If you are going to befriend someone, you should really understand them, right? Yet so many flitter around with BFFs who know nothing about each other.

My Dictionary.
F.
Friend: one who you can get naked in front of, crash at their house ANY TIME, kiss (either on the cheeks or lips) without it meaning anything and fart in front of.

“Attention passengers, calling Singapore Airlines Flight SG81 to Fuzhou, China. We now invite all passengers to make their way through immigration in preparation for boarding.”

Just hours from a one-way departure, ten friends surrounded me. Ten.

They brought me glasses of water when I spewed. They cooked for me after a long day at work. They took me to the doctor when I didn’t have the strength. They ran their fingers through my hair.

But I couldn’t see any of them.

Apparently, a broken heart affects vision.

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