Martians and Venutians

So I was hanging out at the brother and Dong's place 2 days ago, to try and focus on my reading of Homer's The Iliad. Yeah, I'm actually reading it for my Life and Thought in European Literature class. Which is really a joke by the way. (I sound like an American saying that, but I can't help it). On our 2nd week of class, the prof asked a kid in class to make a seating chart for him on a piece of paper. He ends up writing his name in the wrong box and makes the prof's table too big. So he was asked to re-do the seating chart. He does it wrongly again (when I say wrong, it's wrong according to the prof's perspective) so has to pass it to the guy next to him to do it. Surprise, surprise, he does it wrong too and finally a girl says loudly, "Pass it to a female to do, and they'll get it right!" and so she was assigned to create the seating chart. And she does it correctly, much to the indignation of the boys in class. Haha. So yeah, 45 minutes out of an hour and 15 minutes was used to make the seating chart. That class really takes a lot of effort to endure. Sadly, coz I love the readings for that class.Doesn't help that the prof insists on allowing 'natural light' to flow in through the windows. So I can't help but be entranced by the buses going back and forth and wishing I was on one of them.

Anyway, I digress.

As I was saying, I was in the brother's and Dong's apt that day and found a book on Dong's shelf that many of you have probably heard about or seen before: "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus". I opened the book and could not help but say, "Why do you have this book on your shelf?!" and then I laughed out loud. So I start flipping the pages of the book and glanced at a few bolded statements here and there throughout the pages. Here are some of those statements that I remember, mind you, they're not word for word.

When a man tells you "I'm okay" it really means he's okay.
"REALLY??!" I ask Dong and Jin.
"Yes!"
"What if you're only saying that coz you don't want to admit it's not okay the first time we ask?"
"Well, if it's really not okay, and if we really need to talk to you, we'll come back to you"
"Hmm...." (its probably true, come to think of it..my guy friends, my brother and even my dad does come back to talk if they have to)

A man measures his success and capabilities by the amount of result he obtains from something.
"Is this true?"
"Yeah, the more your achieve, the higher your result, the more capable we feel we are"
"Jeez, you guys really need a lot of ego-fanning!"
"Well, that's just how it is!"
-__-

A man is always feeling like he's not enough for a girl or doubtful of being able to match up to her.
"No way! That cannot be right!"
"It's true!! Even when I was dating, I would always think, "Shit, what if I'm not good enough for her!""
"I always thought it was girls that felt that way"
"Trust me, guys think like that all the time"

So there you go, some food for thought. Damn, I should have borrowed that book for the girls. We could have a girls night and ponder over the advice that the book gives.
Hmm, Doonnggg, can I borrow the book?