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and of course, meimei,

this is the first time we're entering the year without us mutually wishing each other good things, but i know you'll come around again and check my letters like how you habitually did.

it's been five years since we met and yet, each time we speak, i still get very excited just to see your "hi leilei," or whenever i see you open your arms wide to give me the best bone-crushing hug. you've successfully left me a mark that will last very long, mayhaps, even longer than the time we have to be by each other's sides.

i am so lucky to have met someone like you and regardless of what the future holds for the both of us, i will always keep inside me the version of mine that you loved and my meimei whom i'd love to be a fellow cat with in our next lives.

you will forever be my best friend.

i love you so much, there is no word in this world that can ever give justice to the depth of the affection i have for you.

always and forever yours,

leilei.

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dear sayuri,

this one i've said before, you carry with you this peaceful energy that never fails to make everything bad, better. it's a charm, isn't it? a gift, even.

we never have consistent conversations because we seem to be bad at holding them for longer than a day but despite this, our other interactions prove that friendships need not be demanding to last.

in my eyes, you will forever be the embodiment of purity and kindness.

i adore you so.

all the love,

ianthe.

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dear kaede,

i haven't written anything yet but the mere mention of your name cracks me up already.. like what do u mean.. our friendship lasted despite it being mostly about me thinking everything you say is a joke or me laughing at you for no reason at all.

you taught me a great lesson: friendships need not be built with love — it can last with a lil bit of annoyance, and a whole lot of judging (unprovoked).

please come with me too in 2026 or i will boink you. and please, make your announcements serious so i never doubt them again!

i love u though :p

always,

ianthe.

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dear ao,

hehe. thought i forgot you? of course, not!

even if you're not as active here as you used to be, i will never forget you and how we would hold each other warmly during difficult days. i am glad that things have worked out both in our favor last year, and i wish that it continues to be the same way this year.

there are a lot of things that i wanna say thank you for, but i know that they will be more appreciated if done through personal messages. thinking of you always fills my chest with so much warmth. i adore you so so much.

i love you, my pretty little thing.

always,

ianthe.

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dear jules,

i don't think i've told you this yet but in my eyes, you are like a very cute puppy that i wouldn't mind holding in my arms the entire day.

you've offered me sooo many encouraging words throughout the year and made sure i was well every single time. you are one of the people who i know would be by my side for a long time because i trust that since you came in my life, you were vying for the forever friend position in my life. i love the genuine friendship you gave me and you can trust me when i say that i will take care of this with the best i can.

let's live happily this year, my sweet peach. i love you.

always,

ianthe.

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dear yun,

hehe. you are the sole friend whom i've blessed with an exclusive nickname that i was able to keep up with and gatekeep. my yun-kitty, i treasure you so dearly.

our random yaps, mostly about my embarrassing encounters with people who TURNED OUT not to be you while you were away, and all silly things that can randomly pop up in our heads are what entertained me throughout 2024.

your smile is sooo contagious as much as it is one of the most beautiful smiles i've ever seen. let's laugh and love some more this year, omki?

i love you!

always,

ianthe.

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dear clementine,

my precious clem, we've shared good and bad days together and we're still out here having a great time in this new year. you are my second favourite plato gamer (me being my first favourite), but really, those sessions with you took a lot of things off of my mind.

i think you are a very good person. i also think you are very dependable, thoughtful, and generally, someone worth keeping.

i wish to celebrate another birthday, new year, christmas, and many more holidays with you! i adore you so.

all the love,

ianthe.

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dear severine,

oh, you might just be my favourite bearie in the whole wide world. you are always kind even when you're not having a good day, and i am forever in awe of how you can easily make things peaceful.

the last year has been a long, long year, and i hope that whatever weighed down on your shoulders would be lifted in the new year. you deserve good things and i believe that these will come to you too.

carry me in games some more? hehe. asa and i would love to team up with you anytime.

i adore you.

all the love,

ianthe.

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dear hue,

i giggled a little at the intro, it's like saying dear you (which i think is even cuter). okay, enough of that! where do i start...

honestly, i did not expect to leave the year with the same set of people i grew closer with earlier this year because i am very absent on some days. but here we are, and i am still here making hue jokes! hue must be :pikachu clapping: right now!

all kidding aside, i appreciate this low maintenance friendship that we share. each time we boop each other, it never feels like we haven't talked in a while because you are very easygoing and a genuine person.

i wish to bring hue (hehe) more smiles like how you did to my 2024. i lüv you.

all the love,

ianthe.

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dear stiles,

each time i think of birthdays, i think of you. i mean, how could've that silly plan to be your friend possibly work? heaven's decision to bring me to your life, me thinks.

you are one of the people with whom i feel safe and i know genuinely cares about what goes on inside my silly (hyper) active brain. thank you for laughing at my jokes and making me feel good about myself even when i mostly am just being a dummy.

i am super lucky to enter this new year with you! expect another birthday greeting that will top the previous one every year now.

hehe.

all the love,

ianthe.

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dear mizu,

i have already nearly forgotten the taste of victory until we played plato again. KIDDING. this isn't a mizu slander!!

i already forgot how we became friends (worms in the brain) but i am certain that plato brought us even closer. #ad. oh no, i can't take this seriously. thank you for making my evenings awesome and for being so bad at golf and making me feel good about my mediocre playing skills. you are awesome, very very AWESOME. don't ü let your plato losses define who you are.

to more wins for me and more losses for you this 2025! thank you for being part of my 2024.

all the love,

ianthe.

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dear sync,

of course, how will i ever forget to include you? we didn't have many interactions this year, i guess we're really growing older now. it's been how many years since we first welcomed the year by each other's sides, time has passed by so quickly.

you've been my rock for years and i don't think you know how much you mean to me, like how much you truly do. even if you're soooo nonchalant (a complete opposite of mine), i will never get tired of yippity yapping around you. thank you for sticking around.

i hope to still have you in the next new year, grump. i love you. :)

always,

ianthe.

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dear seol,

you are one of the plot twists of my 2024, a friend i didn't know i would hold this close to my heart.

hehe, we met under funny circumstances (i do not know if you remember) but thank god, we're both happy entering this new year. you have a lovely personality that makes it easy to get comfortable in your presence.

as we enter 2025, i wish that all the hurt that you've gotten from the past year would be compensated with an immense amount of love that would make you forget that you were ever even sad.

to more hirono and blind box yaps and photo exchanges with you. i love u, seolbaby.

always yours,

ianthe.

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dear rei,

my anchor, rei. we've pulled each other out of the hard days, but you did that more for me, and i wish i could do something for you that will make up for the good things you did for me.

thank you for bringing peace to my days in 2024, and for standing by me when things were hard. thank you for helping me pace myself with all the healing i had to do over the last year, and for always remembering me.

you have such a big heart and i hope that everyone you've handed it to would see the same. i don't know if i have told you this enough but you mean the world to me, our friendship is something i will forever cherish.

i absolutely love you to pieces.

always yours,

ianthe.

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dear jiyu,

we're approaching the second year of our friendship!

we have grown so much closer than two years ago, the delay is more of my fault given how absent i used to be, and i am so excited to find out what this new year can bring to our friendship.

there are a lot of things that i am grateful for, those that you already know as well and i won't list down anymore. but more than anything, i will forever be in debt to you for always looking after me, most especially on the days when i forget to look after myself.

i am happy that we're both entering 2025 with light hearts. i will always wish nothing but the absolute best for you.

i love u, jiji. °ᡣ𐭩 . ° .

always yours,

ianthe.

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dear hwa,

another one of the people i am most grateful for. the friendship you gave me is something that i will forever cherish and keep close to my heart. it took a while to build the friendship we had and before we actually got to the point where we are now, with some bumps along the way, but i hope you know that you are someone i always include in my nightly whispers of thanks to the sky daddy. you really mean a lot to me even if my attention span seem to not perfectly show that.

this year, i will wish for nothing but good things to come your way. you have a very big understanding heart, one that i was lucky to have been kept in especially during days when i had nowhere to go to.

we have moments together that lives in a small exclusive space both in my head and my heart. you can always find a home in me too.

i love you, i always will, and i forever will do.

always yours,

ianthe.

ps. our song? :)

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dear marin,

oh, my pretty lovely mermaid. we've finally reached our friendversary, yippeeee!

since i first laid my eyes on you, i was captivated by your beauty. we met in may 2023 the first time, what a coincidence, right? or was it fate? i never realized it was you until i found the playlist i made for you. hehe. it still makes me giggle thinking about it.

thank you for being an awesome bestie. i know we talk less these days but i appreciate our small catch-ups and our occasional girl talks. i am so lucky to be blessed with a friend who is understanding, funny, and one who genuinely understands me even if she questions my life choices half the time.

sign me up for another year of sitting together by the sea!

i love you.

always yours,

ianthe.