Saturday, January 07, 2006

fish out of water


fish out of water
Originally uploaded by isto-ica.
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!

1 comment:

gill said...

glad your enjoying it kieran. sounds like lots has happened. the shorts thing made me smile. well matey....u take care and happy new year! xx