inside with guilt, but then like you said, after the meeting, you wander off to do your thing with this strange sort of happiness and wonder why you had reservations about going in the first place!
So, yeah, its odd, but I completely agree. Heh.

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