Page 15 of 366. I've got no picture today but I've got a story to share. I used to be very insecure with my height. Short & small-sized (some called me petite). Blame the media, honestly. The way they portray the perfect women to be tall, skinny, & pretty. But honestly, nah to all. I used to think that there's no way I would be able to stand out with a size like myself until I went to National Service - 3 years ago.

There was this girl - small-sized, short, petite - whatever you want to call her. She's not extremely pretty or extremely smart but her personality is really cute. She was the leader of our dorm - despite her size - and she slept two bed away from me. I could say that she was the person who had totally changed my initial perceptions between the relationship between body sizes & standing out and she was also the person who had helped me to regain my confidence - despite my size.

Being my dorm mate, she was a really nice girl. She smiled and greeted me whenever we saw each other; she tried hard to strike a conversation whenever we were near each other; she was concerned when anything happened to me; she was a good friend. And, she was almost like this innocent girl-next-door which many would assume that she would be the behind-the-scene person. A normal girl in the shadow.

Being my leader, she was very serious with her responsibilities; she had this huge confidence which portrayed perfectly through her actions and her words; and she was strict. Real strict. It was like, she knew exactly what she was doing and she knew how to balance everything extremely well. I was really impressed. It was almost like two different persons, but somehow, it's also like the she was still same person. I really don't know how to describe this feeling.

Til the end of the camp, me and her were never really close to each other. We were merely a simple "hi, bye" type of friend but it is an undeniable fact that she had somehow - in certain ways - changed my thinking about certain things. And one thing that I'm most delighted was - even though we were not that close with each other, we are still able to strike up random conversation today without any difficulties or any awkwardness. Rather poetic, isn't it? 

Relationship is a real mystery. Oh no, chemistry is :)

Do you have a similar experience/friend as me? I hope you do :)