'Farewell'

While thinking of my friends who will be leaving me when summer comes and also what to scribe about them, my mind suddenly soars to an old saying by Richard Bard: "Don't be dismayed about goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again after moments of lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends."

Indeed, this month has been quite a 'nostalgic' month for me - bidding farewells to lovely friends that I had crossed path in this Land of Sindbad. Well, :( to see them leave but :) for them to see new places. A few will go back to their home-sweet-home but many will be going to other places including another desert posting, or to cool places full of cherry blossoms and some to the land fully covered by snow during winter.

Since school holidays start in mid June, most of my friends are packing their belongings after their spouses finished their tour of duty in this beautiful and hospitable country for their lovely homelands and some will cross post to another missions. Indeed, this is the life of a DS. We are used to pack and re-pack although it is an hectic 'job' to load and re-load our wardrobes and the kitchen cabinets :D 

At the same time, we are getting used to bid farewell  to old friends in one place, and soon after we are being welcome by new friends in another place! We kissed, we hugged and we waved to each other. Next, we shake hands with another and pretty soon the cycle continues and repeats itself.  We  are always on the move where in general we only stay in one place more or less about three to four years. Then we have to be prepared again to pack and re-pack!

In our new posting place or back to our homeland, our life re-cycle again except this time, we are getting older, getting bigger in size for some, getting wiser for most, and most of all with lesser children or none at all to be tagged along. They no longer kids but teenagers and adult, thus gone to colleges or the universities, or some even have their own marriage life :)

But the best part is we have more friends. Perhaps more than others. It is because we keep on making new friends at the new places and yet, still keep in contact eyes to eyes or virtually via emails, FB and other means of communications with the old friends whom we have left behind us. 

So, my dear BFF, although we have to bid you farewell today, but I am sure with the Al Mighty's will and grace, we will cross path again someday and somewhere. By then, some of us will wear glasses instead of contact lenses, less mascara and subtle makeup, prefering short and managable silver hair crowning our heads instead of the long curly blonde hairdo and wearing shorter heels instead of the 5 inch stiletto. 

Whatever we will be by then, Fair You Well for now, Dearest Friends. But, I shall always pray for your good health and well being. Also I always believe that   wherever we are, never forget our friends even though just in thoughts as stated in the lyric of a song which I am now humming - "You're always on my mind, You're always on my mind."

My BFF - AJ & LF

Farewell Brunch to AJ & LF @Paul, MGM