Universal Language

There are just certain topics which bind people together.

Soccer, for one. As I was walking back today, I noticed the coffeeshop downstairs was packed. If my memory doesn't fail me, the last time it was more packed than this was during elections, after the WP rally in Hougang to be exact.

And there's always babies/toddlers that unite people. Somehow, it seems like people just cannot resist the 'cuteness' of kids. Whilst on the train yesterday, I once again saw two families of strangers talking to each other only because this toddler started running to the other family.

Then again, not all kids are cute. Just like the bunch of noisy primary school kids on the train last Friday. They were shrieking at the top of their voices. The best part was, there (presumably) lousy teachers didn't even bat an eyelid. Hello?!? Can't your school afford some school bus so as to contain the noise pollution. Those high pitch screamings are just way too much for people knocking off after a tired day of work, k? And the running arounds.....

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A good friend once commented that I don't know how to keep my friends. I can't remember whether I was irritated when I read that then, but I guess I did agree then and there.

So many years have passed. Somehow, I don't think I've gotten rid of that bad habit either. Just look at how my mum comments about me having "friends of the month" or something to that extent.

Perhaps it's just something that I've learnt from childhood, that is, to hide myself from everyone. So much so that if a person steps pass my line of comfort, I automatically back off. Either that, or I just don't have a habit of being close to anyone, just so that no one really knows me well enough.

Oh, and there's the last category. Those who have made me unhappy.

Am I that hard to please? Hmm... Then again, little things do make me happy too. Just like a certain one line on MSN from a schoolmate cum CCA-mate whom I'm not even super close to:

"hmm okie.. just don't let whatever is affecting you to affect you too much k? :)"

The guy who typed that, thank you!! Stupid as it sounds, that concern just made my day =)