Andrew Aigner-MuehlerLIVING OVERSEAS from my eyes.. MEETING NEW PEOPLE
January 26th 2008 05:46
MEETING NEW PEOPLE
As well as traveling being one of my favourite hobbies, meeting new people is also another favourite of mine, but there is a down point. While traveling, living in other countries, there comes a time you do have to leave, and the chances are you are never going to see those people again. Yes, you do have their email addresses and phone numbers, but it only takes a few months, maybe six months before you start to loose contact. The only people you keep in touch longer with are the ones who became very close to you, who basically were your family. It’s a pity! Just wish there was another way or something. During my time away, as you probably can imagine, I have met a lot of people, some just work colleagues, some just friends, and some really good friends. One thing I have learnt while traveling is to never get too close to people, unless its easy to keep in touch later in life, or I am going to get hurt when I do leave. Its hard enough leaving a country as it is, when you have called that place home for a certain part of your life, and also knowing that you might never return.
With myself being a sensitive person, it is very hard for me not to become close with people, after all, you are in a strange city without family, and you need to make friends or at least chat too people when you go out, or you will become lonely, which will depress you.
Apart from my former housemates in London, UK, the dearest friend too me would be Sabrina Palena. I met Sabrina, while on a four week vacation too USA and Canada in 1999, when I visited Whistler, Vancouver and Los Angeles. We might only email and call each other two or three times a year, but we have kept in touch with each other after this long, and Sabrina has even came over too London for a few nights while her brother, a friend and herself visited her family in Spain. I might have only spent a few hours with her that night, but it was great too catch up again, and talk about old times. Sabrina might live in Argentina, but she means the world too me, and will always be a great friend, and we will always keep in touch someway or another.
At the end of the day, traveling overseas by yourself, meeting new people, will see who your real friends are. Are they passing acquaintances or are they true friends too you? The same thing basically applies to your friends back home. How often do they keep in touch? If any of your so call friends don’t keep in touch, move on, obviously they weren’t friends in the first place.
While traveling, I have a certain rule. I will keep in touch for so long, and if they haven’t bothered too contact me, in one way or another, I forget about them. When you do leave a city, all your friends have good intentions with staying in touch with you by giving you their email addresses etc etc, but half the time, it is just a goodwill thing, it is them being nice to you.
As well as traveling being one of my favourite hobbies, meeting new people is also another favourite of mine, but there is a down point. While traveling, living in other countries, there comes a time you do have to leave, and the chances are you are never going to see those people again. Yes, you do have their email addresses and phone numbers, but it only takes a few months, maybe six months before you start to loose contact. The only people you keep in touch longer with are the ones who became very close to you, who basically were your family. It’s a pity! Just wish there was another way or something. During my time away, as you probably can imagine, I have met a lot of people, some just work colleagues, some just friends, and some really good friends. One thing I have learnt while traveling is to never get too close to people, unless its easy to keep in touch later in life, or I am going to get hurt when I do leave. Its hard enough leaving a country as it is, when you have called that place home for a certain part of your life, and also knowing that you might never return.
With myself being a sensitive person, it is very hard for me not to become close with people, after all, you are in a strange city without family, and you need to make friends or at least chat too people when you go out, or you will become lonely, which will depress you.
Apart from my former housemates in London, UK, the dearest friend too me would be Sabrina Palena. I met Sabrina, while on a four week vacation too USA and Canada in 1999, when I visited Whistler, Vancouver and Los Angeles. We might only email and call each other two or three times a year, but we have kept in touch with each other after this long, and Sabrina has even came over too London for a few nights while her brother, a friend and herself visited her family in Spain. I might have only spent a few hours with her that night, but it was great too catch up again, and talk about old times. Sabrina might live in Argentina, but she means the world too me, and will always be a great friend, and we will always keep in touch someway or another.
At the end of the day, traveling overseas by yourself, meeting new people, will see who your real friends are. Are they passing acquaintances or are they true friends too you? The same thing basically applies to your friends back home. How often do they keep in touch? If any of your so call friends don’t keep in touch, move on, obviously they weren’t friends in the first place.
While traveling, I have a certain rule. I will keep in touch for so long, and if they haven’t bothered too contact me, in one way or another, I forget about them. When you do leave a city, all your friends have good intentions with staying in touch with you by giving you their email addresses etc etc, but half the time, it is just a goodwill thing, it is them being nice to you.
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