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Tbh, this is something I’d love to do anytime – but your 21st is the least creepy occasion on which I can dedicate a post to you SO HERE IT IS BITCH.

You were right, it is incredibly difficult to find a photo of just us together. This took a proper amount of ruthless cropping. BUT IT DOES NOT MATTER, because it depicts just how strange our friendship is.

And it really is strange, right down to its ambiguous beginnings. While you shared a class or a church with most of the others, our acquaintanceship was built entirely and solely on having studied in a close proximity. Although wildly dodgy in its own way, it’s one of the most, most fortunate random occurrences in my life – i mean it!

Although you think of yourself as an awkward child (ok you and everyone else), frankly you’re one of the most adaptable person i know. In an understated, non-obnoxious manner, you make anyone you speak to feel both comfortable and interested. I’m guessing it’s not often that someone describes you anything contrary to awkward, but you do really have a way with people – something i’m always grateful for because it led to our (now) 6 years of friendship (!!!). This is evident in the sheer number of close friends/cliques you have who adore you.

Thank you for being such a quietly loyal friend – like the fierce but loving pet gerbil you are. For all the times I needed someone for sound advice or to rant to. Thank you for being down-to-earth. You’re the one I can depend on to give the most unbiased counseling consistently. Also thank you for trusting me with your own troubles/tears/angst you wouldn’t have shared with anyone else.

Thank you for for being firm with us when we need it, for screwing our all-over-the-place exploding heads back on. Frankly if we were to collate how many times we feel like punching someone in the Mugs, i am pretty confident that you’d be the least punched. THANK YOU FOR TAKING ALL OUR NONSENSE.

Although our photos together are annoyingly intruded by the rest, I can remember so well the times we’ve spent just together. Sitting around at Serangoon Macs trying to study, feeling dumb under the wrath of Maran, late night sleepovers trading secrets in the dark (and my subsequent outburst and your mortification), trading eye-rolls when a Mug does something silly, experiencing God together at Awaken, and so so so much more.

All these years together and you’re now this hipster chio adorable butterfly, who’s all shades of cool that I am not. Still, you’re always there – like a bug I can’t squish. As a person you’re someone I’m in constant awe of – your stable state of mind, your maturity, your ~*style*~. As a friend you remind me of just how blessed I am – who else would sneak in a whole assortment of snacks under my bed just because I complained they cost too much?

Beni, continue being the incredible person and friend you are. I love you so, so much and can’t wait to be there cheering you on when you make it big in this world which I’m sure you will.

AI NI DUO DUO DUO <3

PS: Gong xi fa cai!