Stolen Moments

Dear Friends,
I can't believe I am back in Cork... When I try to recall the things that I've done for the past 3 months, I feel like I've done much, yet there were still so many things that I never did, or rather never did enough.

One of it is definitely spending time with all of you.

I know I met some of you only several times, and for that I am sorry. I know everyone has been busy, we've all started to live our lives now, it's a beginning for many, yet sometimes it also feels like an ending. Although all we've had are stolen moments every now and then, they are all very important to me and I hold those moments close to my heart.

To those that I've had the chance to talk to, pour my soul to, be it for 50 minutes or just 5 minutes, I am grateful for the chance, I am grateful for having such understanding friends. Sometimes the weird thing is, although we may find ourselves to be very different from each other, although we hardly talk over the year, I think that in many ways we are very similar to each other. I can't explain it, it is just something that I had noticed, and I find it very comforting. Sometimes you think that no one can understand you or accept you for who you are, but don't for one second think that way, because in truth, all of us have made each other the person we have become, we are not that different after all, at least in one way or another.

I am not over-rating our friendship. I just think that for me, for a person as reserved as me, all of you are the only true friends I've ever known, and the best that one can ever wish for - you are the gems in my heart.