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“FRIENDS ARE NOT NEEDED, THEY ARE ONLY BEING USED WHEN IN NEED” is what a high school student, RINA (Kitagawa Keiko) with a father not caring about the family and the mother, being over protective thinks. And RINA, found that she suffered from a disease…She became to feel hopeless in everything, and when she’s thinking of ending her life just like this, someone appeared in front of her. Someone not her parents nor her relative but a classmate during primary school days whom RINA does not even remember, named MAKI (Motokariya Yuika). “I will feel the same pain as you, because we are friends” is what MAKI said to RINA which after, MAKI stabbed herself in the chest… MAKI put in her life to persuade RINA and made RINA realise the important of a true friend.

Title: Dear Friends
Cast: Kitagawa Keiko, Motokariya Yuika etc.
Released Date: 3/2/2007
Theme song: Dear Friends by Soul Head
Official Site: http://www.dear-friends.jp/
Trailer: http://www.toei.co.jp/meta/dearfriends/1000k_df_cinecom12.asx

A movie that is made after the release of a best seller novel by YOSHI. YOSHI have written various best sellers and it’s popular among teenagers. “Deep Love”, “Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshi Tachi” and “Koibana” are some of his works. Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshi Tachi is currently being aired as a drama series.

This is one show that I would really want to watch if it were to be released in Singapore. This sets me thinking, “Bjorn, do you really have good friends? Will they be there for you when you need them?”.

Sorry for the rant I suppose but perhaps something for you to think through too. Basically, my life has its ups and downs like everyone, so I don’t find it weird if you would like to share your story too. Currently, I’m studying in Ngee Ann Polytechnic, doing my diploma for I.T (Major: E-business). Talking about friends, I suppose the only ones I mix with are my classmates, which I suppose are the “Hi! Bye!” kind of friends where you just see them in school, have fun, do work and go home. In fact, we never really hang out and if you ask how well I know them, it’s no different from when I got to know them a few month later in my first year. Of course there are always the “two-face” people, which is common in the society today, but I still cannot believe that this kind of people really exist. However, in Ngee Ann Polytechnic, there isn’t many of these kind of people so it’s alright if we just stay away from them.

I graduated from Chai Chee Secondary School which I have to admit was one of the worst thing that can happen to me, but then again, I did made some valuable friends there and up till today, I still contact them closely. Thank you Jia Ren, Wei Zhong and others for being there for me when I needed you. Come to think of it, I think Jia Ren mentioned about this movie to me before in the past. Well, as for the rest, sorry and “thanks” for being such a jerk and bitch, but that made me a stronger person. Degrading someone from being popular into someone who is not for your own enjoyment is not a cool thing. If you’re one of them, I really hope you would think through about what you guys have done. If not for my other good friends, I guess I won’t be the Bjorn I am today. Just a note, most of the students there follows the “FRIENDS ARE NOT NEEDED, THEY ARE ONLY BEING USED WHEN IN NEED” attitude.

That aside, I think my life has changed for the better after being able to mix around with people in #SGAnimeBloggers and starts to mix around with them. I guess besides my other circle of friends who stays near me, they are the second closest one I have with me now. Some may be a jerk sometimes but they are alright at the end of the day since they do apologise and realise their mistakes. To #SGAnimeBloggers, cheers! Not mention some people that I got to know recently from SGCafe and all.

Now, the only good friends that I have are those who stay near me, which is also the ones I had in secondary school. As for those in #SGAnimeBloggers, it’s only the beginning so I believe we can all be more bonded than before.

So that’s about my life. What about yours? Do you treasure your friends or use them? =)