l'isle joyeuse

once again, i’m sorry for not being able to celebrate your birthday with you. i have actually planned to make it an awesome one for you this year, but then again, i’m here in japan.

among the three of us, you seem to be the one with the least words, but in reality, you are the one who can never fail to make me laugh at the silliest things. i don’t remember how i met you, had my first conversation with you, or got to be such good friends with you, but i’m glad we did, for my university years would not have been so memorable. you often call yourself the negative one in the group, and although i don’t deny it, i find that small spark of happiness and childlike innocence in you that makes you, you. i’m proud of being called the positive one in the group, for then i can be there for you whenever you need a helping hand, a shoulder to cry on or a (bad) navigator who points you the the wrong direction when we attempt to drive somewhere with absolutely zero knowledge of where north is. you were the one who listened to me whine about how i hate walking up the hill to uni every morning even though you were the one with high heels, and you were the one who dropped me off at college when you started driving to uni. you were the one who MADE me positive, because you were negative.

i love how strongly you hold onto your beliefs, and how much you love your dreams no matter what people say. our time spent in japan, as i mentioned before during neh’s birthday, is still the best memory i will ever have in my life with you two. i will never forget the places we went, the things we laughed at, the feelings we had. the yearning i feel for us to be together in japan once more in the future, is so strong that it hurts enough to make me cry. i know how you’re not the most touchy-feely person, that you’re not someone who gets close to anyone easily because you always have your defenses up, and to be able to get that sort of trust and affection for you, you have to EARN it. and i hope i earned it.

thanks for the wonderful memories. i am looking forward to making more memories with both of you, and i hope that even after i came to japan, we’ll still be as close. and i hope that we’ll continue making memories, just the three of us. let’s not let time be our enemy, for when we’re together, time seems to go by without us realizing it. let’s eat ramen in japan together again, someday. i love you guys ♥

happy birthday, vivi.