Live Well ~ Laugh Often ~ Love Much

That was the famous quote from the Scottish poet, Robert Burns, in which I believe almost every kid who speaks English would know the tune to the famous childhood song.

Of late, I’ve been trying my best to practice how to truly appreciate any friendship that I have. Even the long forgotten ones, friends whom I have been acquainted to in the yesteryears.

So, two days ago, I was searching for some of my old friends and after I googled some names, I found some info of a very old friend of mine, W. However, he’s now called Dr. W, a certified Vet in Serdang (a place near mine). The problem was I only had an address with no phone number.

I made up my mind to look for him and yesterday, I gathered my guts to find someone whom I had not seen for 10 years. It was pretty scary and yet exciting.

Well, the story didn’t end well. To cut things short, I went through a massive traffic jam on the way, worried that my car would spurt and die because it was seriously running out of fuel . After I finally got out from the jam, I was totally flabbergasted.

Serdang was a huge area and what’s worse, the roads were so confusing! I kept asking for directions but nobody knew the place I was looking for. Anyway, while I was frantically looking for the place, I nearly had an accident. The lady in the other car actually decided to come out from the junction when my car was actually speeding along the main road. If it weren’t for the slamming of the brakes, I would have banged her car. I nearly had a seizure!!! Man! I really don’t know how she got her license.

Okay, back to my search for Dr. W.

After the near collision, I proceeded in the long, winding and confusing roads of Serdang. I should say, I was sorta lost in a maze for some 2 hours before I finally found the place. Whoa! I was so excited and happy when I found the right street.

Nevertheless, my triumph was short lived.

What I saw was just an empty house with overgrown weeds in the garden. My spirits plummeted drastically and I headed home with disappointment. All the effort and that’s all I found.

Lesson Learnt? Next time, get a Street Map. It could be handy and help save lots of time.

Er…Seriously, I was disappointed for not able to find my old friend, Dr. W. I knew that the info I found on the Internet was 2 years old but I had hoped that he still lived there. Anyhow, I had given lots of effort and risked my life (well, sorta) to look for an old friend. That’s the least I could do from my part of friendship.

I don’t know when or where shall I see my friend again, but I’m really glad that I had not forgotten this friend.

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