I sound really nasty in the previous post, but I make no apologies for it. It's just that I'm so damn pissed by these pompous, pretentious people, and I happen to have an opinion on them. I don't like pretentious people. I can't emphasize that more. I happened to meet my elder cousin at a little family dinner yesterday night. Full of pretence as usual. Kept showing off her daughters achievements as "morning-tress"(sic) which, I presume, really means Monitress. And how her older daughter was jealous of her younger sister.

I have an older sis. And, I don't remember my sis being jealous of me, or vice versa. We do have sibling rivalry of course, but not in the form of jealousy of achievements. We all know, or rather, were taught, that each of us have our own unique set of talents. It may be hard to believe, but really, we were never jealous of each other's achievements. We saw it as a incentive to do better in that particular field, but never as a threat. That, FYI, has got to do with the way our parents bring us up. I'll leave the rest of this issue for you to ponder on.

I chatted with Cheryl today, and well, the topic of JC life came up yet again. I guess it's a raw topic, that's why we've got so much to say about it. After awhile when JC life becomes your run-of-the-mill kinda life, I suppose we won't find as much to talk about it already. She suddenly lamented that the SJ peeps have been drifting apart sooner than she'd imagine. At first I thought, "Huh? Really?" But later on I realised there IS some truth to what she said. Our Yahoo! Groups ain't that active already, and let's just say we've not met each other for a long time. It doesn't matter if you're in the same JC or not, as long as you're in different classes, you'd probably drift apart, 'cos the schedules in JC are really, really different. I should've seen it coming I guess... all those talk about staying together are now being put to the test. That's why I decided to get the SJ peeps to meet every 3rd Saturday of the month, as suggested by my CG rep. Don't know if the plan will follow through, but I'm doing what I can.

Later on Cheryl suddenly asked me, "Do you think any of us has changed?" I was kinda stumped by the question, guess I never really thought about it -- or maybe it's 'cos we don't meet as often and I don't see any glaring changes in my squadmates. I told her I don't know, but what I knew was that I didn't change -- not much at least. I'm still very much the old me. I guess it all boils down to how easily you're influenced. You're either easily influenced, influence easily, or neutral. You guys know how we tend to 'go with the flow' when it's just orientation. No one knows each other, we just want to get acquainted. I'm still finding my way around. I've been told JC friends aren't friends for life. I'm going to let that fact unfold itself before me prior to jumping to any conclusions. I've also been told that secondary school mates are friends for life. No idea if there's any truth to that, but I'm going to let that slide. I'm going to nod and gush enthusiastically, "Yeah, Yeah THAT IS TRUE!". Perhaps it's cos I always believed in that...

Anyway, Cheryl told me she changed. If you're reading this Cheryl, I can't see any glaring changes in you, but whatever it is, remember to stay grounded. Heh. I sound so freaking philosophical.

So, whatcha guys think eh... have YOU changed?




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