sidenote

i also came to realize that, much as i try, i can only take so much ear abuse at a get together... i will always be a bigger fan of just chatty gossiping and sensible conversation. i realized that i DO pass up on some people whom i assume probably grew up in some place where they were mountains away from each other: hollering and breaking sound barriers was a necessity they got used to, just to pass on the news to another village... *sigh* i'm sure there's a part of them that's pretty decent, but i guess i don't have much patience to wait for any sign of sensible intelligence when they start working on local celebrity gossip... don't get me wrong: i'm normally ok with any kind of thought, idea or hear-say anyone may want to share... it's just that i just CAN NOT tolerate hearing any of it in 'hard core PALENGKERA vernacular'. *ugh* i guess some habits are just hard to break for some (both mine and their's). i'm not all for straddling what seems to be my high horse, but i guess this is my 'me' moment. sounding like a boring ditz is my way of shoo-ing away people i just don't like at all.my way of weeding out the bad, i suppose. at least i'm not being outright rude... or am i?! heeheehee....