AFTERNOON SESSIONS

Almost every day, We, me and two of my friends [1], spent about 1 - 2 hours after our meal and before our prayers [lunch - zuhur or dinner - ashar/maghrib] just to sit in the unofficial NTU North Spine Smoking Area talking about unimportant issues [2] in our lives . Sometimes, some other friends [3] join us. Of course depends on our schedule on that day, the time we spent varies. We categorize it as sprint-time [Marlboro], jog-time [A-Mild] or Marathon [ Dji Sam Soe]. FYI, some of us smokes, some of us just sit and talk [4]. However, I usually spent the maximum two hours of my dead time [5] for this session.

Some people that I've told about this habit have tendency to be cynical about this. They give some comments such as:

1. "Gila, buang2 waktu amat sih? gak ada kerjaan lain apa?"
In fact, for me this is one the time that I found extremely useful. We talked about everything, thus allowing each of us to learn from one another about the issues we faced daily on our lives. This session may help us to be street-smart and not only book-smart.

2. "Bah. Pasti kalo cowo2 ngumpul pasti ngomongin cewe deh. Ngomongin bodi cewe lah dll"
Yes, we do talk about girls. But we also talk about politics (How to reform our beloved country [6] ) , economic (how to be fuckin rich like Donald Trump [7] ), entertainment (Who should win american Idol? [8] ), sports (Man Utd rules the world? [9] ) even science (Paretho's Law [10] ). Hence, we're not as shallow as you think. Moreover, though the three of us pay attention to the "cover of the book", we put more emphasis on the "content of the book".

"3. Gile cowo2 ko nge gossip sih?"
We don't gossip. We share. We talked about our experience and lessons we learn from it. For example, sharing some tips for maintaining long-distance-on-and-off relationship, conquering "the-father" or finishing you final year report in 10 days [11] (cool, huh?). If we talked about other people, it would be for their own sake. We talked about the problem they faced and how we might be able to help them.

For me, it's one of the time in that I do learn and refresh myself by spending lesser amount of money [12]. Guys, let's have it now.

CaTLio
Cad/CAM Lab

[1] One of them is the second smartest man I've ever known (after my oldest brother), the other one is one of the coolest person on earth who should get the perfect definition of "anak nongkrong sejati".

[2] In fact, we do talk about improtant issues such as earthquake disaster and stuffs.

[3] Unimportant group of persons which are so unimportant that I never think to mention their names here. heuahauhaeuehua j/k guys.

[4] I said Some of us Not all.

[5] Some buffer time that I allocate for nothing everyday.

[6] We yet to find an acceptable solution other than put the three of us on the top of the government.

[7] Inspired by "The Apprentice" and "Temptation Island" (heh???)

[8] Carrie Underwood, for sure. And we miss Jessica Sierra, Celena Rae and Lindsay Cardinale

[9] Yes. Man Utd rules the world and Zidane is the second best player in the world (Beckham is the certainly the best)

[10] 80% male community in the world chase the 20% of female community.

[11] Some of the theories were adapted from the movie "how to lose a guy in 60 seconds errr 10 days, I mean"

[12] Compared to refresh ur self in starbucks or to study in NTU, of course you spend less money here.