Ok, it's another of those not-so-apparent-and-downright-useless topic posting again =Þ
It is Christmas today! Yippee... Merry Christmas everyone! It's a free, multi-cultural country here and it is as much fun to wish well fellow Christian friends on this joyous day as it is to be a participant of the moment just for the sake of enjoying it. I mean, culture need not be a boundary for celebration. After all, culture is more of the norm within a specific community. I suppose you could say that the diversity of our existing cultures and practices have led to a birth of a new culture, an evolution that transcended religion and race. Moments like this, it really feels good to be a Malaysian cause our culture is defined by the mere nature of our co-existence. Forget politics... when it comes to happy times, we are one. And I don't intend to miss out on that; not now, not ever... hehehe.
So what's up lately? Let's see... it is a 3-day weekend this time. I've been busy at the temple this morning (yup... I actually went to help out at the temple *shocked*). No, I'm still not someone worthy of laying claim to the definition of a Hindu... I'm too Malaysian and non-conformant to be deemed a Hindu =Þ I just thought of helping out mom coz there's this celebration this time of the year. I didn't have much else to do, so I suppose playing my part as a helpful and dependable son would make up for some good karma this weekend *grin*. For the record, I just helped out with the preps for the better half of the day... I didn't really stick around for the celebration itself. Ended up at Pizza Uno and a near 3-hour billiards session for dinner instead. As a matter of fact, I just got home not long ago... and I'm already online talking about it. Talk about over-dependency on IT =Þ
The phone was pretty busy after midnight. Loads of Christmas wishes transferring about. Surprisingly, I got a message from a friend I was least expecting. Been wanting to drop her a note myself, but she beat me to it. Regardless, it was good to hear from her. True... she is a girl, and it shouldn't come as a surprise to be excited to hear from someone who could just be more interesting than the average person, hehe.
Undoubtedly, most would be inclined to assume a leaning towards the romantic side of things when I start talking like that, haha. But I would seriously beg to disagree, though a huge lot would still consider my claims an absurdity. Who am I to care, right? I just need to be true to myself ;) Ooops, going off track...
Anyway, lemme fast forward through the details. Girl meets boy. Boy girl chit-chat on and off. Boy girl get along. Boy finds girl a good outlet to extend the social group. Er.. I can't seem to continue in such simplified terms :P Anyway, as I probably noted before, I think expanding my social group would be a very welcome endeavour. The bulk of my friends are either in the same line of work I am in (namely programmers or standard IT ppl), artist-cum-designers (yup.. I have more friends of this kind than programmers ) , close hometown buddies, and then the rest I'll just put under miscellaneous (just getting lazy to classify :P).
This girl is probably a friend who would fall into a new category of her own. Adding to my assumption (and hopes) that her social side would be quite a bit different from mine, a much needed diversity is among my expectations. I see her as a breath of fresh air, to put it simply. I truly look forward to someday getting to ask her friends and her out so as to spice up the mundane regularity of predictable conversations and thoughts amongst the now familiar group of friends I already have. Mind you, I do not shun them; au contraire, I wouldn't want them to be any different than they already are. I just have this desire to meet some new faces with fresh characters... and I suppose I found the opportunity.
But opportunities have to be taken, and therein lies the problem. Things don't always work out the way you plan... life has a way of making the simplest of plans go awry. I've made a few attempts to socialize with her, however time seems to be in odds with us. Something always comes up after the plans are laid, causing either party to have to call it off. Thus far, it has happened 3 times, and for a while I was discouraged coz the only person who seems motivated to try anything was me. Can't blame her side for it... I'm the one with expectations out of the scenario, haha. Selfish as they may sound, they are for a good cause... so I wouldn't deny the self-centered nature of my expectations. The only way to move forward, however, is to realise that expectations often lead to disappointments... and learning to keep moving forward in the face of disappointment is not always a simple task. Good thing is, I strongly believe perseverance will pay off... friendship is worth the trouble.
Anyway, to all my friends; It has been (and always will be) my pleasure to know you all. We've all been through a lot, and every page in the book that is our life has been influenced by one or many of you. To those I have yet to meet at the moment of this writing, I'm looking forward to how our pages unfold ;)
Always glad to look ahead positively in the light of the upcoming New Year. Merry Christmas everyone, and have a brilliant and promising New Year!!!
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