As a follow-up to my earlier outburst about the lack of planning when organising outings, I decided to write a short article listing some pointers to note.
The article can be found here.
Nonetheless, a few events following my outburst has affected me even more negatively.
I have decided that I would prefer having less friends who understand me rather than more friends, but ones that do not understand me. It's not that I have many friends now; probably in the region of 30 max and less than 10 that I still hangout with on an occasional basis.
I was reading the 1988 street directory a few minutes back and it brought back many happy memories. Back in 1988, I had 2 close friends, one of whom I lost contact with until Facebook reunited us. Even with 2 friends, I had a good time.... maybe even more than now.
Is two my new target; should I even attempt trimming my current 10-30 friends down to 2? I'm thinking that might be the case. Maybe even 1 would suffice.
I don't care so much anymore. I'm happy being alone. In fact, I even prefer doing things alone. I don't get distracted and function much better. That's just me being me and I like that.
I've been giving in to the preference of others without getting anything in return. I don't know why people can't plan outings in greater detail once in a while just to keep me happy. The closest thing to detailed planning I have encountered are the local bus tours. Even then, they sometimes don't even follow the plan. I can't recall any other gathering I've been in that has any planning at all.
I'm not asking much. Just properly plan an outing say once in every 5 - 10 outings and I think I'll be sufficiently happy. But no, I must have went out at least 20 - 30 times this year and only the lone bus tour in Feb had any form of planning.
Anyway, I have decided to participate in the Adidas Sundown Marathon (42.195 km) as well as the 50km Northface run and Singapore Marathon 2010. That being the case means I am now unavailable for any outings until approximately December 2010. So don't bother inviting me to any outings.
Bus tours, overseas bus gunzelling trips and training runs are, however, exempted from this rule.
The article can be found here.
Nonetheless, a few events following my outburst has affected me even more negatively.
I have decided that I would prefer having less friends who understand me rather than more friends, but ones that do not understand me. It's not that I have many friends now; probably in the region of 30 max and less than 10 that I still hangout with on an occasional basis.
I was reading the 1988 street directory a few minutes back and it brought back many happy memories. Back in 1988, I had 2 close friends, one of whom I lost contact with until Facebook reunited us. Even with 2 friends, I had a good time.... maybe even more than now.
Is two my new target; should I even attempt trimming my current 10-30 friends down to 2? I'm thinking that might be the case. Maybe even 1 would suffice.
I don't care so much anymore. I'm happy being alone. In fact, I even prefer doing things alone. I don't get distracted and function much better. That's just me being me and I like that.
I've been giving in to the preference of others without getting anything in return. I don't know why people can't plan outings in greater detail once in a while just to keep me happy. The closest thing to detailed planning I have encountered are the local bus tours. Even then, they sometimes don't even follow the plan. I can't recall any other gathering I've been in that has any planning at all.
I'm not asking much. Just properly plan an outing say once in every 5 - 10 outings and I think I'll be sufficiently happy. But no, I must have went out at least 20 - 30 times this year and only the lone bus tour in Feb had any form of planning.
Anyway, I have decided to participate in the Adidas Sundown Marathon (42.195 km) as well as the 50km Northface run and Singapore Marathon 2010. That being the case means I am now unavailable for any outings until approximately December 2010. So don't bother inviting me to any outings.
Bus tours, overseas bus gunzelling trips and training runs are, however, exempted from this rule.
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