When someone ask me if I'm available this Saturday and say, "Wanna go to A place and see my work?"... If I say "ok", that means I would provide time to go to A place for that someone...
When someone ask me what time I will go home and say, "Pulang bareng yuk!"... If I say "Yuuk", that means I would wait for her until designated time and tell her when I'm done with my work and ready to go home together...
When someone go out with me and then plan things together and say, "Hey, let's go to B mall next week and browse some cute items!" If I say "ok", that means I would note that plan on my planner and empty my schedule to go out with that someone...
When someone hang out with me at lunch, and say "Don't u think it would be cool if we travelling somewhere and do crazy things? Let say 3 years from now..." If I say "Yeah, let's do it!", that means I would start thinking about the trip and put a reminder for anytime in 2010. And I will remind that person in 2010, if we're still friends by then (well, so far I've only erased 2 ppl from my friends list cuz they lied and played tricks on me)...
Then, what do you think of me? What do you think of someone* who blow off plans out of the blue (without a note)??
If I am busy or reluctant to go I would say so! If u ask me, I think before I say a word. Cuz a word is a promise. A promise is a debt.
I may not be the best companion anyone could have, but I am loyal and I do what I promised.
If that is wrong, then I dunno what's right anymore...
* The next thing I would do when someone did that to me is semi-ignore his/her plans. I really hate a sudden change of plan...
3 comments:
yep. Janji adalah hutang. setuju !
Sometimes you have to ask that person if that is indeed a PROMISE. But yeah, even then Indonesian people tend to break it. Sudah mendarah daging. Susah ngubahnya.
Vanie: I love your attitude, Van :)
Lala: That's the thing, La...
Beda persepsi kalo gitu ya... For me, "A word is a promise."
Anyway, I got dissapointed too often this year (2007 is a very tough yearr!!), I guess I might as well understand and go on with it lah...
Give More. Expect Less.
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