Of John
Tuesday, 31 January 2017
4:33am
Dear Diary,
It is now time that I observe John because I have a feeling he is doing this solitary life thing wrong.
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He refuses help from other people even though he really needs it.
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He does not ask for help from other people.
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He spends too much time alone that he starts talking to me about his days. (I am okay with that but after awhile, I really think what John needs is a human companion)
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
5:34pm
Dear Diary,
Today I wanted to record that John had, once again, refused help from people. He bought another full set of gaming gears online. When the delivery guy offered help to put things where John would want them to be, John said that it was fine. A few hours later, I saw that he was not fine! He struggled to take the gaming gears out and put them together. He could have just save time by accepting help from the delivery guy but he just had to say no. I thought that John was wary of himself being labeled weak if he accepted help from the delivery guy. I got it that he was an adult now and wanted to figure things out but the delivery guy meant well and just wanted to help. Offering help did not mean the guy assumed John was incapable of doing something.
Thursday, 2 February 2017
9:10pm
Dear Diary,
I wanted to continue yesterday observation. I got too distracted when John opened up a can of tuna that I had to stop writing.
Anyway, after a moment of frustration, John did a quick Google search for the problem he was having with putting the gears together. One search turned into a few and a few hours later, he still couldn’t figure the things out. Apparently, there was a customer service phone number that came with the package yet he still did not want to call the company. I was about to pull my whiskers out by then!! Again, he could have just save time and call the company but no, he said to himself, “I am an able-bodied guy and knows how to read. I will know how to do this thing.” I was not sure to call that perseverance or plain stupid.
Friday, 3 February 2017
10:10am
Dear Diary,
He finally figured the gears out! I did not recall what happened because I was deep in my nap but once I woke up, he was already playing games. But here was another problem, he played game too much! He had probably been inside this home for two or three days now! He had not talk to anyone except me. I was sitting next him, prepared to take a nap when he suddenly petted me and asked how I’ve been (?!) I thought he was insane! He talked to me! A cat! Did he knew I can understand him? I bet he did not, but that was odd! What do I do now? Do I give a mew back or just let him be?
Monday, 6 February 2017
7:23pm
Dear Diary,
I got it now. John had a problem. He thought that being an adult meant being exclusively independent of other people. From my previous observations, I did not think John was egoistic or anything. He just had a skewed perception about being independent. I’ve got to show him how this “being independent” thing works.