Tossed salads and scrambled eggs

Lately, I've taken to finding solace in watching Seinfeld and Frasier. Besides the pointless mafia wars, this is about the only predictable event I have lined up every evening. I like Frasier Crane, he's a very likable man with some very unlikable habits, the subject of which is central in quite a few episodes. It is interesting to see how an "elitist" like Crane can sometimes be confounded by ordinary problems that are readily solvable by Joe Sixpack. The effort the guy goes to just to find a satisfactory answer is well worth my 20 minutes every night. Many nights, especially when its raining(which is quite a common occurrence nowadays), it feels so good to just stay in, have a scotch, and sit back laughing along with the Crane brothers. Sometimes, I really wonder if I'm finding excuses for myself for not going out and meeting more people. Damn. All that psychiatry must be rubbing off me if I'm psychoanalyzing myself. LOL.

Anyway, last Sunday was Sean's wedding. I must profess, that my friendship with Sean was fleeting at best. After all, we did not exactly keep in touch after graduation. Which was why I was especially touched that he remembered me and invited me for his big day. When I met him at the wedding reception, it was as if time never left. He recognized me straight away. We greeted each other with warm smiles and firm handshakes, filled with the silent recollection of days gone by. Ah, those were fun and grueling times. My study years will never have been the same without them.

 His wedding was eventful for me. This was the first time that my table consisted of less than the optimal number of people required to "maintain" a table. More than half of my table was absent, and so me and my companions have had to join another table.  Now this is a first for me. I've always seen tables being broken up and people joining other tables, but I've never been part of the "joinees". Eric was remarking that those who accepted wedding invites but never send word they will be absent should be shot, and in his own words, "no friend liao". While I wouldn't go that far, I do agree some consideration is in order. But I guess there's nothing much I can do about that. These people will always be there, in a multitude of other scenarios, whether we like it or not.