A beautiful Sunday
Thursday, 9 August 2007
After my jog with Shuwen this mornin, I invited her over to my place for dinner. Gd thing she came during this wk. Or else there'll be nothing much breakfast to offer her. Had a gd 1 to 1 chat with her too. First time doin so as I just started hangin out w her. We met Crystal in the afternoon at the uni library again for some muggin. But this time I couldn't achieve much. Quite tired from the jog. And there's all the muscles aches too... Prepared dinner for Jessica, my neighbour. Pasta, boiled chicken soup, veg and baked potatoes were on the dinner menu. Didn't turn out v fantastic. just so-so... In my past 3+ wks for hangin out with her, my observations of Jessica are that she's (1)quite weak in pple skills (2) has slight prob with self-esteem and (3) frowns more than she smiles.Maybe it's the language barrier since her natural language is Cantonese while mine is English, so she isn't natural in her behaviour when communicating with her (in English). Still, there are some body language skills which doesn't require language as a medium. Some shd be shown at appropriate times, some shd be masked. And the more frequent frowning than smiling worsens the problem.The slight prob with self-esteem... That one was after readin her blog. Then again, everyone has some self-esteem prob in some phases of their life. I had mine. Or maybe, I have been... It was only after a casual statement that she made in super normal conversation which led me to believe that deep down, there is a battered self-esteem. Ok, pot calling the kettle black... Nvm.Although I've presented a v despondent and dull image of her, I have to say, she's a very nice friend to have. She's helpful, not scheming and can be quite 'high' once in a while, which makes her fun to be around with. And I've observed that she gets 'high' only in the late evenings. Haha. She gave me a laundry bag and offered me food whenever she cooked too much of it. Some others would not even take it out to share with anyone. I'm glad I met Jessica. She made me feel less lonely in this foreign appartment, foreign sch and foreign country.
--Talking to myself--
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