Hey. So it occurs to me sometimes that I don't really have any friends - not friends that I hang out with on a regular basis anyway. But I do have what I would call lifelong friends, people that I have known for decades, and do keep in touch with. Yes I have also adopted the mantra over the last few years that I am not going to put in all the effort, and for those who never put in any effort to contact me, I'll probably let them drift away. Still, there are some old friends I would be happy to reach out to, and see how they're going. It would be nice to see all these people again for sure, at least one more time in my life. So to that end, I am setting a goal (already in my To Do List) of contacting 12 people over the course of the year - an average of one per month. I don't think that's all that onerous, and hopefully I'll be able to meet at least one of them too. Here's the list, along with when I first met them and what part they have been involved with throughout my life;
1) Simon Mottram - met at uni, picked fruit together, worked at SoG together, almost worked in Brazil together.
2) Murray Cooper - worked at KCGM and Tarmoola, travelled to Vietnam together. He's the one who set me up to buy the bloody horse whip for $500!
3) Adam Roach - worked at Tarmoola and Murrin, and shared an apartment together in Perth.
4) Luke Ford - worked at Tarmoola, Murrin and East End together, plenty of lunches in Perth.
5) Gully - worked at Tarmoola and Murrin together, plenty of dinners with him and Adam.
6) Ramesh - met at Penjom when he was with Orica. Went to cricket WC in Sri Lanka together.
7) Ilham - worked at Gulf together.
8) Steve Pragnell - worked at Gulf together.
9) Scott Jamieson - shared a house together in 1993, when I was at uni.
10) Sally Harle - went running together often in 1991 and 1992 at uni.
11) Lucette - we were a couple for about a year back in 94/95, and friends since.
12) Darcel - my English teach in Y12. We stayed in touch and met a few times when she was living in Hong Kong. A great lady.
I reckon I can knock a couple of these off the list in Jan alone. I hope to see Darcel for one, and will contact one of the others. Yes for some of these it goes against my new personal rule for not being the only one making an effort, but these people in their own way, are worth it. To be fair, many of them do reach out regularly - as is the case with Steve, Ilham and Ramesh mainly. I also catch up with JR, Dean, Brian and a couple of others, online at least, regularly. I met JR and Dean in 2022, it was bloody good to see them too.
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