I have a good luck pamphlet.

you can only realise the sort of person you really are when you start hanging out with a new group of people. I went to Sentosa with the Mat and his friends yesterday, where the boys, being all of 21, were trying hard to prove they were past their pubescent days to anyone who was interested, and the girls were sweet, nice and basically unlike me. and that's just putting things mildly.

I had alot of fun though. tried to be friendly and made small-talk, but that didn't go too well so I ended up playing volleyball with the boys. hey I'm the athletic sort, not the Life of the Party, they discovered. I marveled at the way they could be so loud and lame yet still very much likeable. I began to wonder how new people view me, and probably they were dying to know what I thought of them as well. it was like watching an awkward dance- this interaction between me and his friends. we were civil, polite, making moves to ensure the other party that we mean no harm, but in a way we were also not too keen on being chummy with each other. the Mat knows I'm completely different from them. that's an open secret I don't really like to talk about.

the day ended well. I didn't screw up, make blasphemous remarks or act crude like I sometimes can. charades was the stupidest game ever, and I say that with pure affection. we sort of cheated (what's new) and kept on changing themes. the other team fought fiercely back by making one member of mine act out the phrase 'nenek kau punya datuk sedara main guitar bawah blok aku.' the best part was we managed to guess that one, the entire bloody thing. didn't bother keeping scores cos the objective was to make people look and feel stupid.

well the adventure I had with his friends was definitely interesting. it's part of what being in a relationship is all about. some of you may dislike your Significant Other's friends, some of you may like them too much. me? I'm more than happy to share the Mat with other people, so long as I get the better half, haha. wow you wouldn't believe how thankful I am to find out his friends are normal.