Friends

        When I first stepped into UTP, I found this place strange. Not the 'weird' strange, but unfamiliar. Of course, I have never set my foot here. However, the feeling was like this place wasn't welcoming me at that time. I tried to accommodate to this new environment. Luckily, I've had 2 friends from my hometown pursuing their studies in UTP too. This is comforting, as I might not be here if they didn't make their choice to study here.

        As the time passes, I've made a lot of new friends. However, at first glance I thought that most of them are insincere and hypocritical. So, I kept myself from them. It's so depressing that I started to miss my friends during my secondary education. We've had a lot of good times together, I missed them so much. I even wanted to cry, but this shouldn't be the way. There must be some other reasons that I'm here. While pursuing tertiary education is the main reason, I couldn't do it alone too. So, slowly, I opened my heart to some friends here. That proved my first intuition wrong. All these times I've been avoiding people, thinking that nobody can understand me. Yes, I was pessimistic. However, when you get to know people for a certain time, you'll actually like them, and become buddies with them instead.

        One of the reasons that I write this post is that I wanted to apologize to someone whom I misunderstood. I did that because I didn't understand some of them well enough. Whenever they tried to do something, I gave them a look of suspicion. I know it's not good but I couldn't control my emotions well. After some time, I would be so regret that I've done those things. But now I know, to get people to trust you, you have to trust them first. Only when you are open to them, they can be truthful to you.

        Furthermore, I write this post in purpose to encourage you, the readers to treasure every single of your friends and buddies. It's not easy to get to know a person, nor to befriend with him. After enduring thick and thin with someone, you'll treasure them even more! So, do cherish the happy moments you spent with everyone you care. You might not know what will happen in the next minute, but we won't lose anything to give more concern to everyone we love, right?

        Thank you for reading, I've changed my mind after so many things, how about you?



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