In the last three months much has happened in terms of
friends, little of which was talked about in this blog. So let’s start filling you all in.
Abroad, my friend situation is simply amazing. Thanks to Whatsapp, a messaging app on my
iPhone, I have managed to keep up with a lot of my friends that I made while in
Shanghai, nearly all of whom reside across Asia. Through text messages and pictures, I have rebuilt my relationship with Jeanni who provides with me words of confidence at just the right times. Yanjia, who I barely talked to in Shanghai now periodically blows up my phone. It is amazing how things have grown since I came back to California. However, everything pales in comparison to how I managed
to convince my Singaporean friend Wan Ching to come to the states for her grad
trip. She is arriving in San Diego in
less than two weeks, driving from Washington DC and to say that I am excited
about her visit would be an understatement.
On the home front, things have not fared as well. I managed to lose two old friends in the same
week due to petty arguments, the result of which has made me the question my
significance to them. The situation
sucks, but I have never been averse to putting myself out there to get hurt and
that is not going to stop now. Kathy,
the only new friend I made last quarter has graduated and gone back to Long
Beach, meaning no more screaming mock fights or alcohol fueled study nights for
the foreseeable future. Furthermore, reconnecting
with Ashley L. has stalled due to her continuously diminishing amount of free
time.
A silver lining to all of this bad news at home, is that I have gotten a lot of closer to Robocop. His family moved to Korea last year, leaving him with no home for the holidays. I offered him the floor in my room and he gladly accepted for the Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks. The result has been the most fun that I have ever had on the holidays. Jokes and loud laughter abound whenever we are together, in addition, he gets along with my family meaning that I do not have to. Over the last month, we have become frighteningly comfortable with each other and though living with Robocop has revealed a great many annoying quirks that I never knew about, I can honestly say now that I am confident we will be friends for life.
A silver lining to all of this bad news at home, is that I have gotten a lot of closer to Robocop. His family moved to Korea last year, leaving him with no home for the holidays. I offered him the floor in my room and he gladly accepted for the Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks. The result has been the most fun that I have ever had on the holidays. Jokes and loud laughter abound whenever we are together, in addition, he gets along with my family meaning that I do not have to. Over the last month, we have become frighteningly comfortable with each other and though living with Robocop has revealed a great many annoying quirks that I never knew about, I can honestly say now that I am confident we will be friends for life.
Tomorrow, I am returning to a lonelier San Diego with fewer
friends than I started with. Not a new
phenomenon, but a definite sign that I am going to need to be more social this
quarter and make more friends.
Wish me luck.
