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Wednesday, October 03, 2007

The weather is getting so hot these days that I tend to fall asleep (as usual) in air-conditioned classes. Hahaha.

The impetus to write this post today mainly is to wish my good friend joycezie good health always after the shock of the day I got in class -- she was hospitalised! A few days ago we were chatting on MSN and I was like, shoo-ing her to see the doctor as she complained pain in her abdomen. So you see, health is of utmost priority because without health, you can't do anything else much. Like, she had to miss some important events in this week, which would cumulate into other inconveniences later.. so the best I can do here is to wish her all the best... it's been so many years since we first did that interesting Financial Accounting project about Pfizer and here we are looking at graduation together... ooh.

Yes, I believe that it takes really really plenty of fate and effort to catch a good friend and keep that friend as a good friend. Plenty of fate as I had mentioned, the butterfly effect may result in extremely different lives even though initial conditions could be just slightly different. And that effort, effort means not just to wait there for your friend to tell you something. Go ahead, and make that effort.

However, while I would like to stay in close contact with a whole lot of people, I cannot because not everyone thinks that way, you see. Some people can only step into your circle for awhile and then they would leave because of differences in interests and goals and a whole lot of other reasons. I have like 250+ people on MSN but I probably talk to 60+ of them occasionally and another 100 when the chance arises (like there is a nick worth asking about). The people whom I feel comfortable to talk about anything under the sun only drops down to less than 6. So, while quantity is useful to get your connections and network, quality still wins over in relationships.

So to tie in with this theme, I actually selected Sun Ho's song, Smile of Spring 春天的微笑. It's about someone decided to forget the past and start afresh in spring. I don't particularly like Sun Ho, since I had mentioned, I don't really like any particular singer, I like particular songs. Just like my football interests, I don't like any particular club, but I like the players (so whichever club has the most number of players I like, is my favourite club).

Maybe such a thinking is extendable to the idea of friends: I don't particularly like any of you, but I like your personality, traits and character. The more traits I like, the more preferred you become to me..

WHICH IS NOT TRUE!

Songs come and go, players join and leave but a leopard never changes its spots, so I will have to like the entire contents of the package before I like the package. So even if my friends have certain traits which I feel not comfortable with, I would still call that person my friend because it's part of the entire person I am dealing with.

Lastly, I have 3 mid-term quizzes and one presentation tomorrow (Wed)!!! Sheehz.

OH, before I go, some great tips I learnt from my World Travel and Tourism class today:

a. budget airlines are not necessary cheaper
b. they are cheaper only if you book really really early
c. online travel agents usually offer better prices and services than traditional brick and mortar agents
d. c is only true if you are travelling in a small group or as a FIT (free independent traveller)

Next week is term break.... but I guess the best travel experience I can get is to go Vivocity and see Sentosa Island. LOL.

-sweating profusely-
(not because it's hot, because I haven't studied!)

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12:32 AM