Passion is Thy Name!

It has been 3 years since our first hello.
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Born and bred in different parts of the globe, never in our wildest dreams did we think that our paths will cross one day. We led different lifestyles, built different dreams, moved in different social circles and drove down different career paths.
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All it took was a casual conversation between some guys who found themselves thousands of miles away from home that brought him into my world. I will be forever grateful to RH for bringing him to my dinner party that night. A strong, lifelong friendship was forged that night.
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For the past 3 years, we maintained on-and-off contact as we rode the waves of our separate lives.
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You know how strong a bond you feel with certain folks no matter how far apart you are physically? Or how different your lives are led? Or however short time you knew that person? That’s how my bond with him is.
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We can sit together in comfortable silence in the dark. Or just drive around aimlessly talking crap the whole night. Or just share a private joke over the dinner table. Or a wink across the dance floor (especially when I spotted a hot chick and dared him to pick her up!). Or some real serious H2H talk about matters that are closest to our hearts.
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This is him carving our X’mas turkey last year.
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And this is him goofing around with Sweetheart at my man’s birthday party earlier this year.
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He is also the guy who took me on my virgin visit to a gentleman’s club.
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This guy celebrated his birthday last Sunday. We threw him a surprise party. Dinner was a fusion of Italian and Indian food. Birthday cake was dark belgian chocolate (can you guess who was in charge of getting the cake?).
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Here’s a picture of our dinner.
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Baby asparagus and baby potatoes were from our CH trip, the only vege I bought from the highland. Dessert was the birthday cake.
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The night was perfect … the fusion food, the b’day cake, the super late night Mahjong session … except for one thing …
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The birthday boy was MIA. :`(
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I’m sorry,  D…that you are going through this rough patch at this point in your life. And I’m sorry that those you love couldn’t be with you on your special day. We tried, we really tried…but we found out too late that you didn’t want company.
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I will not lie and tell you I understand what you are going through now coz I don’t. I can offer you what you are willing to take from me. What I am capable of giving to you. That hug you gave me on Saturday night was a silent one that spoke a thousand words to me. Although no words were exchanged between us, I felt your sorrow and your pain as we held each other tight. I had to choke back tears then. I have to choke back tears now as I write this.
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Know that I love you very much and I am here for you whenever you need me, k?