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Do you feel flattered?
Aug 10th
I say extremely egotistical things. If you’ve just met me, you might be under the impression that I’m a very arrogant and egotistical person.
But in contrary, I’m quite humble. In fact, being egotistical is one way of being humble.
How so?
Well, what happens when someone compliments you?
You can do one of three things.
- Compliment them back
- Deny the compliment
- Accept the compliment openly
So let’s walk through these.
What happens when you compliment someone back? Well, they can follow up with another compliment and then the cycle continues or it could end right there. I dislike this. Well, it just seems all rather “Fake”. I’m not too good at giving compliments and when I do compliment someone it may come off as being fake and insincere. So I tend to avoid this strategy. Also, what if you can’t think of something nice to compliment them in return?
You can also deny the compliment. How would that turn out? See, this is what most people see as being “humble”. I dislike this. Why? When you deny the compliment, the person isn’t exactly going to be like “Yeah…you’re right”, they’re obviously going to follow up with a stronger argument as to why they made the compliment in the first place. Then the cycle will continue. When people deny compliments, a lot of times I feel they’re just fishing for more compliments. It all comes down to the person I suppose. They might just have low self-esteem.
Then there’s the egotistical bastards that just accept what compliment that they can get. Perhaps they’re trying to boost their self-esteem, perhaps they enjoy the attention, but for whatever reason, these days I prefer this strategy. Why? Well, when someone goes to me and says “You’re so awesome John!” I reply with “Yeah…I know.”. They usually follow up with a sigh and I laugh it off. But people KNOW that I’m not being serious and merely doing it for humour. I’m just that funny! /ego Usually whenever you try boosting your ego, the compliments stop, you have a good laugh and conversation continues as normal.
So these are my mentalities when handling compliments.
I guess you could just reply with “Thanks” and be done with all this mumbo jumbo. But that’s just me.
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I’ve accomplished quite a bit of stuff in the past day. I got my full drivers license. I bought a new pair of shoes for work/cruise. I had my first ChaTime which is a bit average. It wasn’t as orgasmic as everybody put it out to be. I actually did some uni work. I setup a mailing list for Chopsticks. I setup a newsletter for Chopsticks. Yeah…
I handed out quite a bit of fliers today. I’ve yet to have a nice meaningful conversation with a stranger yet. That’s quite depressing. You’d think after handing out fliers for so long, one person would be kind enough to just stop and chat. Nope. Not at all. I gave some poor girl a fright though. I found it quite amusing. She definitely isn’t coming to the cruise.
Oh the reason I’m posting blogs like this to twitter/facebook is that it’s slightly less depressing than my other posts.
Oh yeah…City2Surf. I didn’t do that well, got a time of 1hr 45 minutes. Shocking. I think it’s cause I didn’t have much of a motivator throughout the run. When I saw Alex and Cat “catch up” (I say “catch up” because technically they exceeded me) to me it gave me a that bit of a push to get through the last 3km. I did way too much walking after I got over heartbreak hill. I didn’t start walking till I reached the top of that fucking hill. I found the RSVP ads rather hilarious. I also decided to post something amusing on facebook regarding heartbreak hill which I will not bother repeating.
Number of obscure references in this blog: 2
Hugging Protocols
Aug 8th
Today I will be discussing hugging protocols. [From the perspective of a heterosexual male who has an iPHONE 4]
So there are several different actors in this protocol.
- The compulsive-hugger.
- The illusive-hugger
- The payback-hugger
- The friend-only hugger
- The no-hugger
On a friend level you more or less only hug when you say meet or when you say goodbyes. If realising that the person is emotionally unstable this is also suitable.
So the compulsive hugger is more or less the type that goes around hugging everybody. This usually only works on girls otherwise girls will just see you as a creep. How do you not be a creep? Well…don’t be unattractive. That’s more or less the only way around it. I digress. I don’t mind compulsive huggers, but when you’re hugging everybody it de-values the hug in a way.
The illusive-hugger is more or less the one that gives out hugs every now and then but not every time. So you may be expecting a hug and then BAM, no hug and you’re left hanging. Bad.
The payback-hugger is the the one that only hugs when the other person initiates the hug. They won’t go out of their way to hug people but will get whatever that the other person puts out. Sorta like the AB blood type. Selfish bastards.
The friend-only hugger is more or less the type that will only hug people that they see as friends. Quite simple and straight forward. This makes up the majority.
The no-hugger, this person just doesn’t like being touched. Extremely rare.
So what problems do we face on a day to day basis?
Well it also depends on the situation. Is it 1v1? Or is it in a group?
1v1 situations can get quite awkward if two people have never hugged before. Both sides will always wait for the other person to initiate. Generally if you’re within arms length, just spread both arms and it’s usually smooth sailing from there.
In a group it’s a bit difficult. If nobody hugs then it’s a-okay. No awkwardness. However, if say you’re on hugging terms with one person in the group does that involve hugging everybody else? It may get awkward especially if you’ve just met certain people. The best thing to do is just ask “Do you also want a hug?” Spread your arms and then provide with the best puppy dog eyes look.
Then there’s also different hugs between guys and girls. With girls it’s easy. Just go in for either an underarm or an overarm. But for guys its actually more difficult. I tend to go for the bro-hug. A handshake, twist and followed up with a chest bump and a pat on the back. But then you wouldn’t do this for every guy you meet. With girls it’s the same hug no matter how close you are, the duration is the only variable. With guys you wouldn’t give a bro-hug to every guy you meet. Probably because it’s a lot harder for a bond/connection to be made. Hey, I don’t give out my hugs generously.
What else is there? Theres gotta be more. I just can’t think at the moment. I seriously need to write this shit down when it comes to my mind.
The difference between a friend hug and a couple hug is the groin touch. That is all. Do not ever break this rule. EVER. Or bad things will happen.
Oh as an after thought I will rant about the whole North Shore kiss on cheek protocol.
Honestly. Wtf is up with that? I don’t get it. I’ve been to a couple “white” parties and when it happens I stiffen up and have no idea what the fuck to do. I usually just give them a hug. Is it meant to be an air kiss or is it actually meant to touch skin? Or are the cheeks only meant to touch? Who the fuck came up with this? Arghh. Culture clash much?
Nidorino.
Alter Ego
Aug 1st
So how would I sum up last night?
Turned up the party at 8pm.
None of the high boys were there.
Sad panda.
I was originally planning on getting there at 7:30pm but I guess these days 30 minutes late isn’t really late.
But it was still quite packed. Most of Diep’s med friends were there.
Basically was trying to be social and talking to his friends.
It’s only when you’re single do you ever bother talking to people. Everybody else sorta just sat around talking amongst themselves. But then again, even when I wasn’t I was trying to be social by getting to know people except now I just have an even bigger reason to I suppose.
Last night was interesting. I felt quite privileged to have the friends that I have. It’s not even big things, little things are what counts.
I wonder if I can ever be as “social” without the consumption of alcohol. I tend to say shit I wouldn’t normally say. Maybe I should try and remain sober at a party for once and see how far that takes me. Probably not very I’m guessing.
Got home at around 2pm. I drove from the station. If it had been any further I don’t think I would have done very well.
Oh I don’t know…I don’t have anything interesting to say.
Oh I know.
So Robin went around asking people how Jase’s 21st turned out. The common factor amongst all the responses were.
“John was a dick”
I think I win.
This.
Jul 31st
So I got my tax return back yesterday. Over $4000 back.
Decided to head into Hurstville to buy the present.
I was like thinking “Hmm I’ll just get him cufflinks” but then I realised that I got him cufflinks the year before. Fail.
So I bought some men’s perfume.
It was quite funny cause the lady brought out the most awesome smelling men’s perfume. It smelt soooo good. I was pretty jealous to be honest that I was full on thinking “Shit…should I get two bottles? Nah…fuck it”. And then she came back telling me there were non left and in my head I did a little high five to myself. LMFAO.
So then I just decided to go with the Beckham. It didn’t smell that epic. Pretty ordinary. But…we’ll keep that to ourselves won’t we?
The lady was quite nice and gave me a sample of the epica smelling French perfume for men. I’ll be wearing that tonight. AHAHAHA. Pimpin’
So anywho, I bought another pair of pants…omg buying pants is so troubling. I’m a size 30 >.> and then I bought another shirt and also a pair of cufflinks which I think several people have already. But you know, I hardly know any of my friends that actually wears cufflinks. Totally missing out. Though I’ve yet been complimented on my cufflinks.
I also got a haircut so I’ll be looking extremely sharp. Hells yes. Need to leave in like 50 minutes and you know what’s fail?
I forgot to buy a card. I was planning on making a card…yes…make a card…but then I got called out to play soccer. Don’t I sound like a kid right now? LMFAO. So I’m just gonna hand it to him in the myer bag I suppose. No biggie. Not that close of a friend anyway. What? We’re not!
But yeah, I need to shower and then get prepped. Hope it’s not too cold tonight. I really need a leather jacket that’s my size. Parents keep on bringing me shit that’s 1-2 sizes too big. FFS, I’ve stopped fucking growing. Even when I shop these days in my head I’m thinking “It’s still good, I’ll just grow into them”…no.
This is me.
Quickie
Jul 30th
So the last time I was working on my honours I couldn’t get subclipse/pydev installed in Eclipse at uni. I gave up and decided to install them at home.
Now…finally, I’m at uni and going to start on some serious work.
Yup you heard me.
But I think I’ll write up a short blog before I start doing this shit.
Was talking to a workmate on Wednesday.
Me: How do you prevent yourself from being a “creep” in a bar?
Her: By not being sleazy?
Me: Nope, by not being unattractive.
QFT.
Thanks reddit. Your endless supply of hilarity will keep me going for a long long time.
I ordered my iPhone 4 online at 12:07am. Hopefully it’ll arrive on Monday and then I can show it off to everybody because that’s how epically cool I am by owning the next generation iPhone.
$59 cap and since I ordered online I get 2 months free.
Let’s do some mathscraft.
Cancellation Fee: $365
2 months free: $118
Remaining iPhone 3GS repayments: 12 at $12/month
$365-$118+$144 = $391
If I sell my iPhone 3GS for more than the above I get a free upgrade =) I think it’s doable. Lots of people on Ebay that’s willing to pay good money even for an used iPhone.
Okay, I think that’s all.
Mad World
Jul 29th
I was listening to Mad World yesterday on repeat and for some weird reason I had a smile on my face. Quite ominous.
I haven’t blogged in a while. Hmmm.
So anyway, I turned off search engine spiders on my blog as well. I average around 20 hits/day mainly visiting my tutorials on booting into ubuntu and what not.
Have you heard the song “Go to sleep”? It’s a song by Eminem/DMX/Obie Trice for Cradle 2 The Grave. The chorus goes like this:
Now go to sleep bitch!
Die, motherfucker, die! Ugh, time’s up, bitch, close ya eyes
Go to sleep, bitch!
Why are you still alive? How many times I gotta tell ya, close ya eyes?
And go to sleep bitch!
Die motherfucker die, bye, bye, motherfucker, bye, bye!
Go to sleep bitch!
Why are you still alive? Why, die motherfucker, ah, ah, ah…
Crazy huh?
Now imagine me watching Cradle 2 The Grave with my mother and this is the intro song. Good thing she can’t make out the words to songs otherwise it would have been awkward turtle indeed.
But it’s one of those songs that pump me up heaps. I get all psyched up after listening to it.
What’s new?
I bought Starcraft 2.
Um…iPhone 4 coming out tonight.
I’m gonna order it online.
$365 to cancel my contract. 12 repayments left of $12. So a total of $509. If I can sell my iPhone 3GS for around that price I break even! Haha. They never even bothered charging me for the cancellation fee last year so maybe the system will fuck up again this year.
I’m gonna go grab the $59 cap. My reasoning is that the $49 cap requires handset repayments of $8 for the 16gb. So why not pay $2 extra and get the handset for free and grab a bigger cap?
$59 cap gives me $550 worth of credit, unlimited sms/mms, 2gb of data and unlimited calls to Optus phones. Hopefully it applies to Soul and TPG customers as well. But yeah…that’s more or less it I suppose.
I wonder how insurance works for the iPhone. I might insure it before I go to Europe.
Honours? Yeah…about that.
Last day of Break
Jul 25th
I can honestly say that my final weekend of the semester break has been thoroughly entertaining.
Also learnt of some other randoms reading this blog.
It was quite funny cause I was having this conversation with a couple of people (who might be reading this) and went along the lines of…
“So how were your results for this semester?”
“Worst semester ever *pause* sort of expected…given the circumstances”
“*nods*”
I found it to be rather funny.
I guess I should be used to people knowing “heaps” about my life since I broadcast it all over the interwebs.
Ah the good ol’ days where it was only limited to people on MSN.
I had another point…but I forget. Someone mentioned that my writing is more disjointed and ideas are separated by double line breaks where they used to be in properly structured paragraphs. Hmmm…maybe.
I plan on having a 9-5 mentality on uni. Will try and get to uni by 9am each day and leaving at around 5. That way I might sleep earlier rather than sleeping at around 1am-2am each night doing jack all.
I haven’t been running as much lately. But I reckon I could take on City 2 Surf in 2 week’s time. I even compiled a city2surf playlist but it’s only 1hr long. I reckon I’m gonna repeat some of the songs. It’s mainly composed of Eminem and Linkin Park (no surprises there). I might list it when the event gets closer.
I filed my tax return couple of days ago.
I also find it amusing that my taxable income has been double every 2 years. Though next year it’ll quadruple and be followed with linear growth. Disappointing.
Um…
…uni…did I say that last semester was going to be an interesting semester? I guess it was in a way. This upcoming semester? Hmmm…hopefully it will blow my mind.
So how will I be spending my last day of my break? Well, I’m gonna just chill. Going to just sit here…and drink/eat crap whilst watching shit cause that’s just how I roll. Don’t judge me.
I also had the most epic dream this morning. It was so vastly epic and random. EVERYBODY was in it. I mean…not just people I know personally but even people that I don’t know (e.g. Youtube personalities). And then I woke up and I was like “awww…damn…it felt so real”.
Anyways…
When you have nothing to lose there’s always something to gain.
Edit: 9:23pm
Was on the phone with a friend and just realised a point that I wanted to make.
Awkwardness.
If HIMYM has taught me anything it’s that “It’s only awkward if you make it awkward”. I don’t find things awkward any more.
Was at a party last night and was about to leave, I said goodbyes to these people that I didn’t even know and one of the guys asked me for a hug. So I went over and gave the dude a hug. Whatever right? I didn’t find it awkward but the guy was obviously trying to impress some chick going “I love making people awkward haw haw haw”. I simply replied with “Well…I didn’t think it was awkward…” and left.
I was at another party and recognised this guy. We’ve bumped into each other like 2 or 3 times and you’d think by then they’d remember your name since you went into the effort of remembering theirs. This time, however, I didn’t feel like “remembering” his name and wanted to just see what he’d do.
“Sup…”
“Hey”
“I know you…”
“I know you too…”
“Okay…cool story”
and with that I walked away. I don’t have time for douches that don’t bother stretching out their hands for a shake.
When meeting people I find that it’s almost imperative for a handshake. It may sound cliche when people say “You can tell a lot about a person through their handshake”. It’s fucking true!
When I stretch out my hand for a shake I expect a firm grip. I don’t want to shake a flimsy hand. In addition, lots of people tend to just fail at handshakes in general. They grip too soon and you end up shaking the first half of the hand. I expect the full hand god damnit! Web to web!
So if a person (especially a guy…double standards I know…) does not initiate a handshake upon introduction…instant loss of brownie points. Having said that I think I also made a point previously that I don’t find talking to guys that entertaining and what not…blah blah blah. Whatever.
I digress.
It’s rare that I actually feel awkward these days. I mean…okay…to be honest, I lie, I still feel awkward at work sometimes but that’s mainly due to the fact that it’s in such a professional environment and working once a week doesn’t really let you settle in that quickly. I still have lots to learn in order to survive in the corporate jungle. But in terms of everyday shit, it’s rare that I feel awkward in a given situation.
Done and done.
Are you entertained?
Jul 24th
What is up with that night that makes me obsessively think about it all the fucking time?
Okay, so today I was told some more information about my drunken state.
Apparently I was adding “That’s what she said” after every statement people made whether it was valid or not.
How embarrassing.
But frankly, do I really give a shit?
I shouldn’t give a rats arse what people thought of me, they don’t know me, they can’t judge me.
At least my pride has been restored knowing another certain bit of information. Hehe.
Anyway.
Today.
I went on a bromance cruise with a friend. It was more or less a couples cruise and yeah…two guys sitting at a table. On my left was this young couple, around mid 20s and on my right was this elderly couple.
What a lovely contrast.
On my left, you have the start of a relationship and on the right you had a relationship that’s been through decades. Makes you think.
The young couple was quite hilarious. I can’t help but eavesdrop, and I couldn’t help but laugh at their ridiculous situation.
To be quite honest, I thought something was up between them right after they sat down…and not in a good way.
We were just about to start eating and an argument has already broken up. Jesus Christ. You’re on a cruise, chill the fuck out. Try and have fun and don’t ruin it.
I don’t know whether to feel sorry for them or just laugh.
The chick had a sore throat and was coughing, she was complaining how the dude just stood there watching her cough. Well…I’m like thinking “what the fuck did you expect him to do? hit you on your back? that doesn’t work”. Then she was complaining how she’s absolutely exhausted and how she doesn’t want to listen to his crap and what not. But I lolled quite loudly at the following:
“When I say leave me alone, I mean for you to actually leave me alone”
“But I thought it might be a trap!”
“I actually wanted you to leave me alone”
“But I thought it was a trap! I’ve fallen for your traps many times. You always set traps”
“Yeah but not intentionally!”
…
A short while later.
“When I tell you to leave me alone I don’t want to be completely alone! I still want you to be around!”
“But how am I suppose to know?!”
I couldn’t help but lol.
Um…yeah.
I have an headache. I didn’t drink a lot. But I have a headache. 
Hiking tomorrow got cancelled. Instead we’re going to to harbourside for some fun times.
God I’m tired. It’s nearly 2am.
Um yeah…
Next time I’m drunk I hope I’m not that annoying prick. I’m totally a happy drunk.
Whatever.
Also I have another point that I want to make that I made tonight.
When I see Asian chicks with white guys I wonder…”Why?”
Okay. Don’t get me wrong. Nothing wrong with it. But I just wonder to myself “Why? In what way are they better?”. I’m also not saying that Asian guys are “better” per se. I hope I’m not digging a hole for myself here.
But lately I have a different view to the whole situation now. I’m like thinking “Well…why not?”
Out of all the Asian guys I know…NONE of them (as far as I know) went out of their way to meet people. Most are “flukes”. They play the probability game. If you wait long enough, some girl will eventually come along where both parties expresses mutual interest. Whether they do it via friend outings or through events. There’s always a convenient little situation.
Okay, sure “Isn’t that how everybody meets people?”. Sure. I suppose it’s valid. But my question is, how often do people go out of their way to talk to a random stranger? It’s the typical scene in movies/tv shows. Guy sees girl. Guy approaches girl and offers to buy her drink. Girl gives guy number. Guy calls girl. Coitus occurs. Right?
Good things happen to those that wait.
Well, I don’t like leaving shit to fate. Everything seems too convenient. I guess that’s why in a coed group incest occurs. You just end up going out with girls in the group simply because it’s convenient and there’s no barriers to break since you already know each other.
I don’t know my point. I have no point.
Picture’s Worth…
Jul 22nd
I got my first camera when I was in Year 5 or 6. It was still the traditional type where you have to put in film. But it was cool. I didn’t use it a lot though.
Then I always wanted my own digital camera…so months ago I saw a deal and decided to buy it. But…taking photos was a pain to be honest. Without the flash, photos turn out dark and blurry, with the flash all the photos are washed out.
I’ve seen many people with DSLR and I thought to myself “Hmm, maybe I should take up photography as a hobby”.
It’s an expensive hobby though.
So far taking photos has been extremely fun! I’ve taken well over 2000 photos since I’ve bought it. In terms of quality though…most of them end up in the trash.
I love it.
I posted up an album up couple of minutes ago. I would have done it way sooner but something had upset me.
Oh God, that sounded pretty homo.
Anyway, I’ve learnt that unless you’re actually good at taking photos of people, don’t take pictures of them. So I think I’m going to stick to scenery for a while unless it’s people I know. So at the event that I posted up on FB, some chick chucked a spaz at me for taking too many photos. I think it was the post-alcohol stage…where you know…I was feeling all emo so the spaz really hit the spot.
I guess it’s good that I don’t have an angry post-drunkeness outburst, otherwise bitch woulda got smashed.
Half the people knew me, half the people don’t. The people that don’t…well…I don’t care too much for since…well…they don’t know me.
I guess that’s another point to note. Don’t take photos of strangers. They don’t like it. Duh.
That was also the night where I had my little fuck up. Epic fail.
I like my photos…well…the ones that end up looking good.
You only really need that one decent photo to look back to…
…
and smile.
