Afterglow
Hardly anyone blogs anymore now that we've been conditioned by all the sites and apps we never expected to become popular in the past. Honestly though, I've lost interest in Instagram, Facebook has become boring, and I barely check Twitter anymore. It could be the people I'm following, or rather, close friends not using all these micro-blogging platforms, but I suspect that it's mainly everything loses its shine after awhile.
Whatsapp was a tremendous joy when I first got my fixed line - I no longer could only whatsapp with a wireless connection and scrolling up and down with a button phone (which I now miss so very much. the phone, not the laboured Whatsapping), I could catch up with friends whom I haven't had contact with in a while and not worry about the impressions from a 160 characters SMS, I could send and receive pictures, and be entertained in a group chat and appreciate the things said by people who are very different from me, who otherwise may not say or share the things they say.
But now it's become stale, tainted by my ingratitude and the sense of entitlement i.e. I pay almost $50 a month this is the least I should get, I've mostly caught up with people whom I can catch up with without awkwardness on Whatsapp and the group conversations - sometimes individual ones as well - are inane. Like, 17 messages and you can scan through them in 2 seconds since people send things like "Ok..(1 msg) Haha. (2 msg)". Goodness, condense condense condense! I've held the belief that with the "free messaging, anytime anywhere" convenience also comes the worst of people who think nothing of pressing 'send' for insipid comments and replies, wasting my phone battery.
Ok I digress. Just popping by to say:
Funny how we can plan and miss at least 3 meet ups, yet confirm one with a friend for just the next day. just like that. it reminds me of how my beliefs about who were the ones who would really stand with me were challenged during a rough patch. there are people whom i've related to and had good times and memories with, but are now in a different phase in life, have drifted apart, or simply were more articulate than those who might have been more anxious/concerned about what was happening, but weren't good with words or expression. Don't quite know how to explain this.
And inflation. I don't know how Udders can be so famous and successful when it isn't that great. Overheard at a parlour yesterday: "She (little girl) says even a potong tastes better". Hahaha. Wouldn't have had ice-cream there if not for the fact that the favoured parlour was under renovation, and another looked too pretentious.
Really wish to discover more nature spots near my workplace that I can run in, now that I haven't exercised in two weeks, and gave up my half-hearted attempt yesterday because I was so sad. They are much better and therapeutic than most alternatives people turn to.. retail therapy, alcohol, or whatever. That also explains why a lot of people exercise too. But after coming back from injury, I've learnt (and felt that perhaps God wanted me to learn) to go to God with frustrations first, work out after that.