I was invited to my former-junior high best friend's Sweet 17 birthday dinner tonight. It's funny yet awkward to see so many familiar faces, and not knowing what exactly to say to them after 3 years of basically not corresponding except occasional greeting text messages every christmas/newyear/birthdays.
Right after we took our seats, I was swarmed by some of friends that I used to hang out with. Not knowing what to say, I asked them what are they going to take for univ. To my surprise, they answered simultaneously, as if rehearsed:
"Medical science for doctor."
Shit.
"You?" they asked, also simultaneously.
"Erm, Economics."
They were silent. I asked, "So all of you take Science in school?"
"Yea, you do too, right?"
Shit. Shit.
"No."
"You take commerce??"
"Yes."
Their faces froze. Their eyes widened by an inch. Nobody spoke until:
"But you used to be smart!"
Shit. Shit. Shit. Hey, hold on one second. What's that suppose to mean?
Fortunately the food arrived. With hunger overcoming us, we dropped the topic and started eating, shifting to a much lighter topic: ex teachers. It surprised me that this 1 killer literature teacher that we used to have is now the principal of primary school! Geez, she made us shook whenever we fogot to do our homework before, and we were junior high student!
After everything, I admit it is kinda nice to see the people you used to spend time with, and to see how much we've changed, or how we remained as we were, once upon a time.
About Me
- The Dodo
- Jakarta, Indonesia
- Having born, raised, studied, worked, played and lived in Indonesia and Europe, I am capricious by nature and curious by profession. I am inspired by words, letters, and the little things. My writings and my pictures are to me a collage of moments that I wanted to capture with all my limitations.
3 comments:
that feels familiar. hahaha. :)
except that, most of my friends when to either engineering (food tech, industrial tech) or design (fashion, interior, graphic).
and im the only one who placed myself in the boring boring accounting major. -_-" hahaha
gpp kok dennn, if youre really into commerce, then there's nothing to curse about :)
medicine? i bet u most of them never finish their uni degrees!! it sounds great in theory, but in practice it's too much hassle for most starters...
Isn't it obvious how shallow those guys are?
Ask them: "Why medicine?" I bet most of them will answer something in the vicinity of the financial rewards. Those types of people will not actually be happy.
One of the Greek philosopher said something and I think he means something like: that If you can't find happiness in what you do, then it is better to do nothing.
If you believe what the Greek said centuries ago, then most of your old friends will have nothing to do after university. Go pursue your dream, make your life, decide your own paths, and change your ending!
Life's short
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