great expectations

i never 'liked' my own fb status.

i think it's too narcissistic.

isn't it annoying

when u tell someone

about something

over and over again

and yet

he still seems

NOT to understand?

worse,

he seems

NOT to LISTEN at all?

what a waste of time.

have you ever

done something

and expect

that people do the same thing to you?

i know that stands on the same level as

"tak ikhlas"

but,

just listen to my context 1st.

when you're giving somebody

a birthday present,

do you give him/her

something she/he likes,

OR

something YOU like?

to answer this,

i always put myself in that person's shoes

(that's called empathy)

i will want something that I like

(don't really care what the giver likes. it's my birthday anyway)

so,

when i do that

(giving something the bday girl/boy likes)

i expect

my bday presents to be something that I like.

i always forget other people's birthdays

so i don't really care if other people forget my birthday.

so i expect

when i forget their birthdays,

they wouldn't mind.

i always lift up the toilet seat after using it

so i expect

other people who use it after me

would have the slightest fucking common sense

to do the same.

(toilet issues really bug me. i can be very bitchy)

i keep my clothes neatly folded and placed

in my closet

so i expect

other people who seem to barge in

and decide to borrow/try on some of it

would leave my closet

as neatly as i left it before.

i always eat

with my mouth closed

in front of anybody.

so i expect

everybody who eats in front of me

to close his/her mouth

when he/she eats in front of me.

(or at least chew with less noise)

i don't like consoling

someone who's sulking over me.

so i don't mind if i were sulking

and nobody is consoling me.

and so i expect

nobody will expect me to console them

especially when they're sulking over me.

if expectations = demands

i'll be a very demanding person on earth.

luckily,

they're not equal.

when i demand,

i say it out loud.

when i expect,

i keep it to myself.