Friends

Given a great idea for somebody else, what is there to do apart from getting the idea done? Some ideas are universal, even things like necessity to breathe. That’s down to the absolutely bare minimum of life. Above such bare minimum, we might need to reflect if what I think…

Recently a close friend showed concern about how I was doing, not that they had a concern, but it was more an “exploratory” question. That person has legitimate ground for concern for me, though my concern is that they showed that concern to me very sparingly, and almost always only…

So pleasantly surprised we didn’t remember the details. Anyway, for some reasons our names were on one of our bags. Somebody walked pass us, or we went pass them, and they happened to see our name on the bag. They called us out, and both were stunned for a few…

Static is static, not fluctuating. Flux is something moving, on the go, i.e. not static. A friend can be described as having a lot of changing decisions, mood, worldviews, bahavioural patterns etc. For another person observing, this friend never stays still. But for the friend, the way they are is…

Having to mix in different social and work environment, I often feel I need a lot of effort and attention to fit in with others. It’s not always easy to identify causes and the “unfitness” looks like. A circle does not fit fully inside a square A wrong remark breaks…

Sounding astonished himself, he told me his mom travelled back from North America on her own. You mean you didn’t know, I asked. In fact, it was not clear to the rest of the family who would be travelling with her on the way back. Like, he said, with a…

Incapacity or unwilling, he can’t make it out. It’s not that she is not around. He recalled she was rarely not at home when he was at home. When she retired  he noticed that sometimes when went out on her own, it could be hours before she returned. At that…