social party gathering

23rd november marks a revealing yet surprising day for me. there i was in the land where i used to dream to further my studies in. part of me felt a little relief that it din come true. after watching myself how others gather for "farewell and drinking" session, i was shocked.

when i arrived, it was a bit awkward because there are 20 plus of them and i only knew 4 of them. yet, i decided long time ago not to get drunk in a foreign place with foreign people. hence, my decision to stick to playing cards and mahjong (ohhh mahjong, how have i misssed you). things are fine before 12am before the shots were called for. after shots were flushed down the throats of the happy-go-lucky people, things get interesting.

you could literally see people acting in a funny and interesting ways. one who claimed to have stopped drinking soon join the shots calling. wow, how funny it was to see him saying rubbish while playing mahjong. i did share the laughter for a person acting so silly. inside my heart, i was thinking, thank god it was not me.

one happy event was when a new couple emerged out of this gathering. apparently, there is this girl who had a crush on a guy. and things started to blurt out due to alcohol influence. the devil act or luck of romance? i wonder. but at least now things were clearer and better for the two people. i just hope they have not forgotten what they said during the gathering. if not, it will be awkward for the girl because she is quite sober. hmmm....

then from clown acting to love romance came heart-2-heart talk. i found very welcome for being given the opportunity to listen. the guy was quite a poor thing. for a mistake which i dun seem like a mistake at all. is it wrong for him to like a girl? i think not. unfortunately, what i think is wrong was the fact that the reaction given by the girl. she took it as invasion of privacy. funny. just when i thought flattery element is at hand, it turned out way too negative. well, this shows that the saying "it takes all sorts to make the world" is true. what one thinks as friendly is taken negatively. lesson in life: better know a person well enough before making any move. the girl might not give you a very clear signal or doesn't really like you.

the people are quite disappointed that i din even take a sip of alcohol. hey, i am new here. fair reason, right? besides, the sight of lots of them taking the hugging the toilet bowls puts my perspective right again. really an eye opener as a close friend said. indeed.