you're a medical school student and yet, you are always online, almost 24/7 from what i observe. how do you do it?
the above is one of the most frequent questions i keep getting from my friends back in malaysia. you see, most people have this general idea of how a medical student should be; a specky nerdy bookworm who studies all the time reading up thick text book and memorising lots of facts and s/he has no life.
sorry to say, but that doesn't apply to all medical students from what i see. hey, we do know how to have fun as well!
anyway back to the question.
in short i can say, being online (despite the status is either really away, busy or just simply online) doesn't mean i am entertaining people, chatting with them all the time. of course appearing invisible is an option but from my personal experience i will more likely to end up chatting when i am invisible.
you see i have this theory which of course i credited to my extraordinarily awesome self wtf.
when you're offline, most of your buddies will be busy wondering what you've been up to while you're gone. so when you actually sign in and appear to everyone, and somehow your buddies are online at the same time as well, they will automatically say hi!
and then you've to entertain them for "catching up purpose" because you two keep "missing each other sooooooo much lah!" and without realising that this will somehow eat up your time more than how much you intend to spend online. of course, this does not apply if you have a good self discipline and are awesome with time keeping!
so in the end, you will be cursing your own self (and of course, your friends if you have thin patience just like yours - extraordinarily awesome - truly self wtf) for wasting the time and rush to finish whatever works you still have in your to-do list.
but...
if you're always online and your friend keep seeing you in their list most of the time, eventually they won't bother to bother you anymore. HAHA! true story.
because it's torturingly boring to keep asking for updates on almost daily basis.
"HOI! Pe Che?!" (which stands for apa cerita in malay, which translate to "hey! what's up?"). sorry sir, but i am no Ms. Enid Blyton to whip out new different stories for you on daily basis.
unless you are living a great awesome lives like those in the movies where you go shop at all the high end boutiques and eat out at 5 star restaurants all day long then of course you friend won't be bored to death listening to how you're living your life.
DAY 1: "oh today i go to class"
DAY 2: "oh today i go to class also"
DAY 3: "oh today i still go to class. but i arrive a bit late lah"
but if that still fails, you still have the option to actually say NO with the phrase,"sorry geng. gua busy sekarang ada kerja no bluff. perhaps next time okay? muah!"
of course the "muah" at the end is optional wtf.
i am not saying nor promoting that you shouldn't keep in touch with your friends. in fact i make it a thing to at least say hi to my lovelies once in few weeks time. i am just saying this from my personal experience and how i come up with solutions. things that work for me doesn't mean it will work as well for you.
now, off you go. i need to go study. perhaps next time i update my blog again okay? muah wtf.