Happy Easter everyone! and Happy End of Daylight-Savings for all you nocturnal party animals :P
You may be thinking: 'O no, he's gone and pulled another publicity stunt...' Which is true, to an extent. The whole world revolves around advocating your self interest and to get the world to notice you for who you are.
Anywho...it was upon advice by Jackson Chen that I thought: 'Maybe it's good if I publish my thoughts' So voila!
Many of you know me as having many personas. The fun and friendly guy. The really quiet kid who doesn't say much. The kid with a big mouth. The dnm guy. I hope to expose all these personas and more through frequent blogs.
Today, since my MSN is down, I feel like talking about friendships, because friendships are vital in the hostile world which is VCE. Indeed VCE is a Very Crappy Experience, and I reckon VCE is comprised of two battles:
1) battle to get a high ATAR
2) battle against the monotony of work work work, or as i like to call it, the ocean of apathy
It is during battle 2 that friendships are vital. Nobody wants to be left alone; however, nobody should feel like they have to be a psychologist for all of their friend's problems (unless they're in a intimate relationship , which I'll get to)
Friendships can nourish your life in so many ways, but it can also be poison that sucks the living daylight out of you (watch out, Robert Pattinson). The key to a good friendship, i think, is this:
1) Friends need to have fun :) That's what attracts one person to another, when they have something in common that is reinvigorating in their life, for eg: My first band not only provided me with the joy of music, but also with the joy of community and the presence of 3 other guys doing stupid shit, such as hitting the cowbells on our heads, and singing to Taylor Dayne.
2) Friends help each other through any viscous adversity whatsoever. There's nothing like that feeling when you know somebody's watching your back and lifting you up from crumbling ashes.
3) On that note as well, it's important to give your friend some space. One thing I've realised over the years is that unless you're in a really close relationship like a bf/gf relationship, bromance or whatnot, you need to give the frienship time to breathe. There's nothing worse than an exhausted relationship with no avenue of conversation and interest. With intimate relationships like the aforementioned, you just need to talk through with the other person and balance the social scales so you're both happy.
4) Communication is key. It sucks when communication falls through, and suddenly you end up with your friend hating you, or you having to break up with your partner because you don't trust each other anymore. Never underestimate a person's ability to listen. Everyone needs a crying shoulder.
I'm sure there's many other things I could tackle, but it's nearing midnight and i should clock my 7th hour of guitar practice for the hols. I hope I didn't sound too didactic and know-all.
I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday; I hope to post one/two more entries before the holidays finish.
+God bless+ :)
世上无难事，只怕有心人
(shi shang wu nan shi, zhi pa you xin ren)
anything can be done through persistence; nothing is impossible.
NIKE always rips off China
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