Friends or Acquaintance?

Acquaintance - a person whom one knows but who is not a particularly close friend.

Friend - one attached to another by affection or esteem.

I finally completed half year of my NS life. This half year of my army life have been quite smooth and fun. I have got acquainted to a lot of people and i think i have actually met some good friends in army. The most shocking thing in army is that i have been with clement, my jc friend, for these 6 months. I think he is one of my best friend i met during this period.

I usually find it quite hard to differentiate between acquiantance and friend. I seriously think i need to differentiate between these two. I usually put a lot of trust into my friends and i expect them to give me the attention i am giving them. I hate being left out of a group and people to purposely neglect me. I wont have all these problems with acquaintances because i wont be so emotionally attached to them.

I think my life have been very blessed. I have met a group of very good buddies during my secondary school life. Till now, i am still very attached to them and i am very happy that they are in my life. I dont know what will i be if these group of people is not in my life. =)