Firstly, I think you invited me to one of your gigs in the end of last year or the beginning of this year. You would’ve seen my nose wandering arround your place if I wasn’t in Indonesia.

Secondly… Friends. I used to have problems with friends “yes-ing” my request while what they meant was actually “err…. maybe.” Commenting on this, I would say the root problem is not the friendship, but friend’s attitudes, or their incapability of time management.

It is really annoying when someone gives you that last mintue warning, worse if the warning comes 30 minutes late! If I agree to see a friend at dawn on SAturday, I would clear 60 minutes before and after the dawn from any other appointments days ahead before. And If a really really important event comes to my attention a day before that, I would try to squeez my schedule, or worse scenario will cancel my friend and notofi the person ASAP, and offer to make-up what we miss. That’s my approach of time management and friendship management. HOwever, people are just people. There are dickheads, pussycats, geeks, and other I cannot mention.

Friendship? As the old saying “Distance proves a horse, time proves a man.” Evenmore, there are “a friend”, “a close one”, “close at heart”, “hang-out friends”, “blood sucking” and so on so on so on. My solution, I try to label who is up to for fun, my dirty laundry, a chat, or handy for assignment time. Theefore, I know what is expectable from them and I “signal” what are expectable from me.

That’s my rubbish for the day.
Ps. Earl Okin this Sunday at the Crown (google it?!), wanna come? Gin palace, your fist drink… my shout.

She is a nice person…

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