First impression.

It’s almost 4 in the morning and I can’t seem to fall asleep. I guess jetlag has now kicking in and hope it will be gone soon before Mommy starts scolding me for getting up by noon. Gave my first impression after arriving that I woke up before she did but now that body’s still adapting to the circadian cycle, she might not be very happy about it.

First impression.

It’s really hard to tell a person from their first appearance. You’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, aren’t you? But why then do people always do that? And most of the time it always ended as a bad result.

I can definitely say most people that I met have always left me with fine sensation even though they ended up being the jerkiest lads you’ve ever met. Usually when I was first introduced to, usually a friend’s friend, I would normally be as nice as I could and dropping tiny bits of flaw there are within me. True colour must always be shown so at least the ‘new’ person will have a clue of what kind of person I am. I’d probably gave a pretty bad impression to people but honestly, never would I ever judge someone before knowing or at least heard or seen for myself the appalling deeds he or she had done.

It’s not fair, isn’t it? How easy they put labels on you and hence making the hatred built up inside.

“Oh, she’s too English.”

“She doesn’t know how to speak Malay!”

“She’s a private student; must be from a rich family.”

 “What’s with the thick eye lines?”

“Too socialise.”

“Too high class, I can’t keep up.”

Believe it or not, those were some of the ‘labels’ labelled on me. There are more cruel ones but I’ll leave them behind.

First impression.

I’ll give an example when I first met my dear Jian. A Chinese boy introduced by a friend. He’s kinda cute and friendly. Quiet and speaks very little with me. It doesn’t help at first since we’re both shy but by the end of the day we ended up talking about Korean dramas and anime happily and loudly. We would chat on Live Messenger and tadaa… we are really good friends now (and he’s the only person who would still call me ‘sayang’ for no valid reason!).

“What a pretty smile!”

“Very bubbly she is!”

“I love her eyes!”

“He’s so considerate!”

“Such a gentleman ;)”

“He’s…tall!”

“Too cute!!!”

“What a nice man :)”

Yup, those were MY kind of first impression towards others. Honest and true and I’m not making up stories.

But keep in mind that people change and somehow you wish they wouldn’t from what they were when you first met them. It makes you want to turn time around so you could at least feel the comfort and their warmth again.  

I’m not saying I’m perfect or the nicest person on Earth. What I’m trying to say is just be nice to others, think nice of others and stop judging all the time. it’s really annoying and hurtful in many ways.

PS: You could save a life by just shutting up your mouth and keep your mind blank.