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That 70s show – 50 years of friendship and counting
Keeping in touch sounds simple, but it’s no easy feat to sustain it for half a century amid the ups and downs of life.
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Mr Frederick Lim (front row, first from right) with his friends during a nature walk at Rifle Range park on June 29.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF FREDERICK LIM
Frederick Lim
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I have made many friends in my life – through school, work, activities, social occasions or simply by chance. And based on my experience, I have realised that how friendships form often affects how they develop and sustain. In that, there is a curious dichotomy.
Some friendships start well but are short-lived. Others bloom gradually into enduring bonds. I’m fortunate to have the latter – ongoing friendships with a group of schoolmates spanning more than half a century.
