Orange Caramel
I dedicated this post to two of my best friends: Aisha Kamelia Nur and Salma Huda California
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| Taken in 2017. When we were young(er) |
I don't recall correctly how we grew closer and eventually become "best friends" (God, I don't really like that term honestly). We were in the same class in uni. Salmon (as in Salma) and I were those students who often got involved in some kind of student organization, assembly, student board and others while Aisha was not into those kind of stuffs. Also, while Salmon and I resided in a dorm, Aisha was the "Damri fighter" a.k.a those students who always took Damri bus from and to the campus. So yeah, we're just bunch of weirdos who somehow just got closer until now... Probably from K-pop. Aisha was a hardcore K-pop fan (but unfortunately she had never seen a concert live, poor thing) and she often showed us several girl group videos after class.
We had this chat group on LINE messenger and I forgot whose idea it was to name it Orange Caramel (as in the subunit of After School, yeah). And most of our chats are related to: K-pop, Salmon's being confused about her future and love life (because mine and Aisha's are non-existent) gossips about out uni friends and anything else. Then we moved to WhatsApp because my old stolen phone couldn't keep up with the size of LINE app. Do we still communicate? Fortunately, yes. Even though now Salmon has been enjoying her new role as a wife and mother of twin baby girls, Aisha with her work at the hospital (in the middle of corona, God Bless her) and me... Probably soon to earn my master degree.
In short, I missed seeing them on person. The last time we met was at friend's wedding in 2018. Aisha and I was invited and going to be Salmon's bridesmaid but life happened... a.k.a I had a big presentation in uni and Aisha had to work.


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