A friend who drives all the way from Subang to pick you up to have supper in Pandan Indah, and then drives all the way back home.

A friend who woke up at 4am to go to the airport with you to see your boyfriend off, and she even brought a pack of tissue paper cos she knows your hanky won't be enough.

A friend who calls you up every day that you're sick (and it's a LOT of sick days) to ask how you are, and to give you information about homework and deadlines. Every day.

A friend who cares enough to start a boring lecture about not eating ice-cream when you're suffering from bronchitis.

A friend who reads your blog regularly, even though you've written some pretty disparaging remarks about her in the past.

A friend who worries about whether you're hungry or not, and who lets you pick where to eat (even though you hate deciding).

A friend who does so many little things for you it'd take a lot to write it all down. But the devil's in the details, and it's the small things that say more than big gestures.

What do you do for a friend like this?

Just to clarify that I'm not being nice for helping out at her cousin sister's kiosk. I'm a selfish person, and I admit that very seldom will I do things that don't benefit me. I'm merely repaying all the nice things she's done for me over the years, by being there when she needs help.

Sometimes, it's really not about the money.

It's about helping her out this time so that she feels beholden to me, and will feel guilty because I didn't take her money. This way I have leverage over her for the rest of her natural life, muahahahaha. You still owe me a birthday present ler, JW darling.