the Gathering : still vagrant

The cloak guy stopped at the announcement post. He looked up and noticed the blog has been updated. It takes two mountains to plug into the virtual world nowadays. It been a harsh day for him to plug into the Matrix (Internet).

He looked at his watch and it showed 3.37 am. Tuesday, a holiday for him. He switched on his laptop, only to find some friends online. While some to be in good conditions while some not in such a good condition. He sighed and continued searching to see what's happening. Only, some allies were still in good condition. He smiled and open a portal linking to it, trying to maintain the condition. Old and new allies come and go as easy as blowing the dead leaf on the ground.

"Mom, isn't that mo ming chew yan?" An innocent child said to her parents. A fine cute little girl with pony braided hair. A potential agility girl destined to be a pretty lady.

He turned around and smiled to the child. The parents grabbed the child and walked away. He continued his portal and logged into ISTL : E2. What else can he do other than fighting virtually in this portal?

The season of meeting new sensei had begun:

1) the First sensei on Mechanic Machine : 'Young Fresh' - unknown name.
He looked at him and screen his attidude on teaching. Barely, experience enough. All he mentioned was "This is this and that is that, for the deeper knowledge please refer to the book I showned you". "What else do you want to do for the rest of the score? A trip?"

2) the Second sensei on Material Selection : 'New Amateur' - newly wed lady.
She was the last time sensei who taught me the lesson on Solid. The terror awakened again, I must have full concentration to master the lesson. She a tough lady. Two words : Die Hard.

3) the Third sensei on Statistic : 'Experienced' - mid gentleman.
He is a-okay with teaching but what surprised everyone was leniency. He permit everyone to pass up his assignment not too late till the last semester of the year! Happy.

4) the Fourth sensei on Civilization : 'Experienced' - mid gentleman.
He is experienced but also lenient. Close one eye and teach. Perfect.

End of the introduction.

He looked at the time again, still a bit more before he vanish.

It's okay sometimes to lose a few friends in order to gain new friends. This is called the circle of friendship.

Rule no. 1 Frienship shrink
Friendship in all manners will dissipate in time. Rest assure when suddenly, the friend you once know that stood beside you suddenly vanished into thin air. This is all because of several factors: (1) he/she obtained a new deeper relationship, (2) he/she has personal problems e.g. family migration, and (3) he/she has discovered your dark secret e.g. you stink.

Rule no. 2 Backstab
Of all the thing, you thought you are the most honest and sincere. Think again, perhaps, I'm naive. Even the most honest and sincere people do backstab at people, it just the matter of the damages it inflict. However, most backstab do no damage when backstabbing were done on the people they do not know e.g. the third stranger who knows nothing about the target.

Rule no.3 New Connection
More friends are better than more foes. Any objection? (1) You can widen your communication skill. (2) You can analyze different behaviour they treat you. (3) You can relax your worries. (4) Verbal communication can ease a problem. (5) You be able to understand human interaction.

Rule no.4 Golden Rule
Do not be afraid to crack the ice. All humans are born with natural kindness, 99% of all human accept new friends and mutual introduction e.g. "Hi, my name is ... and what's your name?".

The almost end of chapter.
He went to the counter and asked for a single trip ticket for the festival of CNY. He is excited about the coming festival, something awaiting him, the instinct proclaimed. Whatever is it, he only care about the present. He can be said to be a person who leave in the present. Leaving the past behind.

Logged out. - "Perhaps, one fine day..." -