Last friday night, i had supper with my brother after i woke up from my nap, which by then, most friends are either on the way to bed or out with plans already, but it was for the best as i had quite an interesting time with bro. Took him to the arab st cafe where he had kebabs (though he wanted prata at first), and he enjoyed it quite a bit. Don't really have much chances speaking to my bro one on one because well.. it seemed at times we just pursuing very different things. That's not to say that we have a bad relationship (perhaps when younger *grins*) but we didn't think we have much in common. So while we stay in touch with what each other is doing, we seldom sit down and talk about them.

Finally we had a chance on friday and turns out that we have more in common than we think. We discussed about our personalities (all 3 siblings), our parents and how we view our future. He is at the juncture of his life where he has many options he would like to explore but didn't know what to chose. Hence he admired my single-mindedness in knowing what i want and how i am to get it. While i admired his quest for knowledge and always wanting to find out more and get more out of life. It was heartening to hear that he truly believe in the things that i do despite him always making fun of me about doing "charity" infront of my parents. It was also nice that he acknowledged and agreed with me about the importance of having some equilibrium in his life because i have observed that he burn himself out once he is engrossed in one thing or the other, be it work or relationships. Yet i do admire his tenacity and focus once he start on a project. And from him, i learnt that i ought to explore the options around me and not close my mind to them all the time to give myself a fair chance to excel. To take a little risk now a then.

In the end we agreed that my youngest brother, being the most carefree of all, is quite like a leaf floating peacefully in the wind where he did not mind going where the wind leads him. While this brother sighed that he is like a tree on the mountain, always wanting to grow higher and higher without knowing when and where to stop. And me, i'm like a cork on the sea, always attempting to seek equilibrium, not wanting to fly up high, or sink down to the bottom, just happy to keep to wherever the level of water is at.

Its nice to have supper with my brother once in a while. Suddenly, i felt closer to him than i had in ages and it felt nice.