Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Not Who They Seem

I remember envying cheerfully talkative people as a child. Used to see them as fabricated blessed beings that couldn't see anything but fluorescent colours in life. Well... you know what I'm talking about: those that always see the glass half-full.

Yet I'm not talking about the 8 year old, who, rather than saying, "mhvorninghf misf fuhler" with half a vegemite sandwich stuffed down their throats, would enter with the "I wear shorts shorts" Homer attitude, 180 degrees turned Lakers' cap, and a soccer ball. I wouldn't even dare comment on bitchattitudes, rumours flying, as well as competition of the smartly georgeous (not georgeously smart, mind you).

Nope, not them.

I'm speaking of normal down-to-earth people who seem to just have that active button to, when with them, stun you in awe. Whether it'd be something they say, something they do, or for any other reason made so they could curve a smile on your lips. A person, who, when you're with, makes you feel ashamed of taking the smallest things in life for granted. Little are the words of grief spurt and cursing words are used well for the sole purpose of expressing oneself. They seem so opened and talkative about anything that you feel you really know them, until you find out otherwise.

Above depicts an image I had on socially-active people over the years I've lived. Time has again taught me something of utmost value, changing and bringing me to that very world; to teach and experience things that I've long observed. I'm still not a socially-active person, nor do I think I'll ever be. However, if I were to rule a general clause over this, I would dare say closing in your circle allows you to be more trusting of people, and expanding it rewards you the opposite. But hey, it's worth it-- at least you get to show them the fluorecent colours ;)

I always knew you hid yourself behind that cool asian image,
but I was never fooled. Man, I always knew.

Err... he knows what, already? ^^;

Saturday, April 15, 2006

Wish me luck, guys!

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hey mia sorry to disturb but i need a favor. i lost a chapter in finance and production. i wanna know if i can copy them from u?

Sender: +336219*****
15/04/06
16.50

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pls check ur phone lol

Sender: +336219*****
15/04/06
17.05


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I tried to find the accounting information system in the book so i can understand but i couldn't find it do you know which chapter?

Sender: +336797*****
15/04/06
20.02

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Found it, its in page 5

Sender: +336797*****
15/04/06
20.24

These SMS came in today as I was everywhere else except being in front of any sort of lecture materials. With my final examinations starting on Tuesday, I thought I wasn't being extremely lazy given the fact that I still have 2 days before going berserk and pray for decent passing grades (okay, I have high standards but God is generous). Turns out I wasn't so quite right.

Just now I peeked into my MSN messenger and found that there's only one person online from my list of buddies from college. Leaving him aside (he's a carefree chap not a care in the world + he's graduating this year), I wonder where everybody else is? They can't seriously be studying... or can they? I freaked out at the thought that I too, must hit the books. And fast.

This semester has turmoiled being a mess compared to my last. In my defence, I can say that my thoughts drained on one of my major courses (E-commerce) to the extent that I let my 6 core courses flow with minimum effort. I'm thankful that I've been supported by A-students in those core courses though ;) See, God does work in strange ways. Thanks, you guys.

On a last note, I'd just like to say that this year literally zapped-by me. It seems like yesterday that I went back to this city with the grieve of a child and heart as light as the clouds. This summer, I'll be flying into the "real world" with my very first labour-related activity. It's just a step, but it's heading towards my dream. Let me see if Lorie depicts it right:

A 20 ans, on est invincible
A 20 ans, rien n'est impossible
On traverse les jours, en chantant
Et l'amour,
c'est le plus important
A 20 ans

W i s h M e L u c k Fo r M y F i n a l s , G u y s ! ! !