I Need a Former Gossip Girl

Secrets is such a little thing, yet so special. What so special about them, should you ask? Well one thing about secret is no matter how tempted you are, you couldn't tell anybody about it because if you do it won’t become a secret. A very hard thing to do in Jakarta (or Indonesia in general) is keeping a secret. Anyone is always up to everyone business whether they like it or not. Jakartans is could stop talking about anything, including something private like secrets. Well I gotta tell ya guys, tons of ears are out there listening to every single thing you told, better be careful to tell you dishes. Keeping your dirty laundry is hard enough without anyone poking around, but the funny thing is sometimes we always need somebody to share. And this rules “somebody to share” is ruining every aspect about secrets. You see, this rule so called social obligation is working like a devil’s circle. Let’s just say that you need someone to share you’re secrets, and if your secrets are too big eventually that someone will need others to help lifting the burden onto his shoulders and it’s always goes around in circle.

A little rule about secrets is that you really need to make sure that the words won’t be blown by wind of gossips. First thing first, tell someone that you really trust about your secrets (and make sure that he/she is a 100% former gossiper, well you know what I mean). Second, choose an environment that has the least possibility of bumping into somebody you know. Third, make sure your surrounding is bug free, or at least try using some code while telling your secrets. And the most powerful solution is make sure that you’re having your partner’s dishes, not for blackmailing or those gossip girl things but to respect one another’s dishes.

Well I gotta tell you, having secrets will always become a burden, especially if you’re having no one to share with. You will feel depressed and lonely, sometimes maybe you’re imagining that everyone is actually know your secrets and still cool about it. But I gotta ask, is that hallucination worth the risk to be proven? Having secrets is somehow making us careful in everything we do, hate it? Well I do, everybody does. It’s like life isn’t already hard as it is, and how do I know? I’ve been there and done that.