“In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” – Matthew 7:12

“Do to others as you would have them do to you.” – Luke 6:31

My boyfriend and I had a discussion yesterday. He sent me a text message yesterday and it says that he’ll be doing a social experiment. The social experiment will be to stop being nice to others. When I read his text message, I replied saying that if he stops being nice to others then others will also stop being nice to him. That reply of mine triggered the discussion. Apparently for him my reply sounds selfish. And of course, I didn’t agree with him.

Anyways, it made me write this entry. I just had to write what I am feeling and thinking about the subject. For me I don’t think its being selfish, I think its just human nature that you expect the right treatment from others. You have been nice to them, so it’s just right that you expect the same treatment from them. My boyfriend kept on insisting that it sounds selfish since it’s like being nice only to a person that you expect will be nice to you as well. Well clearly were not on the same page… I didn’t say that a person will only select the person that he / she will be nice to. Of course that person will and should be nice to everyone else, and that’s when that person will expect that everyone else will be nice to him / her. I honestly don’t think / believe that there is a single person who is nice to someone and who doesn’t expect to be treated the same way. Personally, I expect that I’d be treated nicely since I always try to be nice. That’s why I always end up getting hurt or disappointed when I don’t get the right treatment I was expecting from the people that I have been nice to. So there, I really don’t think its being selfish. I’m just being true to myself

How about you, do you think it’s selfish to expect someone to be nice to you if you have been nice to that person?

Yup, I was at Makati for two days. I was there last Wednesday and yesterday for a training at DBWizards. The training was about Writing Queries Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005. I did not have any experience with SQL Server since from my first job we used Oracle Server. But there we’re still some similarities with some of the syntax. What really confused me the most was the interface of SQL Server. I kept on comparing SQL Server with TOAD (tool we use to access Oracle) just so I could get how SQL Server works.

Anyways, during our free time (lunch time). Since lunch usually starts at 11:30AM for us so we had a lot of free time… So during our free time, we went to Paseo Center. It was my first time to go to that place. And as soon as we entered Paseo Center, I saw shoes!!! They had running shoes and they even had shoes that may double as wedding shoes as well. No rain boots though, I mean with summer fast approaching here in our country who would need them, right? I was tempted to buy every single shoe that I saw *lol* But when we asked how much the shoes costs it was soo expensive! I believe they’re class A designer shoes. So we moved to another stall, the shoes we’re cute but not expensive this time. But I just couldn’t get myself to buy one since I just bought new shoes two weeks ago. Even though they had my shoe size, which I always have a hard time finding nice shoes that’s right for my size. I had to resist on buying them. So I left Paseo Center with a heavy heart and I still can’t imagine they have my shoe size I really just can’t get over the fact that we found that place. I swear when I go back to Makati, I’ll visit that place again and if they still carry a shoe for my size then I’ll buy from them.

I just joined Blogsvertise a couple of minutes ago. I’ve been wanting to join a couple of months back, but I realized I was too busy with work that I may not be able to complete the tasks assigned to me. In a nutshell, Blogsvertise is a site where accepted members could earn thru blogging. Once accepted, they will send you link assignments and members are supposed to include those links to their blog entries. Blog entries does not need to be anything related to the links. Members may write their usual creative way of writing, but must incorporate the links sent to them by Blogsvertise. Once done and approved by Blogsvertise, they’ll pay using PayPal so its important that member have PayPal to get paid I hope I do get accepted. *crosses fingers*