Saturday, November 05, 2005
I decided to try out the new heels. Its leather. For some reason I have uber long second toes. So much so a blister erupted. I was worried I may toppl initially. Eh try treading on a 4inch heel la! So clever. Besides the downside, there's the upside as well! Its nice, feminine and well suited!
Just I'm wondering how am I ever going to shake all those fatty booty in those wriggly wirthering heels when I go clubbing?
Alvin smsed. It out of the blue. Remember how he loves to play hide-and-seek with me? Lately he's been pretty present. I wont say he's up to something. He's not unpleasant company. But we've run out of things to say. He's not willing to share my life after him. Neither am I interested in hokkien AhBengs. Is that what they say about the Distance?
Maybe we werent exactly communicating that well from the beginning. But he & I are vastly different individuals. He thinks its so cool sprouting vulgarities in an MRT loudly while I cringe into a corner & avoid all eye contact. Its like day & night. Not to mention his marriage to games.
That aside, I can see he changed. Quite significantly I may say. Previously he was all bravado and empty shell. Now, he's learnt to accept my life, however slightly, and attempt to right me from wrong. He even agreed to coming all down east for a movie. Well, I mean you may expect that since he initiated it. Yet, it would have been a "cant we meet in orchard?" of the old Alvin. & this time round, he didnt grumble even when I asked to postpone it. Instead, he arranged for another day.
Maybe NS letter does wonders. But not to that extent surely. He doesnt remind me of Alvin anymore. Not the Alvin I know. That Alvin would have bulked at the idea of watching chick flicks, criticise all western and talk nonsense. Nonsense still comes out from his mouth occasionally. But not that much. He used to stinge and launch into his expensive movie tickets talk. Just that day, he actually told me to go to a movie! Seriously, what has changed!
When he was still hogging the games, I was always the 2nd place. I waited by arcades for him to finish his machines. I walked around malls moping for him to be done with Initial D. I sat at cafes wishing he wasnt tied to his games. I'm not out with him yet for now, but I am sure its not going to be that way anymore. Oh I dont know. Maybe he wont turn out that good as well?
The thing is, he even booked me for a neoprint OMG! He may tell me I'm lame for insisting on a particular machine at a specific mall. But he agreed nonetheless when e old Alvin would have said its a waste of time. What changed??
We were happily chatting the night before.
It is a phenomenom for him I tell you! His conversation used to be cramped of his tactics, peppered with "how's ur day?". Its all the "do you rememeber" that night.
Frankly, I DO remember. I remember all the waits, despair, frustration and anguish. I recall all the complains, profanities and shouting. I think of the things he put me through and I'm glad I pulled out when I did.
I was glad. I am glad. Till I realised I was wrong about him all along. I used to accuse him of not being there for me. I used to say he was the pits. But as the night progressed into wee hours, I realised he was there all along! He was there when I was still the innocent silly girl. He was there when I became part of the flesh trade. He's still here when I'm happily attached to another.
His memory of me surprised even me! We discovered all our changes that night. From being virtual friends to real friends, from real friends to bitter resentment. Actually, the resentment's on my part. He did so many things I forgot it even existed. He chatted on the phone with my mom once. He ran to get me plasters when the new shoes bite me once. He kept me laughing when there's nothing funny more than once. He got me to try games which I would never touch. He took me to the corpse exhibition when I mentioned it. He was fun. He was crazy. He was that and alot more and I didnt see it.
We were so bitter about each other. We were all "you you you" but never "me me me". But one thing which never fails to amaze me is the fact that we never held hands. Not even once. Well...maybe once but that's all. Throughout that period, we saw only one movie. How pathetic that is you tell me! I never regretted going off him. Just felt that it was a pity our friendship was ruined.
& it felt good to know that its not. We are still us of four years ago. We've grown and improved on the four years ago. That he was here and I didnt know. & his words of comfort just last year this time, "I'm going to India and I'll get you something. So you can look and feel I'm still the friend you know that year."
He kept his words. I'm going to fulfil my share of being his friend. & hopefully, our maturity will not pull us apart again.
8:44 PM