how am i suppose to be a good friend to a person? or rather, how do i go about being friendly to everyone? you asked me why am i so quiet right? why i don't start conversations with people and why i don't join in all the usual small talks and discussions ... well, its not that i don't want to. its cause i don't know how. the gift of gab is not something that He endowed upon me. i've tried striking up conversations, but i cannot sustain them. people usually like to talk about funny stuff and things that tickle them, but i'm not amusing by nature. i try. but i cannot. so what i can do is to listen, and in order to listen, i cannot speak. or rather i, will myself not to speak ... writing is how i can express myself, but haha i can't go around dishing out scribbled notes to people can i? so there you go ... hope this explains and answers your question to me. i'm not offended or anything, so don't worry yah.