My SPECIAL Friend

"今天" (TODAY) .. says my cell group leader Regina. I looked up, & saw this tall young guy. "What!?" came my instinct reply, but I guess I didn't say that out. I dictated along .. "今天".. Oh, so that is his name, our new cell group member! When i saw him, my heart skipped a beat (ok, i'm exaggerating..) .. Cos he is so .. handsome. I rarely will feel that a guy is handsome no matter how my other girl friends would say so. He has an super outgoing personality, too. I wondered why i didn't even noticed him all this while during the service.. & i think i didn't even remember whether pastor has intro him to the congregation during the "welcoming new members" session. oh, did she??

What a special name.. i really thought that is his real name, maybe same pronunciation with different chinese character. Later did i know that his name is Zing Tieng .. chinese name 振典.


Well, that was the first few moments of knowing him. To be honest, whenever i know a good looking + outgoing person, I usually will avoid them. [I'm weird, ok] I will feel like i'm not even qualified to be their friends, be it girls or boys, maybe because I feel that they'll be stuck-up & look down on people, & I won't feel comfortable being together with them. But Zing Tieng is different. He has this inner + outer beauty/handsome. I'm usually attracted more to guys/gals who has the inner beauty that makes them beautiful/handsome, & of cos, a little outer beauty plus some cuteness will enhance it more, like a bonus :)

Having written all these "crap", what is it about my title? You must have guessed that special friend i meant must be Zing Tieng. But what is so special about him? Actually, initially the "special friend" is a title given by him to me =) It was not initiated by me. In the beginning, I'm not at all happy with that title he gave me. Because, he said that I look like I "lack of something". I guess i must be looking like a fool in front of him, that's why. To tell you the truth, initially I was secretly happy because such a handsome guy finds me to chat. But after he said that I look as though I "lack of something", my heart sank. And he says how he likes to HELP people for those who need help. So it means i'm a helpless girl. And that is the only reason he notices me. My heart sank immediately, into the deep dark blue ocean. Even deeper when he said his next target is someone who has depression. In conclusion, me & depression ppl are in the same category. Haiz.. Although many times i think i'm helpless, but it really feels bad when another person confirms you of it.. you get what i mean.

Zing Tieng is someone who claims he can read people's faces. I admit he is correct, sometimes... sometimes only ok.. ;)

When he adds me in FB, i wanted to ignore him because it shows "Jimmy Ling" & i didn't know who Jimmy Ling is, ONLY UNTIL i decided to look at his photo 1st before ignoring him (Actually I wondered why he knows my name Cheryl. Because, this is not a popular name & most ppl will spell it wrongly) Well, i'm glad that I have added him, because we now understand one another so much more from our chat. & knowing about his struggles made me feel more comfortable with him, more wanting to be his comfort and his friend. I enjoyed sharing what I know with him to comfort him, & I enjoyed most when he says that I've helped him a lot. Wow i'm so glad that I can help people in this area, especially in love issues, because since young, i've read a lot of books regarding this, books which talks on Christian values ever since i'm in Form One or Two. And some friends looked for me to talk about their broken heart issues too, but i don't think they ever mentioned that I helped them a lot. I'm also surprised what I said to him which sounds so mature.. I guess God is using me as an angel to him, of which i'm super glad :)

I hope we'll be Special Friends forever. Someone so true to you.. makes you feel warm, appreciated, kind, loving and encouraging.. lifts up your spirit too..

I thank God that He sent that Special Friend to me, & me to him, that together, we can grow into His perfect love, & into maturity in Christ.