Posts Tagged ‘what if?’

…well technically, the 22nd of February was.

Can I just say that being asked out by your best guy friend of 2+ years – who you didn’t realize you’d been holding a torch for until recently – is probably one of the best feelings in the world? It’s also a plus that he did it in the sweetest way possible – in person, with reference to past moments, etc etc

So yeah. As of the 22nd, I’m officially taken. -squeals-

I’m not sure if it’s just me, or if I’m just one of those people “doomed” to have atypical friendships and social circles. Actually, I wouldn’t consider them atypical; but they’re definitely not what any old Joe/Jane would expect to have to go through. Not all of this, anyway.

For starters, I’m not part of a stereotypical high school clique; or just any old clique per se. That’s probably because I’m not 1) preppy 2) popular 3) a cheerleader 4) uber-nerdy 5) uber-AZN (as they would refer to themselves) or 6) a musical hermit. I love having my cake and eating it as well; so I’m involved in a good mix of stuff and talk to a lot of people. Which is what they never really understand about me. -_- If I were to actually follow personalities on TV shows, I think I’d be pretty much an Inbetweener (reference to E4′s hit comedy series The Inbetweeners; a bunch of students not cool enough to be popular but not nerdy enough to be geeks.)

Moving on – except for some treasured few, I seem to have a notorious track record for not getting along with peers of my age/year group. Juniors and seniors are all right, and I’m (touch wood) brilliant with kids and adults. However, try as I may, people from my year group just don’t take a shine to me. This became a lot more evident when I went to England – and know what? It’s actually not my fault that we don’t get on; Mr Marshman (my houseparent) reckons it’s just a case of different intellectual levels (so sue me if I don’t feel like comparing Daniel Radcliffe with Jeremy Sumpter – go ahead if you will; I just don’t really want to participate per se, thanks.) Perhaps I just have to be a bit more patient – people change and grow up more during their late teenage years.

The final thing – which has also ended up being a source of jibes – is the fact that I get on better with lads than chicas. I won’t lie and say that it’s better to share certain things with members of your own sex – even though I hate stereotypes, most of the girls around me are complete b****es. When it comes to friendly banter, more often than not, it’s guys that I tend to have it with. And unsurprisingly, some the dudes I hang out with happen to be the people I go to with my light worries. I must admit I do stay away from the popular ones, though; they tend to be very jock-ish characters without the ability to sustain a convo.
Not to say that I don’t get along with girls full stop. My two oldest best friends are girls I’ve known since primary school who are 1) living miles away from me and 2) are of a totally different background compared to mine. One doesn’t speak English as her first language either.

So far, these are the sort of things that I’ve grown to get used to – which other people sometimes condemn as an “abnormal social life”. Hopefully you agree with me. There are, however, certain not-so-typical friendships I’ve experienced in my teen years; some of which I’m still trying to get a clue on.

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If the title of this post freaked you out a bit, I wouldn’t blame you.

Anywhos, this post has to do with our PSHME session about two days ago (PSHME, by the way, stands for Personal, Social, Health and Moral Education) – our year gets split into 5 gorups and we are put on rotation. Every 6 weeks we study a different category – right now my group’s under Ethics/Morality. In these sessions, our teacher in charge (Miss Mansfield, bless her) brings up a topic and has us discuss the good, bad and ugly about it – topics include sexism, abortion, yada yada – those without definite yes or no answers, if you get my drift.

If you kinda guessed that our topic of the day was about genetic engineering, then props to you – it was precisely that. I think that if you’ve kept up with the sciencey-updates of this year and yesteryears, you’ll find that genetic engineering isn’t something brand-new; it’s been in place for a while now. We’ve got bacteria modified to produce pure human insulin to supply diabetics with their fix (last time, one had to rely on pork insulin 0_0). We’ve got sheep/cows engineered to produce life-saving proteins in their milk, which can be extracted and used to treat certain illnesses. We’ve already got GM (Genetically Modified) foods on our shelves; although not many. And then there are the experiments-gone-weird – ever heard of the tomato that tasted like fish?

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