Human relations

Right now, I'm studying for my mid terms which will take place at 9.30am tomorrow. But I'm still gonna upload another post and it's about relationships between people.

In University, life is not as smooth sailing as non-undergraduates thought. Nope, university life is tumultuous depending on how you view it. To me, making friends is an issue and doing projects (etc) are tough.

I remembered how I had a tough time, trying to mingle with my JC friends for they came from famous schools such as ACS, MGS and Crescent Girls. Not to forget, some were from Nan Hua High School. And me? I'm just from a neighborhood school. Initially I had a hard time to mingle with them but after some time, it ended up well. They weren't snobby nor were they proud of where they came from. They included me in every game and in every meet up. I really enjoyed myself then.

Now, in University, I face people from all walks of life and even from different countries. It ain't easy. It ain't easy to get to be closer to some people. They'll tend to come to you when they need you and once they've found another friend, they'll brush you off aside. Not only so, in work when you have a group of people coming together to do a project, you'll bound to have a few who slacked off and disappear from the world. The next thing you know, those people appear and act as if they've been doing all the work. This is not just in school, it's almost in every working companies. I've gotten complaints from friends talking about how their group mates aren't listening to their advice or how their group mates never seem to help with the project work.

To me, it's just an obstacle we all have to face. Yeah, maybe we aren't the slack ones but what else can we do about the slackers? They are the ones who aren't pulling their shoes and get back to work. In the long run, they're the ones who will suffer for which bosses would be willing to hire them? Whenever I face such problems, I'll try to discuss with the rest of the group and we'll try to divide the workload to ensure efficiency and a balance between work and play. Nobody shall ever take on the full load and do everything by him/herself. It's not fair for this 'workaholics'.

Conflicts are bound to take place. Everyone has different perspectives of everything. They may think that certain methods are wrong and not workable but to others, it's the best option they have. All of us are growing into adulthood and throughout our 20-odd years, we learnt many different principles; that is why there's so many conflicting views on various things. Personalities clash.

If you ever do meet such slackers and they never bother to understand your situation nor make amendments to their actions, then it's time to change plans and don't let such people affect your feelings. It's just not worth it.