昨晚，我接到朋友的一通电话。

Last night, I got a call from a friend. At 11pm. It's someone whom I haven't spoken to for a long time. I sleep at 12am nowadays. I have a tutorial to prepare for tomorrow. I thought I'm going to be damn tired after the chat. Like totally prepared to wake 2 hrs earlier in the morning to get my tutorial and 3 other to-dos done.

We had a good chat. We talked and listened to each other attentively. Never interrupting. And I don’t have to think of what my next sentence is going to be during the whole conversation. It was a slow paced and steady chat. I really like it... When we couldn’t hear each other clearly over the phones we plugged our earpieces in and we could hear each other clearer.

When I hung up, it was 12:30am. And I'm not in the least bit tired. Rather, I felt more energised. I showered and finished the tutorial before 1:30am.

I think there's magic in those moments I talked to my friend. It was moments when we listened closely to what we had to say with our heart...I think there's magic in hearing the voices of your friend, not for a few minutes, but for an hour or so. Over the phone, we shared about some ongoings in each other's lives. And surprisingly I find myself being able to think clearer and express more freely over the chat.

There's magic in those moments when one friend is willing to let go of whatever's on hand and just connect with you and stop time with you. Yes, time does feel like it stopped. Suddenly things don't move so fast like beeping whatsapp messages; people stopped fleeting by like rushed conversations out of social/ courtesy obligations.

I believe we gain some energy from our friends through deep engagement like a long chat over the phone. Energy to move on with life with more drive. Drive to pen down all these thoughts within minutes. It certainly was a feeling I hadn't felt for a long, long time.

昨晚，有位朋友通了个电话给我。是许久都没有联络上的朋友。正是晚上十一点正。我通常在午夜十二点准时睡觉。不巧，明早的课堂作业我还没准备。看来聊天后应该会疲惫不堪，得早起两个小时写作业和完成该完成的事情。

我当然没有抱着抱怨的语气、疲惫的态度和朋友聊天。所谓有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎。更何况，当今“非死不可”和“哇噻扑”爆炸的时代，能接到一通诚意电话，就算是午夜凶铃，我也乐意接听（贞子，请别当真）。

我和朋友聊得相当畅快。我专心倾听朋友想说的一切，从不打岔。专心倾听，就是在听的时候，也不同时动脑筋想你下一句该怎么接话；就是将所有注意力放在“听”之上。就算说话之间有安静的时候，我也当那是给予彼此思想的空间。当我们都听不清楚彼此时，我们不约而同的将耳机戴上，朋友说的话和话语传达得更清晰了。

和朋友聊天的那一刻非常特别，仿佛有股无形的力量保护着我们，让我们放心的用心倾听彼此的话语。通过话筒听到朋友的声音，听到彼此对生活的一些想法，有一种莫名的温馨。几分钟的交谈是无法承担这一种温馨的。交谈中，我也似乎能更清楚的提出自己的想法，思考和表达能力顿时升华。。。朋友忙了一整天，愿意把事情搁在一旁，然后，和你聊天。那一阵子，像是进入小小避风港， 时间似乎静止于那一刻。那一阵子， 确实很奇妙。

人与人之间的沟通是很奇妙。这里的沟通特指最为原始、口头上的沟通。再smart的phone，再精彩的emoticon或applications都无法把语气的诚意、个性的色彩完好无损的寄到朋友的心中。我常听到人们在勇渡某些难关的情况下，在某种人事物上找到人生的意义，以及走下去的力量。我惊喜，能从简单的一通电话和朋友的声音找到写下去的力量。