Friends. What a vague term.
The fair-weathered, the hi bye friend, the acquaintance, the close friend, the family friend, the soulmate, the bitch and many more different types. The purpose of writing this post is actually not to whine about how many bitches there are. It is actually just an entry on my observations.

Have you ever wondered how a friendship - a mutual bond between two or more people who supports, cooperates, encourages each other while not forgetting respect - breaks down?

When you do something together with your friend,(don't mind the vague term I'm using), the particular activity is actually a bridge that connects two people, connecting their minds. Interaction encourages understanding. Cooperation encourages tolerance. Whether it is sports or group studies or work, such activities actually increases the strength of this special bond called as friendship.

On the contrary, someone who you got to know through the Internet is rather tricky to keep as a long term friend. For an instance, chatting on MSN probably will not get you a very close friend. Even though through chatting there is a certain level of communication, the Internet is still a barrier that blocks away sincerity and earnestness. Although your friend is pouring out his/her heart-wrenching experiences to you, you can't help but feel skeptical about it.

Someone whom you neglect after not doing things together e.g. watching movies, will become further and further away from you. The distance will become proportional to time. In the end, we're back to strangers again. Back to the life where I don't know you and the world is oh, still so complicated. And everyone is busy with their own lives.

However, I must conclude that this is my OWN observation only. It does not apply to every single human being. I've met people, I've lost friends. Most of my observations are merely superficial. They don't go into the deeper regions of relationship dynamics.

In my own opinion, I would rather have 10 very close friends than 50 superficial acquaintances who kiss ass, suck up and backstab.