My best friend is Desmond Tan. He is my best friend because he is always there when i need someone to talk to. He gives me good advice - mostly he tells me to stop thinking about myself.
He is a cool guy. Des Tan knows how to look at an volatile situation and defuse it. I used to think he was a bit of a softie, but he's matured into a leader i'd want to respect and love.
Des is really a great guy to hang out with. He is a real joker, but he also loves God a lot. So if you tell him you have a problem, his first response won't be to pray about it - which is as helpful as a VCR manual in Japanese. And if you want someone to munch peanuts and have a beer with, guess who's your man...
If Des were a mutant, his superpower would be superhuman patience. How he finds it in him to think things through when i'd be ready to throw the first punch is beyond me. He's also a really humble guy, and doesn't take offense easily, unless it's about his favourite football club, Arsenal.
If there's somone i want to emulate, it would have to be him. He has a natural ability to understand people, especially girls. I'd like to have that ability, but i can't, cos i think with the wrong head too much. But yeah, he's a sincere guy that can easily hang out with different groups and cliques, in church and beyond.
I'm very thankful for a friend like Des. So this post is to him, for all that he is, and will be as he follows what God wants for him.