And the congratulatory greetings keep pouring in via text message and MSN (though in the case of the latter, changing my nick to "Hello, my name is Hasief Ardiasyah, S.Sos" definitely has something to do with it). It's nice to know that a good number of people care. It's even better to know that a good number of that good number are women. And when some of those women whom are undoubtably rather attractive say they're proud of you...well let's just say that if my life stinks, I didn't get the memo. Bachelor of Social Science, beloved by the ladies...I like the sound of that...
Incidentally, there was one text message in particular that really made my graduation-related happiness complete, from someone I hadn't communicated in a while and I figured wouldn't care even if she weren't oblivious to my good fortune. Turns out that wasn't the case. I texted her back, asked her how she found out, she replied...then I thought, "Sod it," and just called her up, something I'd been meaning to do for a while but keep deciding against it after thinking it over too much. Spontaneity rules. So we talked and caught up with each other's lives, and I even offered to buy her lunch, an idea which she seemed receptive to. I don't want to jump to any conclusions (for all I know, the lunch thing was probably her just being polite) and think this might go anywhere concrete, so for the time being, I'll just be pleased that something finally went right with regards to her.
Other things that happened today: went with Halief to Aquarius Pondok Indah (picked up the limited edition of Ryan Adams'
Gold), trawled Kemang's indie shops (I bought a Radiohead poster), went to Plaza Indonesia's newly-opened Aksara Bookstore branch (bought Graham Coxon's
Happiness In Magazines at Duta Suara, bumped into my ex-
djakarta! colleague Ve on the way to Aksara, bumped into Fitri too), waited for Dhitri to close up shop and drove her home, and dropped by Romi's place on the way home because Adjie was there (had a
Winning Eleven rematch with Romi). Hope I can wake up tomorrow morning for Jamal and Ardian's presentations...
