Self Reflection: Interpersonal Communication Problems
This incident happened a few years ago and it has made me more aware of someone's verbal and non-verbal cues ever since. Due to confidentiality, I will address her as Jeyna in this post. Jeyna and I were best friends in secondary school and it has always been that way up till my third year in polytechnic. Being in different polytechnics, it was difficult to match our schedules as both of us had many commitments. We needed to juggle between school, CCA and our part-time work. The same year, Jeyna also had her first boyfriend. Perhaps because of our varying priorities, we started to drift apart. Few months later, Jeyna called me out of the blue and asked if I was free one day to meet her. Judging from the tone of her voice, it sounded pretty serious. I decided I would set some time aside to catch up with my old best friend. When I walked in the coffee place that we decided to meet at, I almost could not recognise her. She looked so... different, but I cannot quite put it int...