Rice??

I know this is kind of weird (3 posts in one day), but i just thought that this was such an interesting comment for the previous post, that i decided to reply it as a new post rather than as a comment.

"hmmm .... friends... a topic we always ponder upon....then can u tell me why years of friendship between 'us' could never brings us closer,.... it juz stopped to a point.. of maybe respecting each other... but never to the point of sharing the 'sadness'..... how some of us chose 'outsider' as 'sis n bro' when in fact around us are friend who have been through hell n heaven with us since our childhood.... "



friends - as simple as the word sounds, it is actually a very complex terminology, one which different individuals interprate and practice differently on the surface, but with each and everyone having the same interest at heart. To some, respect is not an important element, so to say. ever heard the the saying "ur only good friends if u have a cupboard full of his/her things yet to be returned". now tell me, where is the respect in that, keeping someone else's stuffs like that? and again, tell me, would u do that to someone u just got to know yesterday? friendship is a relationship that takes years to build up, that strengthens with time, to a certain stage where you can practically slap him on the head and he'll just laugh and slap you back - all in good will.
"outsiders" and "sisters" and "brothers" are just terms brought into lives by the individial's self to "spice" things up, to add new things in life - not saying they're unnecessary or irrelevant or unimportant.

An analogy? Rice is, generally, the staple food of Asians. It's something we can't live without. And yet people eat it with "lauk" - fish, vege, chicken, etc. Why? why so many "pattern", when rice is the main thing? why can't we just eat rice and only rice? Because all the other side dish complements rice, gives food a variety of taste, exciting ur buds daily - but don't forget, it's basically rice. But then, when compliments are given, it's always to the "lauk", rarely the rice. Do people realize, however, that in every meal, rice is always present, whereas the "lauk" changes. No matter how "unappreciated", it's always there. I'll leave the interpretation to u, and hopefully you understand what i'm saying. Sometimes, or maybe most of the times, the most vital things in life are often deprived of respect - but this doesnt mean that it is any less than what it actually is.

So, no matter how "stale" the friendship has gone, when the need arises, whether expected or not, u will see, then, how the "old kindered fires" burn again with a heat that surpasses all other. Friends stick by u, whether u realize it or not.