A supportive friend in me

I can say that I am a kind of friend who is very supportive. As long as it's for your own good. If I can see that you have a potential and it's your passion, I will be the one who will push you especially when doubts starts to overwhelm you.

One of my friend/former colleague wanted to join the first 'The Biggest Loser' here in the Philippines, can't remember what year that was. She kept on telling us that she was already tired of seeing her body like that and she wanted to challenge herself of becoming a better and healthier version of herself. I saw how frustrated she was at that time. And without second thoughts, I told her that I will accompany her for the auditions. She was surprised with what I said, she never expected that someone from us will be willing and would volunteer.

I took a leave for that audition day luckily my boss allowed me when I said the reason. We then planned what time and place we will meet and so on. From Manila we went to Tarlac (3-4 hours travel) for the audition. We arrived there almost 6AM and wow, there was a very long queue of auditionees. Her number was I think 187 and I am not allowed to stay with her while waiting. Good thing, I have a former officemate who lives and works near the area. I contacted her and asked if I could stay in their store for a while and she said that would be fine. But still too early so I needed to wait for 2 hours to wait for her in their store. She works in a hardware so after 1 hour staying there, I decided to leave and just wait for my friend at the mall where the audition was held.

Around 10am, I called my friend how she was and told me that she that her number has not been called yet. So I roam around the mall, checked on the different boutiques, stalls, kiosk just to kill time. I can't remember how many french fries I ordered and how long I stayed in Mcdo. Then at 3pm, she called me and said there are 30 more before her number, so I said it's okay I am here with my friend, just to make her feel at ease and not worry about me.

Almost 8PM when we finally get reunited and she looks so exhausted. I was laughing with how she looked, as if she had not eaten the whole day or because of her nervousness during the audition. I'm not sure if I will be happy or sad because she did not make it to the said show. Why? Because she weighs only 165 kilos and the minimum requirement was 200 kilos -up! I still congratulated her because at least she tried, for the experience and that she's not that heavy yet.

On our way home she immediately fall asleep. My poor friend she was so drained. We have different way home and before we bid goodbye she embraced me and said how grateful she is for having me and that she could not have done it without my support.

Yes, that's how supportive I am. I am willing to sacrifice for you, I can spare a day just to be with you, I can be weird and crazy with you. Just don't break my trust because that's a different story.

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Thanks for reading and God bless us all.

Keep inspiring. Keep smiling.

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