3. ‘A friend in need is a friend indeed’. Describe how a friend helped you in a difficult time. A friend is someone who always be there for you during thick and thin, who always be our best listener and who will always help us from barking up the wrong tree. Without a friend, ones will feel alone and never know how to socialize with people around him or her. Everyone in this world needs friends as companion in their life. So do I. We can have a lot of friends but to find a true and loyal one is the hardest.

I have a best friend and I think she is the best girl I have ever met, El. We were enrolled in the same school since we are 7 years old. We used to be strangers at first but as we were placed in the same class, we get closed to each other. Plus, we are deskmate. She is a kind-hearted person. This pretty Kelantanese girl used to be very down to earth to all people that she met. She lived in a small town, outskirts of Kota Bharu. She was born with a silver spoon in her mouth. Her father works as a pediatric specialist in one of the most well-known hospital in Kelantan. While her mom works as an English lecturer in Universiti Malaysia Kelantan.

I was having a very difficult time when I was 15 years old. It was a calm and quiet night when I’m burning the midnight oil because the PMR was just around the corner. The residents around my housing area all asleep. It was only me and my pile of books. The clock on my pink room’s wall shown that the time was almost half past twelve in the midnight. I felt very sleepy, so I decided to make a cup of black coffee in the wooden kitchen. Without thinking twice, I made a fast move towards the kitchen and grab a cup, a spoon and a sachet of black coffee. Out of the blue, I sniffed something unusual that smell like smokes. At first, I did not suspect anything. But then I saw flames coming from the back of the kitchen. For a second, I was very frightened that I did not manage to make any inches of move. I rushed towards my parent’s room and knock the door hardly.

Everything happened in a blink of eye. The fire fighters arrived had tried their best to save our house. At that moment, something unexpected happened. Surprisingly, it was El, rushing towards me and hugged me so tight. I cried so hard. She was the one who calm me down. Then she offered me and my family to stay at her home for the time being. I had spent about almost a fortnight while my parents were still searching for a new house. I studied with her and do our homework together as we are in the same class. She also helped me to find new books and stationaries for the examination. I felt so lucky to have her as my best friend.

At last, we both had passed the examination with flying colours. I owe her a lot since that incident. She had helped me to face the challenge in my life. She is very kind, so do her family. It is true that a best friend matters to us as the maxim goes ‘a friend in need is a friend indeed’.