Perhaps...

A digression back to the present.

Tonight, I watched the movie "Perhaps... Love". I ususally don't do chinese movies, but I'm glad I went for this one. It's beautifully filmed... a refreshing, thought-provoking take on the concept of love. A film within a film, three love stories intertwined. Jacky, Takeshi and Zhou Xun. Powerful vocals, brooding good looks and sincere acting respectively. Go ahead, hear about love.

What makes it even better is I watched this with a treasured friend. This pal, we used to be really, really close until sometime earlier this year, when there was just this gradual, mysterious silent decomposition of buddyship... Tonight actually marks the first time the two of us hanged out together again (a spontaneous decision) after more than half a yr, and I'm glad to say that the comfy feeling of closeness is magically still around. Hope she feels the same too, for I guess beneath all the differences, there are really some treasured similarities.

(off to take a call...)

And the time now is 1.48am. My frankenfish buddy just hung up after a 45min overseas chat (another spontaneous event) with me. I cannot thank Buddha enough. There are many times in my life where special people just walk in and take super care of me, when I need them bad. I thank you, each one of you - frankenfish, marly, TAG, tweeny, kae, MLL, elf, wolf, SJ, pinksmurffy, and even... jx, and everyone else who has left his/her footprints in my life. Without you (and family), I am very likely nothing.