Lesson One: Laziness comes with a price tag.
The past few weeks or so, eating out became a second nature as days after days I "forgot" to pack my lunch. Heh. When I thought about it, it was not so much of forgetting but more of me getting too lazy to wake up early and prepare some food either for breakfast or lunch. Besides, the city offers greater variety of delicacies to satisfy this hunger ... which unfornately, more often than not, comes with a humoungous bill. Sigh.

Lesson Two: Flatmates are pretty observant people.
I only came to know this lastnight when we were having our dinner at one of the restaurants in the city (yes. again.) Amidst our busy chatter and gossips-trading and squealing about guys, I was interrogated about my net activity. More specifically, about my msn activity. *cough* I will try to be more discreet to leave the living room the next time I wanted to rush off to my laptop. hee ;)

Lesson Three: Cheap friendships could be built from trade transactions.
This is truly making cheap friendship on expensive transaction. Heck. Blame my spending, the auntie at the city foodcourt now becomes one of those few strangers that see me and chat me up on a regular basis while I eat her steaming kuey tiaw. Another person is a bodyshop sales assistant in the city who chattered me up on our mundane daily tasks and showered me with gifts (those opened showered gel or whatever) each time I bought something from the store. Heh. So sad, when friendships like these were dealt on business transactions, you knew they were fake.

Lesson Four: Life can only give you so much of your wants.
Sometimes, you aim for something but doesnt necessarily mean that you will hit it. Sometimes, you strive for something and that still doesnt necessarily mean that you will achieve it. Sometimes, you want something but that doesnt mean that you will get it. It is not being pessimism, it is being realistic. I can only be contented with whatever I have now, whether I want it or not.

Lesson Five: True friendships last a lifetime.
Wherever we are, we are never be truly alone. And yet, in that big group of people surrounding us, there is only a fraction (if we are lucky) that are the truest gems among all. True friends dont judge and they understand and accept you for who you are, no matter how many changes and phases you have undergone. They are the gems that you want to keep, not the rocks and stones that you saw as you were passingby.