In reply to Deb's post (because it was just waay too long :P)

You know, deb, your post gave me this warm, funny, nice feeling like a little pot of contentment in my tummy everytime i re-read the last two paras. like as if i just drank my mom's scaldingly hot home-made soup.

it is the first time that ive felt this way towards my computer screen, the same way i do with a book. and im glad you wrote this deb, a slightly deeper insight on the deb i think i may know, but probably dont (at least fully?).

there are a few people in the world i feel a peculiar way towards, and most of them have, at least in a point of time in my life, been best friends. some, just to mention, are jing xin, jacq, dawn and my mum, and of course several others (no one wants to read a long list haha.)

its the feeling that no matter whether or not people believe in them, whether the world believes in them, or maybe even if they believe in themselves of not, i will, and do. because theres something just so special and heartwarmingly beautiful about these people in my life, who despite worldly labels, have managed to embody and personify what "life" means-- the often intangible, immaterial, yet most overlooked characteristics in the world. things like a steadfast moral conscience, or even being an ever-optimist(which, if you think about it, is nigh impossible?!).

such individuality IS hard to find, especially individuality that isnt based on wanting individuality itself. and often it is the former type of individuality that succeeds in the end; succeeds not only materially, but also in understanding and accepting the true meaning of life.

im always more than glad to know these people-- in fact, i feel grateful simply because they act as pillars of support in a world that is often blinded by the superficial. and guess what!

you are special too dear. you really are. more than i think you give yourself credit for, more than you ever will understand. not that i do. but its people like you and all the others that ive mentioned, and more, that see beyond the physical (and often flawed) reality of the world; envisioning in its place a better, more intrinsically beautiful world that Mankind is always fighting to achieve-- sometimes in all the wrong ways.

and i hope, i always do, that i'd prove myself worthy of having your (in plural!) acquaintances by being the wildflower-- nothing mysterious, alluring or sexily beautiful, but something which lasts a little longer than all the others do.