I think i shd be content with the amount of good friends i have who really appreciate what i did for them. I also appreciate what they have done for me too.
Friends like Catherine, Anting and Cheanchia (although we now seldom meet because we are too busy to) have add so much meaning to my life. And my internet friends, who are always there for me whenever i ’sprung’ at them with the occasional “Bleh”, “hey”, been very nice to me over internet games. Thanks to many friends, who ever considered me as a valued friend. For accepting who i am.
I should not care about people who tries to hurt or harm me, nor take their words seriously, because i simply should not value any of their comments since they do not appreciate who i am.
Well, if you ask, why the sudden talk about friendships? there’s no particular incident or what that happened at least for the past few weeks. And nono, its not about the misunderstanding my good friend have on me. that was history. It’s just that i am upset at how people make unfair critisms on others, especially on friends.
The real reason why it link me to talk about friendship, is because i just talked with my mum. And i realised how people critised joanne peh or fann wong, base on how they act or style their hair. It is so unfair. Although i do not have any special liking for fann, i recorgnise her efforts and her hardwork trying her best in her job. Notice i use the word “job” instead of “act” because acting is her job. Just like you and me, trying to get good results. If you were to say that you get good results is not to show off/brag, then its the same for her. She wants to do well in her job not because she want to work very hard, sleep much lesser per day, show off and get critised in return. How people style their hair is also what they want or “their job requirement”. Just because joanne peh has a hair cut short, it unfair to critise her for acting boyish -.-, or “refuse to keep long hair”. It is most probable that she is required to cut a short hair for a role, or its the style the company wants her to portray.
I get very annoyed just now when my mum keep rattle at how bad their acting is. How unfair. Tell me, you like to be told that you are very lousy and bad in your job? No way! In the same way, i should have told her “mum, do you notice how bad you did your housechores, how slow you are…”. Won’t it be better if i just say, “i suggest you use this washing machine which can do the job faster”, or “mum, i think you should ____ instead so that it will be cleaner”. Ok lets see it in the other way. Instead of saying “shes bad at acting, she haolian, dunno how she choose hairstyle-choose until so ugly”, lets try “i think she have a lot more room for improvement.”, “she should try on a different hairstyle, PERHAPS it look better on her”. It sounded so much pleasant isnt it? i feel so bad for them when they, as celebrities, have to take on so much critisms for what they are. It would be better if those critisms were put in a “encouraging” manner.
Ok, lets get to the friendship thing. If one seriously think that a person, is really bad in the personality, he/she should just put it in a nice manner. E.g. if the person is too direct. use “I think she should learn to be less blunt”. don’t backstab pls! i hate backstabing. so un-nice. Or simply, dont comment at all. keep all to yourself. If you really hope that things don’t recur, just tell the person nicely, (ok, provided she/he will not be very angry). Somehow, the same critism can sound very nice or very cruel depending how the person put across, or to whom the person tell it to. Telling directly to the person causes less harm of cause. If the person tells it to everybody how bad a person is, and if that word or sentence reaches to me. I most probably will interpret it this way, ” the victim of the scandals is not so bad. In fact, the worse person is the person who spread it”. Get it? My english is so poor. i admit i might not be a person good in position to say this kind of things to educate people. Its just my 2 cents worth and how i think the world can be a better place.
If no one ever bothers to be a little fair to others, or at least to me, i have no point in living. can go die ler… then the person who did words of injustice to me, will be the murderer after i suicide! (sorry this sentence is nonsense..)
Another point to note, if a person don’t say that he/she cherish you as a friend, it does not mean he/she do not cherish you. If a person is a little too harsh to you, correcting your mistakes etc, it also doesnt mean he/she do not like you. (Just like parents are harsh to their kids for their own good).Use your heart to listen~ If one likes to anyhow interpret a person + interpret wrongly, it means that the person is a bad interpreter and a bad friend to have
So please slap me, if i ever get upset because of this sort of person, wake me up and remind me not to get upset over unreasonable friends.