Beacon in the Dark

Front cover of the Moleskine

Front cover of the Moleskine

I received a package this morning. Chris, an old friend from Sitiawan who now resides in Belfast, sent it. It was a Moleskine notebook for Irfan, which looked great. Furthermore, it was a limited edition Gundam cover Moleskine!

I am grateful for the gift. So is Irfan, needless to say. But what is more dear to my heart are the notes he wrote for Irfan and I.

The full RX-78 Gundam

The full RX-78 Gundam

I had been uncertain whether my friendship with a lot of my old friends at school mattered. Sure there were some that says hi every now and again on text chat or on social media. But for the longest time, I wondered if I did right with the friends whom I ran Star Wars RPGs (and sometimes ShadowRun) for, the ones who hung out with me discussing books, movies and music, and spent their free time obliging this eager nerd with his nerd past-times.

Did I do right with any of them?

Then I read the notes below; it moved me and I cried for a good ten minutes. The notes were the beacon that I did not know I needed in the dark.

I guess I did right with at least one friend.

Love ya, Chris.

A note for Irfan

A note for Irfan

A note for me, part 1

A note for me, part 1

A note for me, part 2

A note for me, part 2

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Khairul Hisham J. is a freelance artist, writer, editor, translator, English language teacher and a long time tabletop role-playing game player and gamemaster.

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