Min is one of the "Old Guard" among my firends.
The "Old Guard" are those that I have known since my secondary
school days.Well compared to the: Insulting, Abusive and "Great"
Wong. Cocking, Heck Care and totally Blurred Geek. and the Dreaming,
Funny and Friendly Kenneth. Min is .... Boring, Straightforward and
totally heh heh heh Critical. Why? Look on.
When is the first time I befriend him, its a very tricky question since
the early days are quite fuzzy to me now, but one thing is for sure
when I am in lower Secondary I'm not very close to him, I just know
that he is a very intellignet boy and always gets the best result (Note:
nerd definiing, the glasses are not helping much). It is during my Sec
3 yrs when we really get to know each other. When I moved back to JB
I discontinue the tradition of taking school buses, instead I chose
to go home by myself. It is only then that I found out that Min actually
lived very close to me, difference is 400m at most in a straight line
(wonder what am I doing for the past 2 years).
I think it all started like this ...... one day I had just finished
my usual soccer game and were taking a break with the guys in the canteen,
when Min's class (4A) finished their lesson. They have longer lessons
because they got more subjects compared to us. It must had been the
situation when we went home together and found out that we actually
lived near each other (the usual practice is to go till the bus station
in JB and seperate there). So I started going back with him (he also
quit taking school buses due to his 'A' class schdule which let him
off at an later time), since usually my soccer sessions ends around
the same time his classes end and we took the same bus home everyday
with the difference in only 2 stops. So everyday after my soccer sessions
or remedial classes, etc we would go home together, arguing about everything
under the sun, from the currency exchange rate to why did the birds
fly that way to the way I speak and my jokes.
Living near each other also made going out together easier, back then
I usually won't go out by myself to shopping centers. We would go to
Leisure Mall the nearest shopping center to catch a movie, eat lunch
or just to sit down in MPH to catch a magazine or book. The usual schedule
is as follows: After buying the tickets for the movie we would eat lunch
if either of us haven't have eaten yet, then we would go MPH and read
some magazines or books till the time come for us to go in. I would
also go to his house sometimes ( hmm I got a feeling his mother don't
like me ;), to study, play games or just plain fun and laughter. I am
a "bad friend" one who teach him not to study and play more.
Bwahahaa on my side I think I am more like an "angel" to him,
I taught him to go out and play, how to talk cock (though barely), how
not to take everything so seriously, how to relax once in a while from
his studying and most important of all get rid of the NERD label. (Note:
Ryan and Kenneth also contributed alot).
The deepest impression about Min for me is his academic excellence
(yes his the one who introduce "Intelligent Argument" to me,
not Wong). Since Sec 1 he has always been a powerhouse, getting As here
As there as if theres no challenge in it. I being an ordinary student
definitely envy him, but this is life you have to accept it, at least
he is helpful to others. His results also bring out something bad about
him, that is his humbleness. I'm not saying that being humble is bad,
but heres an example:
Me: "Yo, Min how's your A level results?"
Min: "Not very good....."
Me: "Is it? How bad?" (Feels bad about it).
Min: "Not very good lah" (silence)
Me: "How many As?"
Min: "Not many la... 5 only."
Me: -_-"
Me: "......."
Me: "How bad is it when you got 5 As which is like the most you
can get."
Min: "Well I thought I did very bad, but the results turn out to
be good."
Me: (Decides not to continue the topic, after suffering sudden low self-esteem)
*Note: Edited due to person's request.
See humbleness is good, but his humbleness may cause many people to
suffer "sudden low self-esteem" and many people will think
that his a hypocrite (which I thought he is when I just know him). Learn
to be happy with your own results and take pride in it.
Compared to all my cock friends around, Min is one of the few that
don't really cock, or maybe its just his "cock level" is too
low for me to detect it or he will just spend time arguing with me about
the cock story I'm telling, considering that more then half of my friends
has the "cock king" level. Even though he don't really cock,
I would usually make up for his lack of cock. One of the things I always
make fun of him is him being a "momma's boy", since his mother
is pretty strict on him, if I'm her son I would be 6 feet under the
ground by now (means dead). Things usually went downhill fast when I
just took all his words and turned them into jokes and he will argue
with me with my jokes, I'm pretty evil then. This reminds me of something
too. This guy is strange, when people are suppose to be laughing at
jokes he is arguing with you about it.
Another thing about Min is his fondness of being a critic. He used
to have an opinion on everything and anything I do and the current headlines.
Whenever I did a stupid thing or crazy thing (for fun) he would usually
answer me with a sigh and a "Si Hao arh....." (just a side
note, amount all my sec sch friends Wei Min is the only one who calls
me by the real name Si Hao, the rest used my nick name instead), I would
respond with a smile and laugh of my own. He always like to "insult"
me whenever I did this kind of things, but I would reply with a "Thank
You" and explain why take life so serious? He also always said
that I am alike to Garfield in some ways, because in one of the comic
strips Garfield thanks his insulter just as I did. :) . What? How can
I forgot the old joke, heres how it goes
Me: (in the process of another silly joke)
Min: "Si Hao arh...."
Me: "Hahahahaha."
Min: "You really is Siao."
Me: "Thank you ding ding ding, thank you ding ding ding"
The biggest thing about this guy affected me is in my change of views
towards studying. Before knowing him I am an indifferent person towards
studies and truth to say totally sucks at it. But after knowing him
I started to really get serious towards studying (partly is because
of my change of attitude or what people called maturing, yes I did mature
for your info). Before the 'O' Levels I really did study and even though
I did only get average results I am really happy with it because I really
worked hard at it and it was the first time in my life when I studied.
Another thing of note is an event that happened someday in my Sec 2
years, this event and Min's words after that make me realised something.
I shall not go into the details of what happened but just know that
it has a profound impact in making what I am today.
Some other smaller contributions include making me more intelligent
(in arguing), ability to take insults and to go out and smell the flowers.
If you want a nice, friendly, humble, "innocent-looking"
and intelligent friend, this guy is also one without much fault in him
unless you take boring as a fault ... and don't forget his mother (just
kidding LoL). |
