Yesterday I met up with ColBear and JengBear, two old and lovely and friends from high school. JengBear is 22 today. So we had a mini celebration with a square of brownie. Almond and walnut. Mmm. It was so good just sitting around and having a good conversation with friends, talking about worries, experiences, problems and dreams. We mentioned some goals and some ways to attain them as well. It was extremely satisfying and felt like a story out of one of those Chicken Soup books. One thing I forgot though, Malaysian people do not really hug. I was surprised cause out of habit, I would hug everyone right. But somehow JengBear was quite unresponsive/awkward and it just seemed wrong to hug ColBear after that. And then I got to thinking.

I was not really a hugging person here in the first place. Somehow, somewhere I picked it up from someone. I wonder who. And it just seemed so right in Australia, where you can hug your friends, and in fact it can be seen everywhere ! But not so much in Malaysia. Where people are generally more uptight and severe. It is quite sad that. Some hugs would be nice at the moment. But it was just a continuation of our conversation earlier at Secret Recipe. Because both of them were talking about some other friends who would be doing some Masters overseas and both of them were regretting not going out more during college years, mixing around, getting involved in activities. And they pointed as me as someone who has seen more, done more, and therefore more social... And yet I was quick to point out that this might not be true. It was exactly the people that I thought were more social in high school that I wanted to be like. And then I found out how boring they could be. They were more likely to stay at home and play Warcraft then to discover a new jazz bar, or a cocktail lounge, or visit the new club. They were more likely to miss Chicken Rice then to want to try out Risottos, Crepes and Kebabs. I am so glad I did not really become like them. And became myself instead.

The moral of the story is : Try new things. Get out of your comfort zone. You WILL have fun.

Though I must say I was surprised to hear about relationship problems from them. Shows just how much we have really come from those high school days. But all the best of luck to you guys. You just deserve the best person to love you. Yes you do.

Then today we were discussing the issue of marriage at work. So it was also funny to hear about people's long term plans. Maybe I should start making some of my own.......... Met 2 real Zambians at work today. They were just like any other Africans, and they could have been Kenyans and you would not know. Haha, the best part of it was that they were lost !! Well, they actually missed their flight but it was still funny. Got me thinking back about Zambians issue at IH. Hehe.

Good times.

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