Things need to change...

I've always considered myself a late bloomer.
Painfully shy/timid for the first 17 years of my life, i got past it finally after entering 6th form in a different school.
But eventhough i communicate better with people since, there's still that wall i put up unintentionally when getting to know people.
The worst part is i get to know them best as they're about to leave or i have to leave. It's so funny when you come to think about it.

Saturday night. Walked home from work. Front gate was jammed. Would you believe it. Tried to kick the gate open. And all this being watched by my neighbour, who was standing outside, talking on his phone. Well, thought he would not have seen my struggling with the gate since he was preoccupied. Guessed wrong.haha.

He rushed to my side of the fence....and said "take it easy...haha...did you lock it?"
since it was dark and i usually never lock my gate anyway, he offered to kick it for me.
passed me his beer bottle for safe-keeping, and pried my gate open for me. To be honest, i could have just jumped over it anyway. But that was a funny moment.

So although it was supposed to be an early night (since it was a bit slow at the restaurant), i spent almost an hour outside, just chatting to my neighbours. One by one the girls then started to come out and formal introductions were made... in the dark. Apparently, they were to move out of their house the very next day.

I could hear them cussing all the time from my house. Not to mention the loud music. and there they were, inviting me to party with them since it's their last night at the house.

Ah well, to keep things short, maybe i should have made an effort to get to know them. Maybe i should have made a lot more effort with many other people. Just because some people do bad stuff to you doesnt mean everyone's bad. I should really just be less paranoid about things.
Let's just hope things change. :)