Hanging Out

This post looks outdated because it was written on 9th Sept 2004. Took a look at my drafts folder and felt it was the right time to post this today. Maybe because I just watched [url=http://www.collateral-themovie.com]Collateral[/url] yesterday


My chum Rina and me


I didn't know I was experiencing some symptoms of a disease that is quite the opposite of verbal diarrhea. That is, until I called Rina up a few nights ago to ask her come out to watch a movie with a guy friend.

Me: Hey, are you interested in watching that Tom Cruise movie?
She: I have no car leh.
Me: It's ok, I can fetch you wan.
She: Dunno lah... just don't feel like watching movies.
Me: Welll, you know what ah...
She: Aha! I knew it!!!
Me: What? What? What did I say??
She: There's something on your mind.
Me: But... but... how did you know?
She: I know you... When you say, "You know what?" it usually means there's something on your mind and you absolutely need to share it.

It was then that I realised that she was absolutely right. It's been months since we hung out with each other - just the two of us. There was so much to share with her that I suddenly felt that if we do not meet, my mind would literally explode.

"You know what?" I said again (naturally, because I do indeed have tons in my mind to share with her). "Let's meet up tonite."

"What about the movie and your friend?"

"We haven't confirmed anything yet. We'll all go some other time. Tom Cruise will always be there but it's rare for us to have a mutually free time together."

"Ok!" The way she said it sounded like she had tons to share with me, too. Absolute coolness!

So I ended up meeting with Rina instead. And had an absolute blast of a time compared to watching Tom Cruise being an assassin.

I mean, girl chums can be so much better than the best of guy/boy friends. I feel that no one can understand me as well as a girl can. Of course I don't mean every Thomasina, Delilah and Harriet can be a girl's best friend. She must be:

someone of the same wavelength

a safe person that you can be real with and vice versa

someone who would not judge you and whom you can just hang loose with

We chatted and chatted and chatted without any barriers.
We laughed and laughed and laughed.
We are amazed again and again at how very similar we are.
And we had a shock when we checked the watch - it was already waaaay past midnight.
On a weeknight.

Time sure flies when you are having fun.

We parted ways and feeling loads lighter at mind and heart. Boy, did it ever feel so good to unload to someone who totally understands you!

Whereas if I were to watch [url=http://www.collateral-themovie.com]Collateral[/url], I would have ended the night bemoaning the fact that Tom Cruise played a baddie's role, and played it so convincingly, too.

I guess what I wanted to say is, one good chum like Rina is worth 10 of cutey pie Tom Cruise's movies.

'Nuff said