It's hard to imagine that it's been more than a decade since all 7 of us got together. Scripture Union Students' On Mission or SUSOM - more often just friends in spite of it all.
Where once we spent days on end together, the opportunity for reunion of old and very dear friends is becoming increasingly difficult. I remember lying under the moonlit skies, sharing what little food we could afford to buy and laughing as if we were made for laughter... Today, that sky is a roof we call home, food is purchased in excess, but I wonder where the laughter really went?
I still see some of the guys on the rare ocassion - Mike had the heart to buy me a cup of coffe one day after my birthday; and realise that we aren't the same seven young people who came together then... whatever it is I guess change is inevitable.
But the good thing is, we're still friends. There's no conditions attached to the joy I get from seeing each one of them. Perhaps when we meet this time, I will attest that the laughter never really went away, I just forgot where to look... Michael, Teng, Mei Yee, Ricky, Peter, Aaron and Jeffrey - somehow there's a special ring to it that makes it so special, at least for me.
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