when coffee strikes

Here i am.

Sitting alone in Starbucks in Sunway Med Centre.

Getting myself acquainted to the annoying Norah Jones.

Suicidal new-age product.

Ermm ..

Let me just cut to the chase.

What is the criteria of good friend during bad times?

To me, it's a mind boggler. Different people, different sets of minds.

To some, a good friend is the one who agrees slash supports one without having to differentiate between what's good and bad. A quick i.e. Your friend sleeps with a girl, and the girl is attached to someone, at least via Friendster. Your friend will endlessly sell the idea that by sleeping with the other person is not the wrong thing to partake, but deep deep down you know it is just plain gutsy wrong. For goodness schmuck, you are the third party! The other person! And of course, , a good friend will be bias on this special case. You will afterall buy the idea that hey, "let him sleep with girl who is already attached, they are meant to be together.. and i'm all smiles despite it beats conventional ethics" ...

In the other hand, there's the critic. Wise thoughts being disseminated via his or her unwittingly sharp usage of vocabs. Another quick i.e., your friend slept with a girl who is already attached to another guy, at least via Myspace. As a friend, as a realist, as a non-melancholic schlump, you will try to end it. No matter what. Arguments often occur here. You will tend to despise your friend's wicked stance, as they won't let you grab a bite from the forbidden apple. As your friend wants you stay safe and away from falling furthermore. Going through the righteous passage perse.

I have had my share with these two. One's a realist and the other is the supporter.

But it's no fair to label a friend that way yeah? Friendship is one subjective context. You have friends for different reasons. The one for partying, the one for yumcha, the one for gossiping.

But not for me. A friend's a friend no matter what. They are the ones who will put you back on your feet when you fall. They will go down to depths of means to make you feel all sane. And of course, they are the ones who will tell you that everything will be okay, although the issue favors the otherwise. All in all, are we friends to the pleasers slash hypocrits or to the sharp thinking realists?

PS: I miss you two.