xiuli had a bbq today. great fun, met lots of people and i realise that, other than smiling, laughing [haha is a punctuation] or giggling, i truly need to learn the art of conversing.. perhaps its just my personality, that though i appear to be on centerstage, but i just naturally stick to the sides..
in the end, retreating into a dark corner and realising that no one will realise my disappearance, i ended up less tensed than when i was out in the open..

as hida puts it: this is so not u, sok.

who will say "there you are!" when someone enters the room?

William Shakespeare

Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.