friend from my times on board of the youth ship) whom is going to work
in brunei for at least 2 years. He is a hotellier in town.
Many avid readers would remember reading my blog entry a few months
ago soon after my transfer... I was very lonely and alone in a new
place, despite it being my country and speaking the same language and
eating the same food. I was lonely because i was without company... no
one to talk to... no one to actually laugh with and share thoughts and
more...
I am a local and I have much problem befriending people 'socially'...
not professionally... Imagine a foreigner, whom just started work in
brunei... a place so different from his busy life, alone, lonely and
without transportation. If you were this man... how would you feel?
how would you feel being this man... then.. having no one to talk
to... and having no avenu to meet up people.... He said something to
me that strike me.... I have thought of it before but dismissed it...
He said, he went to Coffee Bean, a place essentially to socialise but
people were busy showing off their lap top and not easy to penetrate
to strike a conversation...
I know how it feels like to be abroad in a strange land in a different
environment.. also having no one to talk to... I also know how it
feels like to be alone and lonely in Brunei. The second is more
miserable, because there is nothing much to do here, and with family
or friends... you do not have a life and slowly rot...
So my question is... are we that unfriendly that we cannot put
ourselves in their position and befriend them? are we so wrapped up in
our own problems that we do not see others? Are we that unfriendly
that we can't even offer our friendship or just offer some company to
people working to build our country? Are we that unsociable???
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Friendship is the heart of so many special joys.
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