As per mentioned in my earlier blog entry, my mum's ex-boss talked about his social circle as a question of our interview. He told us about his view on friendships and his different interaction with different categories of friends, namely: acquaintance, friends, close friends and confidants.

Before he started talking, he kept asking both me and Mei Ling, what are friends to you? How do you know who is your friend? Both of us stared at each other for a moment, and nothing really substantial came out of our mouths. I think if I asked this question to a lot of people, the same thing will happen too. Many of us just take it for granted that our friends are our friends, but how? But why? Have you ever given it a thought? Are all your friends the same to you?

My mum's ex-boss shared with us how he classified the people whom he know which I mentioned above, and how he will interact with them from there. I think a lot of us have generally the same mindset as him but not so consciously, or maybe it is just me? After talking to him, it made me think about the people around me whom I call friends. How many of them do I really know? How many of them do I really understand? How many of them really deserve me going all out to help them no matter where and when? How many of them can I really share with how I feel? How many of them can I really talk to with regards to my dark/weak side?

I guess a lot of times, I have just chosen to take the easy way out, to treat almost everyone as friend of equal level. But I have gotten myself hurt all over and yet I still do not learn. Maybe it is time for me having stepped into adulthood to give some serious thought into this. I have to be fair to my well-deserving friends and myself. Balance emotions and rationale. :)