Girls' Night Out

Last Friday, I went out with my close girlfriends for a Girls' Night Out.

We stayed at a nice Japanese restaurant for the whole night - copious amounts of delicious Japanese food, green tea and sake reigned the night. We were the loudest table that night and had probably the longest bill to boot.

There they were, 3 of my oldest and dearest friends -

I know G since we were 13 and in the same secondary 1 class. Her mum and my dad both worked for the same government body. I would have known her for 23 years (oops! you know my age now!). She is a teacher and now a mother to 2 lovely boys.

P, I have known since we were 14 so she is a close second to G for 22 years. She is now happily married and doing very well in her career. She is still in the same hairstyle as the first time I laid eyes on her.

S is by far probably the one who made life choices most similar to mine. How we come to know each other would need another blog for another day but we have known each other now for 21 years. She is running operations for her company and is set to be the next COO for her company.

I love them all and would love to spend more time together. Different schedules and goals in life push us in different directions. With much effort we finally could spend some quality time together, just us.

It feels great to be around friends who love, accept and support us no matter what life throws at us. P mentioned a few times that night that she felt comfortable and relaxed. She can be herself and there is nothing to hide - we know who each others' crushes, ex's and embarrassing moments during our awkward teenage years.

I remind myself to treasure them as I grow older. Not many people in our lives know how we were like 20 years ago, what we went through in life...and the way we looked in scary big glasses or badly fitted clothes. They know the mistakes we made and the boyfriends we dumped!

I am very blessed to have friends like them in my life. This night out served to show us how important we are to each other. So cheers ladies, to many more such night outs!