Friendships re-kindled

I recently re-connected with a good friend of mine (let's call her S), who I have not spoken with since I was 16. S and I were close as sisters when we were in Secondary School, we studied in the same class, were in the same ECA, and I often hung out at her place after school. However, after being posted to different junior colleges after graduation, we drifted apart and subsequently lost contact altogether.

Thanks to the wonderful Facebook, we found each other after 14 years of not talking. When S realised that I had been keeping in touch with a few of our close friends all these years, she told me that she feels embarrassed that she did not make the effort to keep in touch with us. I told her that whilst effort and maintenance do keep friendships active, friendships do die hard, and I believe that our friends are all still out there somewhere, waiting to re-connect with us!

This evening, I re-connected with another of my long-lost friend, Jasmine. Jasmine and I have also not met since Secondary School, and we found each other through Facebook too. Jasmine also happens to be colleagues with my JC buddy Shuying. The 2 ladies met me after work (yes, these poor things had to go back to the office on Saturday!) for dinner at Kim Gary Hong Kong Cafe at VivoCity. Here's a look at what we had :

I had a refreshing Longan Aloe Vera drink.

Jasmine and I had the spicy typhoon shelter style noodles with pork chop. Being the chilli queens that we are, we each added more chilli padi to the soup, only to end up with "swollen" lips at the end of the meal!Shuying had the baked rice in cream sauce, which was served in one of those bamboo containers used for steamed dim sum. Cute!

We shared a yummy french toast - my cha chan teng staple! I love having this for supper when I am in Hong Kong.

Jasmine and I

Shuying and I

After dinner, we adjourned for drinks at Bakerzin, where I had a sinful but yummy Valrhona Chocolate with Marshmallow.

Here, we continued chatting, gossiping, and bitching like we had never ever been apart. It sure felt good that all these years of not talking had not made us strangers. We promised to meet up again and I secretly also made a resolution to do this with more friends with whom I have lost contact!