am i not have friends??
well.. to me, doesn’t ‘hang out’ with other than your own relatives/family doesn’t mean that you have no friends..
my friends are always there for me..
they are there when needed..
in their very own special ways..
why i bring this up.. is because a very thoughtful patient asked me last week..
“Dr, do you have friends? i believe you’ve worked in gov before and working with friends.. but now, you are all alone here..”
very true indeed..
i was surrounded with friends when i worked in hospital..
every Friday afternoon, we’ll hang out having lunch together.. Saturday, attending CME at the hall..
‘berkampung’ in OT on big surgical days..
busying ourselves with gossips, sharing stories, laugh..
but that was long time ago..
long before i discovered my present life..
it started when we were in Japan..
and i was like ’stranded’ with a toddler and a baby in a small aparto..
having to live with them with no other choice given!
counting minutes and hours before my husband walk through the door and finally me.. having someone to speak to!!
but despite of that.. i found myself ’sink’ and ‘blend’ in those peaceful moments.. and i craved for more..
how i love that life..!
since then, my definition of friends changed!
my kids become my best buddies!! i found many reasons to smile, laugh and scream..
my close-to-heart friend is my mama walid.. i just can’t let a day pass by without a call to mama.. or remembering walid.. the hottest gossips to share are always with mama!!
to have good and ’sinful’ laugh??.. call my sisters..
to spend leisure time?.. visit my inspiring ‘blogger’ friends..
to share and answer my questions.. thanks to fellow GP friends..!
need good old friends when we were in school? university?.. thanks to facebook
and
the best and great friend to me is always my husband!
we always have things to discuss, new objectives to achieve… and i appreciate the way a man thinks!! unlike women!! hehe..
and i become who i am now because of my ‘friendship’ with this man!
presently.. besides them… i have my patients, my regular customers.. they are my ‘unique’ and ’superspecial’ friends..
those supermom who fix different appointment for each kids and know exactly ‘who’ had ‘what’ problem.. later run to fetch and send others to school and tuition classes..
those who come to clinic with gossips and latest stories of what’s happening in our community..
they aren’t ordinary people.. they are successful businessmen, lawyers, great teachers, paediatrician, tukang sapu, pak guard, maids, pilots and stewardess, politician, CEO, COO..etc.. and even State Chief Police Officer..!!
they become my friends in a very special way..
they let me share their great experience, they give me good advices and new knowledge..
what else can i ask for from a friend?…
i just have to be in the clinic to have all these wonderful people surround me!!
the truth is.. i love my life…. and to me, ‘friend’ is only a word.. that only you can describe..
*psst.. Ju (a.k.a my patient, my good old friend).. bile ‘date’ kita nak menjadi nih??hihiii..