The most dreaded question: "How are you?"

"How are you?"

"How's life?"

"How've you been?"

"But really, how've you been lately?"

I hate it when people ask me those questions. I mean, I don't hate them for asking those questions, it's more like I hate answering those questions. Why? Because I don't know myself. If life's going well, then yeah, life's good. I'll end the conversation at that. But no, I usually don't know how my life is going, my standard answer would always be "Good! ..I guess" or "Fine. I guess" or "Umm..pretty good?" Or something along those lines. On the other hand, when things aren't going to well, I'd say "Alright...not great but yeah I'm not gonna tell you about my problems and how depressed I am right now cause I'm not that close to you and I suck at expressing myself anyway so yeah".

And how do people usually respond to my answers? "Okaay...you don't seem too happy". But what am I supposed to say? I don't even know, lol. Sometimes I don't want to sound like an idiot, so I just make something up. Like "Oh good, went on a road trip last weekend. Had a blast, mate" and yeah the subject usually shifts towards another direction after that.

But really, how do you guys even answer those questions? Do you really mean what you say? Cause I definitely don't. Most times anyway...

Pet peeves.

In no particular order:

1) Accidentally opening an unread Whatsapp conversation (whether by someone else or myself).
Like, I just can't. I'm the type of person that would wait for an opportune time to reply people properly, and so when I accidentally open one of my unread whatsapp conversations it's like..man. Y u do dis 2 me.

2) People shaking their legs profusely without realising it.
Especially when we're in an exam hall and an exam is taking place. I would just be sitting there, trying to do my thing and at the corner of my eye I can see this person's leg, just...ughh. Hahah, sorry but it's sooo distracting.

3) Cocky and arrogant people.
Need I say more?

4) Freeloaders.
Freeloading once in a while is fine, if you genuinely show some kind of appreciation to the other person. BUT, taking advantage of people is a different story.

5) Talking with your mouth full.
This isn't a big pet peeve, but talking with your mouth feel just doesn't particularly look aesthetically pleasing to the eye so..

6) Noisy people in the cinemas.
You could save your questions for later, thank you... ^-^"

7) Over-hyped anything.
Places, events, songs, movies, brands, books, hot blokes, anything, really. 

8) Keeping the TV on when no one is actually watching it.
Happens all the time. To everyone, I'm sure.

9) Overly public displays of affection.
Ah, the good old PDA topic. How much is too much? I don't know. It's subjective to each individual. But posting one million lovey dovey selfies and captions on social media for the world to see is not needed, in my opinion.

10) Copycats.
It's totally cool if you get inspiration from here and there and incorporate those into your daily lives, but wanting and trying to be like someone else..that's where you're losing your sense of self identity. Just be yourself! Trust me, no one's gonna hate you for that. Instead, people are most likely going to appreciate you for well, being you.

Day 22: Rant about something. Get up on your soapbox and tell us how you really feel.

There are so many 'somethings' I could rant about that I don't know what to rant about. HAHA. Okay well, I actually don't rant that much (I think.) but when I do...I really rant hahah. And after a good amount of time ranting, I apologize to the person that I've been ranting to because I know how painful it is to listen to people ranting all day long. Well not literally but...you get my point.

I guess I'll rant about the first thought that came right up at the top of my head. People who think they're all that and they put others down in order to make themselves feel all high and mighty. I mean, seriously, it pisses me off.

I remember there was this one particular day when I was still in ISB (Intl School of Bangkok). I was just walking towards the cafeteria and this dude pointed to this above-average-weight girl and started laughing, and he made this really crude comment about her. I'm telling you, I honestly felt like punching him right in the face then but, I didn't (for obvious reasons).

Cliche sayings; but putting one down doesn't make you any better than he/she is. Calling someone fat doesn't make you any thinner. Labeling someone as stupid doesn't make you any smarter. Saying that someone is ugly doesn't make you look any better. Telling someone that they have a face problem doesn't mean that you don't have a face problem yourself.

I'm going to be honest with you guys, I've gotten to know quite a few people who were/are known to be in the 'weird' category. And I agree, they may be a little eccentric (lol I'm not sure if that's the right word to use!) but I don't treat them any differently. Why treat them differently? It's people like them that make life a little more interesting, don't you think? :P

Sorry I have a feeling I just kinda went off track but oh, heck.