Chronicles of the Smelly, the Devil and the 50cents

today was the day that i nearly laughed my guts out. today was the day that i laughed till my cheeks went sore. today was the day i laughed, like there is no tomorrow.

Thanks Jing, Ethel and Davy (smelly, devil & 50cents) for being my motley crew. Like jing said, friends within my evoke set.

I can't seem to put a finger behind the antecedent for my sheer happiness today. Perhaps its that sense of relief that my presentation is over. But I doubt it, given I have one more essay to go. Rather, I believe that being far away from home, even more distant from your loved ones, the close friends that you develop here (not the transient ones though) will be your source of comfort.

So I am happy, even though much of our laughter today stems from the expense of the other. Sick jokes, Dirty ones ( especially from Jing), etc. It was as though a laughter was on sale and we bought it wholesale.

But to add to all the highs, the lows come crashing you down. For I know graduation will eventually lead to separation. So like everything in life, every ending seems to be bittersweet. But i take heart in knowing that these are the friends who brings out the youth in me, despite me being at a grand age of (drumroll please) 26.

Handsome, Devil, Smelly and 50 cents

Somehow you me and them

Somehow us and we

Somehow tomorrow holds it all

Somehow parting it will be

Certain laughs bring us joy

Certain in both you and me

Certain time will keep its march

Certain friends we will be

(Rahman, 2006)