I was just reading through Michael’s blog and i realised that within this short period of time since i “left school officially” that did i lost touch with so many of my friends. Well, beside the intrinsic reason behind why i always seemed to have time to meet up with my inner most circle of friends and not any others, i do realised that i really missed alot of them.
All these thoughts got spurred up furthermore when i was thinking about how i would be meeting Jiayu and Felicia tomorrow. I really lost touch with them by a fair (unfair) bit already. And just when i thought that this holidays i could possibly try to catch up with them, many of them are overseas or heading out soon. And one of which got obsessively in love and I’m quite sure we all know what happens next, essentially something not determined by us.
At the end of the day, nothing matters as much as how i feel really comforted that though with all these distance apart, they aren’t that far away after all. On the other hand, i never really understood about how some people can get really self centered in friendships. Maybe a better word would be self obsessive. Fundamentally, we all realise the importance of friends. And we are also able to grasp the feeling of how it is like when friends are taking the betterment out of you but yet i still frequently see that happening. A recent incident about some fabricated stories and statements about the things another didn’t do or say.
I guess, its not only me who share the same sentiments, but i never did get whats the purpose behind such actions. Need for Power, Need for achievement, Need for affiliation, thats what i am thought in school. And truely, i did see some people who seemed to have an overpowering need for all three. Well, before that, i should redefine Need for affiliation as Need for popularity. And i actually have people telling me that nothing is more important than putting yourself before others.
Maybe its for a fact that all these unfavourable traits are simply juxtaposed by my group of friends. Cause all these things are the last things that they will do, thus making me feel even more appalled by what might or rather, what are the others doing. Take in consideration i did not define my scope of “others”.
To want to get a friend, you have to be a friend. You don’t get more popular by proving yourself better than any others, even if you did achieved that, your popularity is of no substance. Neither are you.
Fundamentals of character and upbringing. I shouldn’t deny that as a reason behind this difference in the train of thoughts. But i reckoned that at the end of the days, we all know what about the social etiquette. Once again, define social etiquette.
A thought to spare?
Till then(: