"Eh Waddap, Brother!"

In an age when change is upon us, when we find ourselves chasing pavements in an effort to accomplish extraordinary things, some things remain as they always were.

The countless hours' worth of heart-to-heart in our petite office, the daily exchange of his favourite peanut-filled m&m's and my strawberry-flavoured Pocky, and the deep exploration of our respective eccentric characters made for a brotherhood I can proudly and easily proclaim as one that was like no other around us.

The calmest, "chillest" officer and the paranoid, work-round-the-clock office boy. It was one of the strangest pairings for a friendship, especially since he was such an anti-social being towards low-ranking dudes like myself. But it happened. And crazy, delightful memories were built from there.

Prior to yesterday's lunch, we had not met for 6 months, and a lot has happened to us as individuals during this time. But it's comforting to know that his 3-month trip to New Zealand, work and family matters and university hasn't changed him much.

I can't say the same for his hair, though. Neither will I comment on it. It speaks "volumes" for itself already.