"I will love you, baby, always. And I'll be there forever and a day...always. I'll be there till the stars don't shine, till the heavens burst, and the words don't rhyme. And I know when I die, you'll be on my mind and I'll love you...always (Bon Jovi).
Yeah. My friend, Wiwin, is a big fan of Bon Jovi. She has a nickname "Wiwingiovi". She knows all about Bon Jovi's songs and perhaps she memorizes all of them. And her signature even has Bon Jovi element in it. Wow.
We were in the same class in the whole three years of Senior Highschool. In the second and the third class we were deskmate (Is there such word?? Well, you know what I mean). Some people thought we were sisters, even some considered that we were twin. Ha ha ha. Maybe we looked alike. Almost same height, same weight, same long hair, same style, but of course she's prettier and smarter, especially in math, physics and chemistry. I was the dumb one, I admit...hehehe. I remember when our Biology teacher asked us whether we were sisters and we said no, then he asked again "Are you sure?". Once we ever came to the library in different time and the librarian said "Hey, you were just from here". "That's not me."
It's amazing when we find someone who has the same "unique" hobby. I used to write down the films and the casts I saw in a book. I had already got more than a thousand names when I knew that Wiwin did the same thing. So it became a challenging hobby, list as many as films and casts. Whenever I saw films I always brought a note and wrote down really fast when the casts were shown. My parents thought I was nuts. Their faces were wondering with the look "Why are you doing that stupid thing?". I didn't care. I just loved to do it. And funny thing was, my siblings and parents sometimes helped me to remember the names eventually...hehehe (The last number of casts reached more than two thousand names).
Right now I don't write that anymore because most of the actors and actresses have been already in the list. But, I'm still interested remembering the casts of the movies. So whenever I recognize some actors/actresses but couldn't remember the names, I get really itchy. "I know that dude! But where? What's the name?". Then I think hard until I remember coz curiousity might keep me awake all night and I don't like that. I have to find the answer.
Anyway, Wiwin and I had some rituals. Every Monday after school we went to newspaper agency "Bintang" near the school to check the tabloid. If we found interesting films/pictures we bought it. We were at the phase of collecting pictures like any other teenager. It was fun.
I also bought Donald Duck magazine every Monday in that agency. It's one of my dream since I was little. In High School, everyday I got allowance (500 rupiahs). I saved it to buy the magazine and just few for snacks. My mom was angry when she found out that I spent the money for Donald Duck instead of food (I was very skinny in High School, lack of nutrition..hehehe), but when I explained that it was something that I really liked and it developed my knowledge (It really was. I remember things better- places in the world, some histories - when it's on Donald Duck hahahaha), my mom finally understood or at least accepted.
We rode bike to school. In the morning we came in different time, but when we went home we rode together. Before separating in one of junction in the market, we always did the special handshake. The order was hammer hitting, fist punching, gun shooting, nose rubbing and two fingers shaking. It was silly...but again, it was really fun!
What I admired about Wiwin was that she was smart and neat. She had beautiful hand writing. I liked it when she wrote numbers, really sharp and confident. Her hand writing was always good in any situation, even when she wrote fast, so it probably expressed that she had steady personality. On the other hand, my hand writing changed by my mood, so in one book you would see good one and horrible one, most of the the horrible one, especially when I needed to write fast. I still have that until now.
She handled things with grace and had polite languange to say. I didn't recall if she ever got mad. She was just a very nice person and great friend. I'm honoured to be her friend.
Now we are still best friend though we live in the different place. I like to keep it that way for good. Best bud's forever fella. We'll be staying in unity.
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