There are all kinds of people in this world and you see more of them as you grow. Some you only hear of them from friends or through drama series. Naive of me but I've always thought everyone is the same. People of the same age and same class should think similarly, they should live a similar life. But I've only came to realise while observing people during work recently that i was wrong about that, two brothers can live under the same roof receiving the same kind of education but both have huge different in perceptions whist another man, living an opposite way of life shares the common mind.

Some live life for themselves, totally ignorance to the surrounding comments or being outcast. The hold no responsibilities nor a need for explanations to anybody. Just by themselves.

Some are so conscious, that they almost lose themselves to the world, not physically of course. Talk in a way to impress, acting in a gesture that was never in him/her.

Some wants to break free from pursuing the standard form of life everybody desires to be. Meaning you want to be true to yourself yet you have to lie your way through just to fit in.

What I'm trying to say is that, shouldn't we be true to our self? Be accountable for our self? Don't you think it will be so pathetic when we ask our self what have we done for our self maybe on the last day of our life? Then our answer will be, "Oh, majority of my life i was dressing and talking and acting in a way to impress people so that people would think that I'm cool." Or maybe, " I am not quite sure about that cos more than half of the time i am just doing whatever other people are doing." Bad huh?

Or some people wasn't on good terms with everybody. Presuming you are too cool to hang out with yada yada or, i can't wait to hang out with yada yada cos yada yada is so cool and popular. Now here's another thing i wanna talk about popularity and fame. You can have the whole school knowing your name or you have at least hundred people waving to you as you walk down orchard road or you may even have people you have never heard of know of you and even set you as their idol or crush. BUT, are this people going to be there for you when you are in need of help. Not talking about fights, but more of like, when you are in need of money, when your family fall apart, when you need someone to talk to at the wee hour, or the best, when you broke up with your partner for three months already and he/she still console you and wipe your tears patiently, when you are having the bad-est time and want to rant it out at someone?

My brother always say, you can know the whole world but you only need one or two true friends. They don't calculate how many fries you took from them, they don't reject your call or ask you to call again tmr cos you're sleeping, they won't hesitate to stand up for you when you're being bullied, they don't go to you and say" ay, you borrowed 1.50 that time so you still owe me 2 dollars", they don't ditch you for their girlfriends and most importantly, they are true to you. This are true friends.

Sometimes i find that he is just trying to act emotional in front of me because i don't think anyone on earth can ever do that, at lease not me, cos i am not that patient when i am asleep and i'm always broke. HAHA. But, this is sounding cliche but you have to know this, being a normal person don't give you that ability, but being a christian empower you to reach that level or tolerance and acceptance.

So start thinking, what kind of person you want to be and what kind of friends you're really looking for.

Nicole Christine Au
Eleven December 1987
Hongkonger