Up-close and Personal

Assalamualaikum

Ada masanya saya rasa kawan itu tak pernah dan tak mungkin akan jadi seperti keluarga kita. No matter how bff you claim you two are. No matter how just-like-sisters/brothers/siblings you claim you two are. Pada saya yang tinggal jauh dengan keluarga dan dekat dengan kawan-kawan, ya saya rasa kawan itu sangat dekat dengan saya. To the point that saya tak suka strangers buat tak elok pada kawan-kawan saya. Ya, saya sayang kawan saya. Tapi keluarga is in different league.

Saya jauh dari keluarga. And everytime saya balik cuti, I just can't wait to return to the comfort of my friends over here. Tapi saya masih tetap rasa kawan itu tak macam keluarga. Family accepts you as you are. Friends do too. Tapi entah kenapa tak sama. Takde justifikasi. Saya cuma rasa tak sama =p

Beberapa ketika dahulu, waktu saya check notification facebook, ada random question from friend exposed applications. Bertanya Which would you pick : A million dollars or a million friends. Saya instinctively jawab a million dollars :D. You can never have that many friends. Tengok dalam live kamu sekarang berapa banyak kawan yang kamu ada. Always ada tambahan tapi pun ada berkurangan. Always there are strangers that become your new friends and old friends that become strangers. Point is you can never keep up with a million friend. The affections can never be the same. Better get the million dollars and make the friends and people you have around you happy with it. I am just being realistic here.