Ei Leen's Send Off

feels awkward not to record the happenings of yesterday when ei leen's been the one recording everything we've done for the past few weeks...
getting together with jason, judson, edward, lorraine, andrew and how to send ei leen off was indeed a blast to the past and to innocent, innate and non-forced laughs we used to have just after form 5...so better write down what happened before it slips into oblivion and cease to exist even as memories...
7.32pm - jason arrives to pick me up, the car already laden with judson in the front seat, and lorraine and edward in the back one. and i thot jason wud be late... :-) but i was ready so i jumped in and we drove to meet andrew who was waiting with how at the Shell petrol station on Jalan Ulu Klang... jason filled petrol and off we went...
8.00 - we called ei leen on my speakerphone and told her we changed our minds and instead decided to head for bangsar... :-)
8.30pm- we arrived at KLIA, 3rd floor carpark. waited for andrew and we headed for the lifts and we walked on the 'walk-a-tor' all the way up to the departure hall. lorraine, ed and i were leading, we reached and aimed for Gate C and made one whole round and still couldnt find ei leen. then i called her and she came over to meet us. gave her her gifts from me (a notebook with a letter reminiscing our friendship, some advice and joe's message, a calendar from my mom, a card and a photograph) and ei leen told me joe met her before she left and cheang was waiting for her at the airport and she showed me the card cheang gave her which detailed how he truly felt and how apologetic he was. didnt think he was that bad any longer. walked to the escalators as we waited for andrew, jason, how and judson to arrive, they pushed andrew in the trolley as he was there as a surprise for ei leen. she beamed. then andrew wanted to take his pic in this weird metal thingy which i think isnt meant for human beings, and we posed for some pictures before taking a walk. then we stopped and posed and took a picture of our feet and how's hand. andrew's first fan for the night, two small young girls asked if they cud be photographed with him... ahahahha as we giggled and joked, more and more people started realising that the noisy, wacky group leader of the pesky group was actually andrew tan! more requests for photos till andrew begged us to walk to somewhere quieter...so we walked with edward walking as a papparazzi and he snapped a few pics... then andrew said soemthing about lining up and ordering some food when he reached the lady behind the counter... anyways, we walked towards the counters as ei leen needed to collect her passport at 9 pm and even more requests. Once, ei leen and i walked up to andrew, as he was busy posing and chatting with this group of girls and said "enough... enough..." and pulled him away like some jealous gfs... ahah scandalous!then edward decided he wanted to try on my giordano jacket.. ahhahah it was tight and he looked like a girl, then andrew came and posed some 'gay' poses with edward! super funny. then andrew quah came over to say hi. then we had to wait some more and andrew had to comply and take more photographs. we were contemplating charging for andrew's photos to make up for the petrol! then ei leen came and said she had to say goodbye coz they were ready to enter the terminal already. and she had her MAS Student pin. SHOCKED! so she hugged everyone and we hugged so long, and then we decided to follow her to see her parents. her mom looked so pretty and she thanked us ffor coming, marcus didnt come as he came back late from school. then ei leen kissed her parents and family and we followed her to the edge of the crowd to wait for her frens. on the way, we met emmanuel and he came over to say hi to all of us. saw XT and his brother and mother... those guys are two seriously good looking brothers. then we stood and leaned against the huge pillar while andrew tried to irritate everyone with his immitation of Donkey from Shrek2. they were all waiting for JY and he came over to take pics with lorraine and i. then we shook his hand and off he went. we followed ei leen to the gate. hugged her one last time, long... i had a lil tears in my eyes, though none of them there were allowed to see, and andrew made a comment about my mascara being ruined, so that lightened the moment and stopped the excess flow of tears... then ei leen walked thru the gate, ed and i walked to the platform to watch the JPA scholars in suits make their walk towards the terminal without breaking down. JY was the first through, waaay before the rest, he waved at his family behind him, then walked and waved at us on his right, then he looked straight and never looked back. ei leen walked with thurston and waved at us all the way to the terminal, looking back MANY times.. :-)
that was it. we walked back to the carpark, paid the parking fee and was off. andrew and how went home while the rest of us met up with aaron in McD jalan pahang and aaron came over with siew leng in his car coz we were supp to meet hem in nailis initially. lorraine and i got into the back of his car and he drove us to nailis. then he asked siew leng to get down, i got into the front seat and we drove back to McD. then aaron came in and we took some photos. then he left. then after we finished, we left...
going to miss ei leen terribly... i have yet to cry as im just avoiding thinking about it... she's been there for me all the time and we've spent so much time together over the past few weeks. and it was sad, though fun to be with everyone again... andrew's been MIA for such a long time and everyone's all grown up that unlike before, now when we do wacky things, we actually realise we're being childish... how much sadder can it get? it was really great to be with everyone again... dont know when's the next time we'll come together... but the star that breaks the gloomy darkness is that i am going to visit her in London for christmas! so all the best, girl and you'll always be my best fren and the other sister i love!