The "Awesome" Phenomena

I have another bout of insomnia tonight. I am staying in my friend's house for the night because the electricity in my apartment was disconnected. I thought I had paid the bills, but I remembered missing out this one because I forgot to bring the bill and I don't have the account number. Anyway, the Christmas season sort of distorted my memory. I settled my bills yesterday afternoon and was told that my lights will be up the following day.

My friend has a habit of putting on a video while he is working or studying. When I arrived, he already had the collection of the series "How I Met Your Mother" on the playlist and running. I was distracted, of course. I was not able to work on what I planned to do, and I ended up watching the series until it started to repeat... by then it was already 4am.

That show features five friends (Ted, Barney, Marshall, Lily and Robin) and, although I think of them most of the time as stupid, their relationship actually fascinated me. I have a lot of friends I hang out with, most of them students. Normally, these students form different groups, so I find myself hanging out with one group now and another group the next. One group in particular likes this TV show a lot. In fact, if I'm not mistaken, I think they identify themselves with the show and are actually trying to get tips on how to get girls... or how to act cool... or awesome...

Aside from them being half my age, I can understand now why they don't act their age. It looks like the show has a lot of influence to them. But while this show made me think of this group of friends, it also made me realized that this group had actually been very good friends for me.  For some reason I don't have the hang ups I had with other friends in the past. There are many good things I want to say about them... but even with the insomnia my head is a bit reeling... so I will describe it in one word which I'm sure they will like very much.. I find these guys simply... awesome! =)

It's not easy having friends who are way younger than you are. The fact that I'm doing fine dealing with them right now must mean I have matured on this point. I have finally learned to understand and adjust to their ways. Watching this show helps a lot.

When you become friends with people younger than you some rules had to be observed. For me, it's ok to have some beer and chit chat with friends and just let loose among ourselves. When the guys want to go out to meet girls and hang out with them, that's the time I back out and do something else. Among these guys, they also try to follow a set of rules of conduct which they got from the show. It's called the "Bro Code". They do it for fun, although they sometimes end up using it for serious situations. Anyway... just to cite an example of the "influences" of the show.

I'm not trying to exclude the other group of students who became my friends. They are awesome as well. It's just that this particular group is more associated with the show. Having said that I should end this blog and hope that sleep can finally take over. =)

A Day of Promises

The first of January. This is the day when nearly everyone in the world make a promise to themselves in what we normally call a "new year's resolution." I wondered whether I should join the fray. I ended up making a plan for the whole year. First I make my goals, then I map out how I intend to fulfill those goals.

It's interesting to listen to these resolutions, but what I also found more amusing are the predictions made by the so called feng shui experts or what have you. They sound so funny in the radio and television. Everything they say are so general that it doesn't matter at all. I just wish they feature the "predictions" made last year and check out those that went true. Now THAT would be more interesting.

Nowadays it is easier to make promises. People have gotten used to making promises in order to break them. Gone is the honor that goes when one makes a promise. Perhaps people have very little regard of human dignity that they don't mind if other people don't trust them or believe them anymore.

Anyway, let me just take this opportunity to wish everyone good luck in keeping their new year's resolutions. As for me, I have a plan to map out.