5:11:00 AM
I wrote the Jan 6 entry for a reason. God has been so gracious to me, even more than ever. I have never asked for so many things, yet He has given me so much more than enough. New caring friends, things to do every weekend, and even everyday. What more can I ask? I am living a life, the most beautiful life full of riches. I am smiling everyday for I am so grateful upon the gifts I have been granted.

My life has changed quite drastically since 2 weeks ago, to the very positive side, obviously. I have started hanging out with a different group of friends since the weekend before New Year's day. Most of them I knew from my church. The youth community of the Indonesian Catholic community in Los Angeles area. Although most of them, whom I hang out with constantly every weekend, are guys, I do not feel singled out at all. A few women might join us now & then, but I am the only lady 80% of the time. Yet I feel so much at home with them.

Turned out that my friends of 4 years (a couple with one child) are close friends of the 2 brothers I hang out with every weekend. Since I moved to California, I hadn't met them until a week ago, although we're both in Southern California. It was quite far from Irvine to Walnut, where they live, so we never did hangout together. Moreover, I was busy with my own schedule back in Irvine, and apparently forgot to tell them that I had moved very close to Walnut. So we never spoke... until I met them at one of the 2 brothers' birthday dinner a week ago. Funny how small the world turns out to be, isn't it?

Sandra & Ronald, the couple's names, have a 3-year-old daughter named Gabby. I can always go to Sandra's place when I don't have anything to do at home, especially since I haven't gotten a new job yet (my last day of work was on Jan 3). They live in a house with 3 other males: Ronald's older brother, and two of their old friends. One of them must be at home anytime, since Gabby must be taken care of all the time. Isn't it nice to have friends to go to whenever I am by myself? In fact, I went to their house everyday last week ^^v

All of the closest people I hang out with are older than me, not to mention that other than Sandra, all of them are males. This is truly my first time to be the youngest and the only girl (sort of) in the crowd. All of my life, I have been the one who nurtures people, be it in the family or with friends. It's a surprising yet sweet change to be the one who is nurtured & cared for by mature people :3 I feel loved, although I have known them not for a long time. And that, my friend, is the best feeling I have ever had...

To have someone care for you & your tidbits all the time...
To have someone ask you, "You okay?" with a concerned look...
To have someone stroke your hair with a smile...
To have someone hold your hands when you need support...
To have someone be there for you when you feel lonely...

Isn't that the best feeling? *smiles*
No, nothing romantic, really. Just a simple careness. And yet it means so much.