Say ‘Good night!’ and Go

My best friend Dora came over yesterday. She arrived just after 3pm and before she even stepped into the house, we realized that there was a blackout. We sat out in the hall, while Dad kept trying to contact TNB on the ‘15454′ hotline. We had lemonade and Mum served her apam balik which she made earlier in the morning.

Dora took out her Canon EOS 300D camera and then I noticed something moving under the bench. I thought it was a bird at first, but it wasn’t hopping around. We finally realized that it was a butterfly and I quickly took her camera to snap a few photos of it. However, this butterfly did not want to cooperate. Before I could get any closer, it would fly away. This happened at least 8 times and I kept going, ‘Grrr!’ But I did finally get to snap about 4 okay photos. We went around the garden and Dora marveled at the silence. She lives near the main road and it’s always busy. I live near a cemetery.

Thirty minutes after the blackout, my Dad finally got through to TNB (decided to press ‘1′ for Malay instead of ‘2′ for English). Ten minutes later, we had the electricity back on. I went into my room to turn on my laptop while Dora dined on more apam balik. I invited her into my room and we started chatting about all sorts of stuff. We shared songs and albums, I looked at her photo album - she had lots of photos taken during her trip in Los Angeles / Claremont. I saw video clips of sea lions on the beach, on the wharf…it was so exciting just listening to them bark. =) She even went to the Monterrey Bay Aquarium. I saw a clip of her snapping photos of the jellyfish, which I noticed were swimming upside down. Why is that?

I showed her some of my photos too. Time seemed to speed up and before we knew it, it was getting dark. Dora’s mum called to see how she was, too. So, after 5 hours, she took her leave. We promised to meet up more often and I told her that the next time I came to crash at her place, I’d bring along lots of Mamee instant noodles.

One great thing about having a best friend is that no matter how long it’s been since we’ve last seen each other, we always pick up where we left off. There’s no awkward silence, we just yak away happily! I have known other friends for much longer, but it’s not the same. I feel intimidated by them (i.e. anything I say might be taken as strange or inappropriate). With Dora, anything goes. Yaay!

Thank you for the fun afternoon, Dora! I had a great time and I wished there were more hours in the day. Next time!

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