Since High School

How's it going, Ami?

As for me, I passed out.

Maybe it was the work I did (which wasn't so strenous!)

But by evening time (around 4 pm), I felt so tired and just decided to take a nap.

A little nap!

Guess when I woke up

By 6pm...precisely 4 minutes to 7pm.

Almost 3 hours! 

And it's alarming because I don't usually sleep that long...I didn't even sleep late last night...

This will definitely make me less likely to fall asleep tonight.

Now....what's the topic?

High school....the good ol' days.

Brings a smile to my face when I think of rebellions and escapades.

Was all fun 😅

Well, not all the time.

I wasn't so social....I wasn't anti-social either....was just in the middle.

I tried to fit in, then stayed on my own and made some good friends along the way.

Or did I?...Yes I did

Some are still my friends to this day.

Funny enough, I still don't fully understand the concept of friendship.

Maybe I do.

I've become more of a skeptic over the years...and I always think of the real reason why we make friends.

In business, it's called social networking.

(Just learned that few days ago)

Let me use myself as an example.

In school, I was more friendly to classmates I liked and to the rest, I acted as a friendly classmate.

Got a nickname from one of my teachers that stuck like glue....won't tell you what it is...was quite embarrassing 😅

Not so embarrassing tho...would just laugh when classmates said the name.

I even added the name to my year book profile...loud and proud.

So it's like that.

Then, they all knew me for one incident or the other (some..not so pleasant).

At the same time, none of them knew me.

Now that I think about it, I was more focused on being part of the cool kids to be a good friend to the ones I made.

I got this from a movie once and it goes like this : Friendship is a two-way street.

The same goes for 'engagement' in marketing terminology.

It wasn't until after I graduated that I practiced how to be a good friend.

In person, it turned into an obsession over one person....

And I wasn't online then.

But after I got back online (roughly a year ago), I reconnected with some of my high school friends and I believe I am a good friend....

To the few that I have.

In person though...😐

Don't know how that's going to be like.

Because I'm still living with family and in our area, it's best we all stayed on our own.

We can say 'hi...how are you doing...'

But that's where it usually ends.

My family is not the usual kind and we stand out in our neighborhood (for particular reasons)

Well, high school had its ups and downs but it's all in the past now.

Haven't gone for higher education yet.

Don't know if I still want to....

And I just remember my earlier stated comment (SCREW SCHOOL...)

Forgive me for that.

Apart from the fact that school doesn't teach about personal finance and business, it's still a great place for socializing and forming ideas about life in general.

Oh Ami!

Don't know how coherent this was but one thing stands,

Anytime I think back to high school days, it always brings a smile to my face.

That's all about high school 

I wasn't going to bring up specific events tho...there's a lot of them.

But when the time comes to relay a point or two...I might open up.

Whether you understand that or not, I can't tell but it was nice to think back on how my views have changed over the years...

Since high school.

Till next time, Ami

All the best ✌