Cow (of cos not his real name) is one of my very best mates in my little life. He had just came to visit me amids all my crazy assignments. How delighted am I to finally see him after such a long time! He's still the same old cow that I knew. Well, maybe wiser, older, but still the same Cow... Crazy, corny and have always been pretty much a perfectionist and idealist.

I am really happy to finally have someone who is willing to go crazy with me. I haven't had anyone to do that with for a long while. Someone to enjoy the sun in the outdoors and talk about life plainly. Someone to chat about the good old times and have a cup of cocoa under the stars while braving the wind.

Although Cow had specifically told me that he wants the hills and water, everything that we did this weekend was all in the spur of a moment. We called Leigh up and the very next day, we're out buswalking up the 1,270m (~4,000 feet) Mt Wellington. The day started nice and sunny, then it began to get kind of wet, but it didn't dampen our high spirit at all. As we're in good company. And we are just simply enjoying every moment of it. It felt like all our troubles have suddenly gone beyond the clouds.

After conquering the hill, we went to the weekend market and had lunch at the waterfront. Then salad came to mind, so we went grocery shopping and walked home to make our salad. We had such a great day that we just slept in and only woke up at midnight. We took a while to decide on what to cook, but everything that we had for dinner that 'morning' was beautiful. In cow's own words: 'Such comfort food... It's sooo yummy!' :-P

There's absolutely no reason to rush things. Why rush to embrace simplicity? Thus, we started our day late today. We went to Mummy's for brunch, but somehow, it felt incomplete. So we called for a cab and headed for Long Beach where we took a nice walk by the waves and bought some pizzas from the Sandy Bay Wood Fire Pizza place.


I don't get why good things must come to an end, but I do understand how good times always flies.. Cow left this evening, but I'm very certain that despite the distance, our friendship will remain ever stong and that we'll meet again in no time - more good times to come, good things do not need an end! It is truely a blessing to have a wonderful friend like Cow. And such a joy that I don't have to pretend, or be wary of my language when I talk to him. I can wake up with hair all messy and still feel fine to be seen that way. I'm grateful for these special people in my life...

And I hope that I had been a good blessing to him too. That he had found peace during his stay here. Discovered joy in the simple things again. Uncovered his passions, realised his true callings and had sorted his directions that he wish to persue... In all the craziness that life throws at us, I'm elated that we had paused time and had embraced a moment together.


This one's for you, Cow! Take Care... And keep smiling!

"A good friend is a connection to life - a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world." ~ Lois Wyse