The Pensieve

scene: a lecture with about a third of the fac present…

tutor: ok, X, give us another name… (the tutor had been asking X to give him names, ie. sabo pple to answer questions… so far, he’d saboed half his cg and a few good friends)

tutor: how about call someone whom you think is the most gentle, quiet and shy/sweet (i can’t rem which adjective he used)?

X: (pauses) er………… hmmm…… (looks around the lecture room)

tutor: how about call the most kiasu person?

X: (long pause) er….. hmmm (looks around the room some more)

tutor: (also looks around the room)…

X: (says my name)

me: (my head swivelled round so quickly i thought i got a whiplash injury! or maybe chance #!) me?!?! kiasu?!?! (as in like most KS person here!?!?!!)

tutor: who’s that?

me: (puts up my finger…)

entire class: (mumbles excitedly and all heads turn to me)

me: that’s really mean! (i repeated that twice, dunno if X heard me)

tutor: i think he meant the first…

me: (slightly mollified… but heck. KS then KS lor! but i sure ain’t the most KS in this room manz! )

sigh. there goes my reputation. now skewered liao lor… haha…

boy i’m gonna feel so guilty blogging this kind of ‘Her World’ or ‘Nu You’ type of blog while in the hospital… -_- but here goes…

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many tend to place their dear beloved at higher priority than their friends, even if those were friends who’d been there for them in times of need, and had known them for ages. it’s not something bad, but it’s not something good either. it’s perfectly natural to want to see/speak/be with your boy/girl friend (especially if the relationship has just started) all the time, but i think we all have to be aware of our other friends. these are friends who’ve been there for you longer than HE has, and these are friends who’ll stay by you even when HE leaves. so if you get your priorities right, you should know what to do…

let’s say, if you wanna meet your other half and not your grp of friends instead, you’d be shooting yourself in the foot if you tell them, ’sorry, i’m meeting dear/darling/… watever instead, can’t meet you all…’
once, we understand, heck we even think it’s sweet;
twice, we understand, after all we’re happy for you;
thrice, we still understand…
four, five, six, seven times…
we really can’t be bothered to meet up with you anymore.

and one day, if unfortunately, you find yourself in a fix or you find yourself all alone (cuz you two have broken up or quarrelled), try calling your friends and see how many will be able to meet up with you at short notice.

lesson no. 5: don’t take your friends for granted.

lesson no. 6: if you want to meet up with your bf (or you’ve already made prior plans to do so, and you don’t wanna disappoint him), instead of telling your friends that he’s the reason why you can’t meet up, you might wanna try using other excuses like ‘family outing’, ‘doctor’s appointment’…. at least that would cover some of your tracks and keep your friends close to you still.