Maintaining a vibrant social life is tiring. Thus, other than the SHSS ladies, I almost didn’t keep in constant contact with any other school mates/ social groups. Many times in life, when I look back, I suspect that I am the obnoxious one; I had problems fitting in during JC and Hall days. To be kinder to myself, maybe I didn’t find the right crowd.
Fortunately in my uni years, I had a group of friends in the same orientation group and the friendship continued into lunch buddies. I don’t quite remember being lecture/ tutorial mates with them but the many arts canteen lunches/ breaks catch-ups.
As we graduated, we kept in contact infrequently. I don’t remember attending any of their weddings, house warming, or kids’ birthdays. Since we graduated, I probably met up with them for less than 10 times. Maybe bcos we have more time as the kids grow older, we actually met up more in the recent years - like once a year. Hoho. God is good and in the group, there is one who usually initiates the meeting and she remembers me.
The last time we met was last year. I am not a social one and inferiority complex often didn’t leave me most at ease with this group. I duno why. We are all doing well in lives in different ways and I have no explanation for how I feel. Anyway, I had a drag in my feet when we arranged to meet up on Monday evening.
The gathering ended up so much better than I expected. I again duno why. Conversations flow without much of an effort and there were plenty of laughters and catching up. Like I mentioned, we are all doing well (and struggled too) in different aspects of life.
We chatted until almost 11pm on a weekday night. I cannot believe that. It was way past my bedtime. Lol. I hope to catch up with them again; we don’t have to wait 1 year. Haha.
No comments:
Post a Comment