just came back from a barbeque
(yes, yet another one. haha)
at fionns place.
the usual gang was there and we talked, laughed, ate and...buffed our nails.
ok, this may sound weird.
JACLYN BUFFING HER NAILS?!
ok, not really, amirul did it for me.
and he also did it for wei rong.
pfft! whatever la. (my nails are shinier, tay wei rong!)
quite crap.
and i helped junliang buff his nails too. haha! hes a converted metrosexual now!
stared at zairils three stitches and played dai di.
blah blah blah, now lets fast forward to the best part.
vanessa baked a cake for evonne!
and it was delicious! (albeit the fact that it was a little hard)
and when evonne saw the cake, she nearly cried and i was really touched by what vanessa did.
because, if you know vanessa, you will never in a million years thought she could actually bake, let alone bake for friends and face food poisoning charges.
(she claimed that she just followed the home econs recipe. sure annot?)
it was really delicious anyway.
TRIPLE layered with white icing and chocolate rice spelling out "2F loves evonne".
although the icing application was smudgy, it was really fantastic.
wish i had a picture of it.
really a kodak moment.

and as we were walking out of the condo place, amiruls eyes were watery and i guessed he was crying a little.
then, realization hit me.
as i was walking to the mrt station with vanessa, i imagined evonne walking through the departure gates, out of the country, out of my life.
and i wanted to break down.
but i can only imagine what amirul is going through.
his has got to be hell on earth. imagine your loved one being snatched away, forced to be practically worlds apart by cruel fate.
and all one can do is just to comfort him.
sad indeed.
but of course i also have my share of memories with evonne.
like the time we skipped out on the maths bridging course together to sleep in.
the time i spent a week at her house.
the time she taught me how to rollerblade.
the nights we spent gossiping and playing dai di.
the night she helped me with erm, some problems.
the night we ordered in mcdonalds for the first time.
the night we almost killed ourselves by accidentally leaving the gas tap on. (that was funny.)
the times she would let my secrets out accidentally.
the time she taught me how to play wonderwall on the guitar.
the time she got me hooked on holiday by greenday.
the time i composed a 22 stanza poem just for her.
i will always remember them all.
and i'll remember them fondly.
(except for the letting out secrets accidentally times.)

and i know that i will always miss her.
and i'll always wear the friendship band that fionn made for us.
fionn-blue
vanessa-purple
evonne-green
mine-red
that is the symbol of all the times we shared and the bond which was once and maybe forever.