Saturday musings

Just came back from lunch with Linda (uni friend). I realised that despite having spent crazy days & times in uni and promising one another that we will stay in touch & hang-out after graduation, it never happens. In fact, it takes so much time and effort to do so.

Seems like everyone is busy with their own lives - work, bf/gf/wife/husband or whatever else there is. OK, me too. I'm so busy with work that at the end of each day, I just want to be left alone to rest. Weekends, well, I suppose that's the only time. But since that is the only time for everyone, then everyone will use the only time for what is more important to them. For me, it's catching up on sleep, church, family & violin, not to mention having to do work too (sometimes).

Face it, before we left for studies overseas, we already had our own friends and had to uproot to another place. So everyone in Leeds hung out with one another because we didn't have our 'usual friends' from home. That's why when we came back to Singapore, we automatically hung out with the 'usual friends'. So is it really anyone's fault for not wanting to hang out with uni friends? I suppose it's only because the 'usual friends' have stuck by since time memorial and it's only natural that one would choose to hang out with them for time memorial sake.

There's one thing I learnt from my Dad (I call him 'Papa') and that is to never lose touch with uni friends simply for networking purposes. You'd never know when & how whoever can help in whatever area, be it work, finance, etc. I think it's so true because my Dad seems to have friends in most places he goes to. Where he is right now is the result of a uni friend. It's a uni friend of my Dad's who offered him to go to New York. Imagine..uni was more than 30 years ago but it sure speaks volumes about networking and making the effort to stay in contact.

As far as I'm concerned, I think I'm pretty opened to the idea of networking & staying in touch with uni people. But of course, it takes both parties. Right now, I have nothing to offer anyone.. haha! No glam job prospects or whatsoever. Sorry fellas! What you'll get out of me, at most, is a drink (for now!) :P