True Friendship Never Dies.
As once Harvey MacKay said, “Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can’t use it. You can’t keep it, but you can’t spend it. Once you’ve lost it, you can never get it back”. It was an early Saturday morning back in 2009, the weather was cool and the air was crisp. There was a light cool breeze and the occasional gust of wind brought a bit of a chill. The sun was warm and when the breeze momentarily stopped, you could feel the rays on your skin giving a warming sensation. I was headed home from my morning run when I saw a black SUV parked in front of my house. I was not expecting anyone and I began to become curious as a cat. I increased my pace and as I was almost about to approach the vehicle a young lady around the age of twenty- two stepped out of the car. To my astonishment it was Kimmy, an old childhood friend, who had moved to England with her family ten years ago.
We hadn’t seen each other for ages and I was eager to invite her in so that we could catch up on the past ten years. As we sat down for a cup of coffee and began to talk, I realized that she was in town for only a day and had planned to spend it with me. She wanted to relive our childhood days. With the news of her short visit we began to spend the remainder of our day trying to relive those days. We started with a quick breakfast at Mac Donald’s. Like the old days we both ordered a Happy Meal and an Apple Pie. After breakfast we headed to Lautoka wharf, which was a thirty minute drive, to catch the next boat to Treasure Island. Upon our arrival we were greeted at the beach with garlands and chilled coconut water. It was like heaven on earth. After a couple of Mekes with the natives, we headed to the Marina. Kimmy and I rented gear so that we could go snorkeling and scuba diving and by the time it came to parasailing we both were worn out so we headed back to the resort. We had a late lunch and then joined the party along with the other...