do you find it hard sometimes to approach people, to tell someone that you care about him/her, to say "hey tell me what's going on in your life, share your problems with me"?

i do. not only sometimes but probably all the time.

why is this so? it's not like showing concern is a bad thing.

maybe it's the fear of rejection. the possibility of offering your shoulder to cry on only to hear the words, "i don't wanna talk about it", or worse, "leave me alone". i always have this notion that if someone wants to talk to you, he'll approach you. no point making the first move. but i also realise this is fallacious reasoning. hah.

maybe it's the fear of being labelled a nosey parker? or the fear of making the person more upset by bringing up the unhappy stuff?

ok, my brain is not taking well to all this analysis! so i shall stop. brain is tired. needs to watch some tv to recharge. but before i go, i shall complain about something which i think i enjoy complaining about - technology:

i've not been able to sign into msn for the past 2 days. wassup with that?? and the computer is really irritating me cos sometimes pages take forever to load, or can't even connect to the site, and often the images dun appear! @#%$@$%^%#!