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What is a friend?

i think the best way to describe a true friend is this.

a person who has seen the best and the worst of you;
and stil sticks around.

and during the highest and lowest points in your life, the brightest and darkest times,
was right beside you.

a person who will be there with you when all your dreams come true.
a person whose company somehow empowers you to achieve the seemingly impossible.

or at least try.

a person who makes you laugh, laughs with you,
and creates notches of blissful memories that time fails to erase.

a person who knows your past, lives your present with you, and will be the one giving your toast at your wedding;
the one laughing at your photos, slapping your back and saying “remember when..”

a person who makes you smile even when they’re not around.

most importantly, a true friend is someone who cares for you even when it’s not convenient at all;
even when you’re not lovable, and even when you’re horrible and undeserving.

if you see that person stick around,
hell.
that’s a freaking friend.

:)

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p/s: my awesome friends. you know who you are. i love you guys. :D

you rejected my kickapoo, but then travelled across the causeway, and planned so much to giv me one of my best birthdays. ever. Your engaging personality changed my life. You saw potential in a scrawny boy with a quick mind with slow erm.. everything else. we shared limitless comedy. You always brighten my life somehow, and you’re so awesome that i sometimes cannot comprehend the strength and wisdom you seem to have. You give the best advice, you always say exactly what i need to hear. Your opinion means the world to me, and i seem to compare every girl i meet to you.
i don’t know if it’s a compliment, but no one ever comes close. :)

you pulled my pants down in the MRT, dated my crush, broke my phone, LOL. a huge list of idiotic stuf. raaawr
but then you always silently supported me through everything bro. sticking around, cracking me up, doing the funnest things together and creating chaos in boring JB. you inspired me to be a better guy guy, and kept some of my darkest secrets pretty well.  LOL. you’re the hi-fivest person around. best brother anyone could wish for.

if you outlive me.

Which is worse —
What might have been;
What almost was?
What once was;
or..
..What will never be.

i was employed recently.

seriously.

my friend Jordan’s uncle owns a petrol kiosk on Jalan Ah Fook (not kidding).
they needed some part-time workers on the Hari Raya Haji holiday, so i agreed to help out.

i worked as a pump attendant.

o_O

Jordan: omg, can’t believe it. A degree-holder working as a pump attendant.
Justin: ….
Justin: ..you asked for help so i help la. much better than doing nothing.
Justin: ..and it’s good experience.

i filled up tank after tanks of cars, and wiped their windscreens.

some even gave me tips.

overall, it was a fairly interesting experience.
i can now… tell you which cars have their petrol slots on which side.

i can now also… clean windscreens under 30 seconds.

yay me.

If you :
1. have regular access to the internet
2. have more than one friend
3. belong to the human race
4. all of the above

you would’ve probably heard of Facebook.
or like me -

already be addicted to mindlessly messing around with it.

o_O

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facebook.com - the new addiction

It used to be myspace and Friendster™, but Facebook is the future.
Many people have started to ignore Friendster and slowly shift towards Facebook.

maybe it’s because you can tag your friends in your photos.

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friends will see their name and know that they’re inside the album

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Facebook let’s you know when people have added and tagged photos of you. And with some quick clicks, your photos are everywhere.

They even separate photos of you added by you; and photos of you added by others.

Shift your mouse over onto the person’s face in the photo, and his/her name appears.

How handy is that right, if you can’t remember her name…? ;)

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yee long lol

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but
but but

you wanna know the main reason people are soo into facebook..?
it’s simply because..

of.

the.

addictive.

applications.

yes.
Facebook has successfully lured in its millions and millions of users with its application/widgets.
these thingies, which are externally developed by Facebook users themselves, can be ‘added’ into each user’s profiles to provide HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS of time wastage.

It is hopelessly fun and ridiculously addictive.

one of my favourite applications is Fighter’s Club, which allows you to pick fights with your friends, and over the course of the fight, throw bananas, ant farms, etc. at them;

if u win fights, your street rep goes up and you get more money, which can be used to your advantage and win more fights.

that’s right.
an endless cycle of absurd clicking.

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85,271 daily active users
endless clicking which eighty five thousand people participate daily with glee.

o_O

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so with it’s millions of users, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is laughing all the way to the bank, earning a huge income from all the advertisements and endorsement deals.

i cannot imagine the amount of money he generates.

however..

jeng jeng jeng jeng
out of the blue, ever so suddenly,

Friendster is now ALSO offering applications.

-.-

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applications on friendster?! waa so impressive…………NOT.

hmmm…
looks like they want a piece of that pie.

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-.-
sigh.. i’m not gonna bother with them man.

Facebook’s the way for me.

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happy birthday Ashley, Kimberly, and YeeLong

(you knew there’d be one sooner or later)

lalala
It’s always nice to hang out with old friends, is’t it.
even if it’s just doing anything, talking about something, and laughing about everything.

i don’t think i’ll ever get sick of that.

ever.

060507

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drowned in whipped cream and multiple scoops of ice-cream weii.

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18+,19+,21+

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joy: “eh? why my peach tea no ice one???”

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i do wonder sometimes.

how old is too old for laughter, for silliness, for me
how old is too old for our high fives, our unadulterated glee
how old is too old for our lame jokes, stupidity so free
how old is too old, old friends, for our laughing spree?

yellow, peeople.
it’s madness. i finally finally finally finished my degree BsC(Hons) Computing.

raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

that’s right, people -
I’m officially a geek.
certified geek.

the past three years has been quite hectic, to say the bloody least.
The assignment rushing, notes copying, terror-inducing labour, all of which were mostly achieved by coffee-fuelled all-nighters.

I won’t deny that some part of it would be missed.

I’ll freely admit a huge part of it won’t.

gahh– farewell lecturers, college mates, deans, cafeteria drinks uncle, and ..old cleaner lady.
oh wait.
doesn’t this mean i fall under the ‘unemployed’ category now?

rats.
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oh yearh. itwas my birthday that day.
my 21st, too.

cake says, “Happy Birthday Justin 21 Chean™” Chean is a typical misspell of my name and um.. Philip (who wrote the squiggly words) seems to like to remind me about the misstype on my basketball jersey many years ago.

Jolene baked the cake for me.
check this out: it’s a Mars Bars Cheesecake. She melted Mars Bars and mixed into the mix (or whatever - i’m not a baker) and added the cheese cake stuf and like,

baked it.
heavenly i tell you.
thanks, Jolene.

and so with that,

I’m now officially an adult geek.
i can vote to decide who gets to run the nation, and um…..legally get into zouk.
i can legally do anything, in fact.

freeedommmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!
wait.
on the downside, i now qualify for actual prison if i break the law, right?

pah screw this.

i’m um…going to go.. facebook.

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