How Long Does It Take To Make A Friend?

It's not easy to find good friends.

When I say good friends, I don't mean classmates. Nor colleagues. Not lab partners, either.

No. When I say good friends, I mean friends who call you when they're in trouble. Friends who complain about that stupid teacher you had with you. Friends with whom you get stick in the crowded KTM train with. The kind of friends who make any sort of boring activities interesting. Those with whom you couldn't help but talk non-stop and end up getting sore throat for the next two days.

And yes, they don't come by that easily.

I spent five whole years in primary school. At first I thought I did well - I had people to play with every recess, and I was even invited to birthday parties. But then I skipped one year ahead of my peers, and boom! I had to start from scratch.

I found someone to whom I chat with non-stop for 6 hours straight at school when I went to secondary school. So imagine the disappointment when I couldn't find his name in my class's name list one day.

I then finally joined a clique, which made my final years in secondary school my most enjoyable ones yet. But SPM came and went, and before too long, the five of us were shredded all over the world.

Two years in college - it was in the second year that someone finally saw me as his best buddy. A little too late, to be honest, for we were no longer coursemates few months later.

Now in university, things are going to be harder. I'm spending my first university year as a freshman in a Malaysian private university. Then I'm going to UK for my second year. Before I can probably adjust myself to a whole new country, I'll be back home for my third year.

Things are gonna be interesting. I'm not sure how many mates I'll meet for these three years. I will be enjoying myself, though - friends are still friends, however far apart.