3rd Feb 2009

Just a ramble in a boring class that's going through a topic I've studied for before. Met up with the Bachelor guys yesterday, which is supposed to be phase 1 of our "Have fun in Aussieland, H!" get-togethers.

It was supposed to be just one night cycling event this Saturday, but H's parents aren't too keen on their son exerting himself so close to his fly-off date, so it got turned into Phase 1: Dinner and Phase 2: Drive-about.

The whole point of the post was to highlight how I realised that quite a bit of who I am also exists in these bunch of friends sitting around me. Whether it's H's nuggets of wisdom about relationships, or N's pointed questions/observations of jobs, student life and our future, or I's silly remarks and ahem (alcoholism), or C's dry humour and sarcasm, I saw how their behaviour is reflected in me.

H pointed out as we drank along the waterfront that beer isn't about the alcohol, but about the company. And it got me thinking: am I shaped by these people, or is it who we are that draws us together?

I guess either way, it should hold our friendship strong as we move on to the working world and H attempts to start his Uni life anew in a subject none of us thought we'd go into. -Jimmy