When I'm at home I struggle to read anything apart from the Sun Newspaper (why would you read any other paper?).
Since I have been away I have read 4 books! That 1 more than I had to read for work!
I sat down by the cliffs yesterday after work and thought about this. My conclusion was that I have less to do here, less to do in the sense of people to see, sorting stuff out at home (I don't have a home!) just the day to day things that we usually do. My work now has no real meaning, once the clock hits 3:30pm I'm out of there nly leaving a cloud of dust behind (it's OK I will have to sweep it up in the morning anyway!).
It is quite a nice feeling not having to much to do, but then other days I miss it. I quite liked rushing around doing stuff. People here have said that I am not very good at relaxing, I always seem to be thinking about the next thing I have to do!
On a compleltly diferent note, I received an email form my Princess Leanne saying she had put more pictures on her site, so off I went to view them. It made me smile so much. I saw all three of my princesses and most fo my family, it was a little bit of heaven!
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Saturday, January 07, 2006
fish out of water
Well this is the first time that I have blogged in what seems like an eternity!
Having spent Christmas and New Year away from home and in a hot country I felt like a fish out of water! All the festivities were happening but it just did not seem right? Why was I wearing shorts and a vest to go to a beach on Christmas day? Where were my family adn friends? Why did I open my presents on my own sitting on a bed in a dorm with 5 people snoring? All these questions. Yet I still had fun!
It has been a real experience so far out here. I find that people will come and talk to me about what they are worried about or what happened. The strangest one being when I went ot buy some shorts form Footlocker and the 2 workers started to tell me about the manager that has been stealing and what do I think they should do? So I spent the next hour talking to them about the different optiona and possible outcomes! How mad! When I got back to the hostel, everyone just said it could only happen to you Kieran!
It hass been funny to see how people interact with each other, If you are quiet and shy then people tend to give you one chance, if you do not talk after that then sit back and enjoy the silence you will have from now on!
One guy that this has happened to I took for a coffee. after 10 minutes of feeling like I was trying to pull teeth when asking him anyhting, he just suddenly opened up! It was great, I got to find out about his family and his life, aspirations fears the lot! All because I gave him so time!
My New Years resolution; give people the time they deserve!
Having spent Christmas and New Year away from home and in a hot country I felt like a fish out of water! All the festivities were happening but it just did not seem right? Why was I wearing shorts and a vest to go to a beach on Christmas day? Where were my family adn friends? Why did I open my presents on my own sitting on a bed in a dorm with 5 people snoring? All these questions. Yet I still had fun!
It has been a real experience so far out here. I find that people will come and talk to me about what they are worried about or what happened. The strangest one being when I went ot buy some shorts form Footlocker and the 2 workers started to tell me about the manager that has been stealing and what do I think they should do? So I spent the next hour talking to them about the different optiona and possible outcomes! How mad! When I got back to the hostel, everyone just said it could only happen to you Kieran!
It hass been funny to see how people interact with each other, If you are quiet and shy then people tend to give you one chance, if you do not talk after that then sit back and enjoy the silence you will have from now on!
One guy that this has happened to I took for a coffee. after 10 minutes of feeling like I was trying to pull teeth when asking him anyhting, he just suddenly opened up! It was great, I got to find out about his family and his life, aspirations fears the lot! All because I gave him so time!
My New Years resolution; give people the time they deserve!
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