1999 was anything but good for me. Through those hard times, one of the most important things in my life was friendship. Over the years I’ve had some truly great friends, most of which have parted with me, but for the most part, they were good to me while it lasted. Hopefully I’ll better myself enough to deserve a good friend that will stand by me in the future. For now I'll pay homage to those who have had a significant influence on my life this far.
Ivonne
Probably the best friend I have in theory. We know each other better than anyone else does, in some respects, we know each other better than we know ourselves. We happen to live in different countries now, so we don’t get to talk very often and we see each other even less.
Joyce
She was a truly great friend while it lasted. Ironically, we only became friends out of error. I had needed someone to talk to one day and the person that I was going to talk to wasn’t around and Joyce was, the rest they say is history. Circumstances eventually caused us to part ways. In the past few months we have become casual acquaintances through school. We'll never have the same level of friendship that we once had, but no matter what I will always feel a special bond to her.
Gloria
I’m not even quite sure what happened to our friendship, but like Joyce she was there for me during a particularly painful part of my life. Including a drunken night of crying uncontrollably in her arms. My contact with her now is minimal at best, but not a day goes by that I don’t wish her well.
Steve & Hannah
They come as a package deal. When I had reached the end of my rope and I was strung out on anti-depressants and so close to ending it all, they were there for me. As a matter of fact, they were the only ones there for me and at the time, they didn’t even really know me. I’ve known Steve my entire life, but I hadn’t actually spoken to him until 1999. We were from two different groups that never connected. I’m glad that I found him and Hannah when I did. They are pretty well the only people that I feel that I can still rely on.
Wallace
I don’t really know what I can say about Wallace. One of the most intelligent and humorous guys that I’ve ever known. At the beginning of the 1998 school year, I was going through some things at home and I had absolutely no one to talk to, all of my friends had graduated the previous year and I wasn’t close with anyone at school. Of the casual friends I had, he was the one I had thought to be the most trustworthy and sincere and so I went to him. For awhile he was the only friend I had and then certain things happened and we were torn apart, purely by circumstances beyond our control. There were several misunderstandings and bitter fights, to the point where I have to avoid him at all costs. I still care about him and think of him frequently. I’m always left wondering what it could have been like if our friendship had been handled differently.
Gurbinder
He is probably one of the people that I admire the most in the world. He is one of the most considerate people I know. After the period where the majority of my friends had deserted me (Joyce, Gloria & Wallace), we became casual friends and I just found him to be someone who was really easy to talk to. We both starred in a school play as brother, one good one (him) and one evil one (me). Almost every night he would give me a ride home, even though I lived on the opposite end of the city. Then after the play was over and I had my first nervous breakdown, I was hospitalized and he came to see me more often than any one of my other supposed friends. At night, before lights out, I would usually call him and we’d talk for a little bit and that meant so much to me. I’ll never forget what he did for me. My only major regret is that we couldn’t have been closer as friends.
Mikey
I’ve known Mikey for a very long time, since Grade 6, I think. We were never overly close. After my second nervous breakdown, I went through my entire address book and of all the people I called, he was the only one that could spare any time for me. We went out, I got drunk and was able to confide in him something that I had never been able to tell another living soul. I know for a fact that I can trust him and that if it ever came down to it, I have no doubt that I could depend on him.
Sarorn
He was going through a hard time and for no real reason that I can think of, I started to care about him, to the point where I could actually feel his pain. I know that sounds cliche, but it’s true. Later on he helped me through several suicidal episodes. To this day we are still friends, but due to my over-consumption of alcohol one evening and the stupid actions that followed, we aren’t half as close as we once were. I no longer mourn the loss of his friendship after discovering that he betrayed me in the worst way that a friend could.
Peter
Sokhanny
Michelle
Wing
Nick
Kevin
Sandy
Rana
Lily
Davor
Saverio
Theresa
Binh
Beth
Lindsey
Mai
Genny
Rachel
Laurie
EnEn
Bluesun
Jesse
Paul
Sundy
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