The Echo.

I've been hanging out with the best friend, henceforth known as Echo, for the last couple of days. I call him the Echo for a reason, and the reason is this: he acts just like my echo. (If I'd said he is my echo then that just makes me sound pathetic for not having any friends.) But anyway, Echo and I have known each other for about five years, and this is how we 'decide' on things:


Me: I'm hungry.
Echo: Yeah I'm hungry too.
Me: I feel like going out for fried rice.
Echo: Omg I was just thinking that! I feel like going out for fried rice too!

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Me: I think I want to do a Masters degree.
Echo: That's a good idea. I think I'll do a Masters degree too.
Me: I'll do a useless arts degree.
Echo: Of course of course. Same here.
Me: I was thinking of going to the National University.
Echo: Oh yeah me too!
Me: But in the mean time I'd like to look for work.
Echo: Yeah okay. I'd like to look for work too.
Me: What do you wanna do?
Echo: I dunno, whatever you're doing.

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Sigh. The irony of Echo is that he is the most eccentric, opinionated, unique and all-round individual guy I know. At our fairly conformist college, located in the heart of Malaysian Suburbia, he showed up with black fingernails and a mohawk, wearing a skirt. These days, he's toned it down a bit. In fact I think he's skipped his twenties all together and gone straight to being an old man.

Anyhoo. I've lost my point with this entry.

Oh yeah. The point is, I'm going to enroll to do a Masters degree and I'll have a friend to go to class with. Hooray. :) And I've told my parents I'm not doing That Program which they wanted me to do, and they've more or less accepted the fact that they can't tell me what to do. So I'll get to do what I want. Hello, useless arts degree #2. Hooray. :)