I have a funny kind of friendship. You see, I have 4 best friends and 2 of them are my childhood mates. To be honest, my relationship with them is kinda like having a relationship with a girl. We hang out almost every weekend, we understand each other and we argue about silly things. We talk almost about everything. From stupid things to serious issues in life. We have common likes and dislikes, but we can still live our own personal lives without any obligation to interfere. In short, they combined is like an ideal girlfriend I’ve always dreamed of.
1. One of them is one of my mates from kindergarten, so I know him well enough. He’s kind of a tough one and the most patient among us, I think. He’s this crazy person who always has shocking ideas which most of the times fail to happen. He’s an introvert and having a bit of difficulty to communicate to new person. But he’s getting better now based on what I saw. He’s a stubborn one but can always seem to tolerate other’s opinion. That’s why he often becomes the mediator if there’s an argument on our plan for the weekend. He’s an outspoken person who sometimes may hurt people by the way he talks, even me. If he doesn’t want something, he’d just say that he’s too lazy to do so. I think he has some kind of a dream to become a badass.
He knows many things, but most of them are nerdy stuffs. In short, he’s a major nerd. Despite all that, he has a big heart and is seemed to be always available whenever a friend hits the lowest point. Moreover, he’s a hilarious person who sometimes becomes the victim of gay-related jokes.
2. The second person is also my mate from kindergarten. He’s a very stubborn person who has a creative mind. He knows exactly how to execute his ideas, yet he’s too damn lazy. He’s kind of unpredictable sometimes, but all that seems to change since he is with his girlfriend. He’s a bit annoying with his knuckle-headed and lazy attitude, sometimes. Again, he is one stubborn son-of-a-gun. He doesn’t talk much, but he’s a funny. He is damn crazy about movies. You can talk all day to him about movies and movie ideas. He is a hardcore Liverpool fan but always seemed to be pessimistic every time he watches their match.
He is the planner of our plans, but always ended up with one word: ‘curry’. Like #1, he knows many nerdy stuffs (another major nerd in da house!) He has an unexpected taste of music and he liked Glee. HE LIKED GLEE! Sweet Lord please help us.
3. The third person is our object of bullying (most of the times). She’s a human-template. She has her own pattern on responding to something. Sometimes she’s annoying. Make that most of the times. Wait, she’s always annoying. She is discreetly very smart. Very surprising. You’ll see if you meet her.
She’s the youngest among us. She’s a rare case of both human and girl. However, she’s also a cool person. She always seemed to have her mind clear which makes her very unpredictable and unreadable. She can’t stop talking. She’s always with her weird noises. I don’t even know why I am friends with her.
4. Fourth is one of my mates’ girlfriend (I probably have mentioned her above). She’s the most enthusiastic and energetic person among us. She’s the quickest to response in almost every conversation. She’s able to make fun of people but often be the victim of her own jokes. She’s kinda like one of the ‘woo-hoo girls’ back in her high school. But with us, her ‘woo-hoo girls’ material just make her the object of our inside jokes. Among us, she’s the most update with the social life, since the rest of us are kinda like introverts who may seem to be ignorant to whatever that’s going on around us.
To keep it short, she is, unlike #3, a normal girl. The only one that is sane among us 5.
There you have it, my friends’ personal descriptions based on my point of view. Do correct me if I’m wrong. They’re like a part of my family. They may not be the kind of people that I can always count on, but I know they will always be there. Having them around is much more worth than having a girl friend.
Few weeks ago, I hosted an annual homestay program held by the Ministry of Sports as one of the foster families. I hosted this homestay program each year since 5 years ago I think. And since then, every year around November or December I will be getting guests from all over ASEAN countries, plus Japan, since the program is a kind of cooperation between ASEAN countries and the government of Japan. Usually I received 2 guests each year, but this year I received 4! One was from Singapore, one from Brunei, one from Vietnam, and one from Indonesia (Aceh). They stayed for only 3 days and 2 nights in my house of total 50 days of cruising, before heading to Malaysia to continue their trip around South East Asia and Japan.
At first I thought it would be awkward and confusing since I had to show those 4 guys around Jakarta. But, it wasn’t. It was fun actually. We went to the Miniature Park of Indonesia, Amusement Park, karaoke, and finished it off with a cup of coffee somewhere at Kemang area. Surprisingly, we got along well. At first I thought it would be difficult to communicate with all of them, while having 2 foreign guests was hard enough. Let alone if they have difficulties to speak English. Probably it was because I’ve received 5 guests from the Netherlands at a time when my sister got married, and it was me who was obligated to take them all around Jakarta (including the bachelor party for the groom). Since then I care a bit less about getting to know them one by one, because there will be a moment when I have to talk to them, one by one. And I used that moment quite good, I think.
And as usual, at the end of their short visit to Jakarta, me and my family had to take them back to the ship and attended the farewell ceremony. It was the usual rundown, like the open ship, speeches, and the most emotional part: the farewell. The farewell itself was always the same every year, even the song list (which was intended to make it even more emotional every year, and surprisingly it always worked). However, this year was kind of different. This year, one of my foster brothers, was the person who was in charge to give a speech which he did it very nicely. I think I almost cried when I heard his speech.
So at the end of it, I got myself new friends, new brothers, received many souvenirs from them, new places to stay if I ever travel around the South East Asia, and new friends to hang out with. And yeah, despite the unfortunate thing, the good things are yet to come. Cheers!
Today’s being one of the toughest days ever.
First, I started this morning by waking up late. I usually wake up at 7 or 7.30 in the morning, while today I woke up at 9 am. That made me showed up real late at work.
Second, my plans got all screwed up. Because I woke up late, I decided to look up the suit I just made. According to the schedule, the suit should be finished by today. And I was right. However, I failed to made it to the tailor because I had to take my dad to the bank. Well, the bank wasn’t that far from the tailor, but the he finished far earlier than expected when I was half way to the tailor. And beats me, it was a one way road so I had to drive around the road to make a turn back to the bank. On my way back to the bank, suddenly my car stopped due to some technical problem (caused by moi) that I yelled outrageously at it and myself. I even punched the car-door that time. Why was I so pissed? Because if not because of that so-called “trouble”, I would’ve crossed the road and made the turn smoothly while instead, cars went through so that I couldn’t cross. I wasn’t blaming my father, it was the force majeur that made me so pissed.
Third, I went to the building next to mine to grab a lunch. The food itself was fine until the rain started to pour. It was so hard that I could barely run my way back to the office. So then I had to wait for like half an hour or so, in which was such a waste because in the end I had to pay for renting an umbrella.
Fourth, all day I was really, really sleepy for godknowswhy. It was like my eyes weighted about 5 kilos each, that I could barely kept it open. I did manage to sleep for about 15 minutes or so, and awake shockingly because my brain suddenly remembered that I was playing Football Manager at the time. Superb, brain, really good timing..
Fifth, I planned to take a look at my suit after work, but instead I got another assignment that made me stayed until 12 at midnight.
The only good thing was that I got involved in a big project at work starting today.
By the way, using SocialScope for twitter on BlackBerry is quite worth the wait. I had to queue for godknowshowlong (I even forgot that I signed up for it), but once I tried it, I never look back. So, yeah it is recommended since it’s quite handy.
Doing the right thing is never easy. There’ll be regrets and other’s feeling to consider. The question remains is whether or not the thing you’re gonna do is the best for you and the people around you. Think carefully. Once you’ve made your decision, whatever it is, remember the following: take your stand, keep the faith, hold your grip, and most important, keep praying.
Ever wondering that your parents are lame? And ever wondering will you be like your parents one day?
I have a thought on that. You see, my parents (well most old people, I think) tend to burst out awkward jokes. And why is it awkward? Well, it might be funny f0r the people at their own age. but when they burst it to people younger than them (their nephew, for instance), it creates some sort of awkward moment where the younger reacts with some kind of awkward laugh just to be polite.
This has already becoming the new ‘trending topic’ with me and my friends. We used to share every awkward jokes, or information that old people used to share in their Blackberry Messenger (groups or conference or worse, the broadcast message) just to laugh at them. Well, because it is not funny at all for us. And then we wonder, would we become like them when we are older? Would we laugh with those kind of jokes because it is funny? Or worse, what would our kids think in the future if we burst out those jokes to them, or to their friends?
Frankly speaking, I don’t know what would be become. And even though I am telling myself now that I will not be like my parents (with those awkward jokes of theirs), as my age increases I might be like them. Tell some awkward jokes to my younger cousin, or nephew. Or probably, I would tell the recent-nowadays jokes (which me and my friends think is funny) to my kids and their friends, and they will come out with that awkward laugh, just to look polite.
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