In our daily lives, we have problems. Problems with the family, with friends, with society, with school, with the neighbourhood, with the jeepney driver, with the bus driver, with the sorbetero, with the aso, etc. So, what's the point of this? Nothing really. Just want to tell of a problem that I had.
About exactly a week ago, me and my host mom went to the AFS office in Oslo to talk with the "boss" there. Apparently, my host mom talked with the chief directly because she's having "problems" with me. Coincidentally, I'm having problems with her too because she has problems with me. All this time, I thought that the problem was, in her opinion, I don't have enough friends (which is quite weird because she's not me and she does not have any grounds to tell me that I don't have enough friends. Imagine a person telling you that you don't have enough friends. *sweatdrop*) (and though it's "in her opinion", it is as if she's forcing me to make friends. I guess I need to rephrase that. "In her orders, I need to make friends because she thinks I don't have enough." - more like that.)
It turned out, the problem was, apparently, I was using too much PC (based on the sounds from the ceiling, as she claimed.) First of all, after christmas vacation, I took my PC inside its box and left it downstairs (according to earlier orders.) It looks like she has been using her mouth more often than her eyes, as the majority of human beings nowadays. Now, as logic follows, how can I use the PC too much when I am sitting in my room and all my access to PC use is downstairs? And how can one base assumptions of PC-use with sounds coming from the ceiling (due to the constant movement of my rolling chair)? For the past 3 weeks, I have not been able to use the PC at home for more than 10 minutes a day. You call that using the PC too much?!
Second problem: Social Life
As I said above, in her opinion, I did not have enough friends.
Defense:
A. There's no other person in the world that can tell you that you don't have enough friends.
B. The people in my school is of the rich-snobby-spoiled type and in no way possible to get inside friend circles (except for those few who beg to differ which I thankfully got inside to)
C. I'm not the kind of person that goes out and says hi to a stranger. That's just not completely right. I can get by with talking with a few people, even with none.
So, all in all, I won the case.
PS. The stories are a bit biased on my part but I tried to keep it as objective as possible. If it was quite biased, you cannot do anything about it because I own the blog. (Unless you can hack into it and deface it, though it is not worth the effort because I don't have that big reader-base.)
Final Farewell
Mayauru the fairy lost her memory and lived alone in the forest. One day a girl happened to come by and they became friends. The girl called lots of friends and they all played happily but Mayauru wasn't human and aged slowly. The children grew up and eventually forgot about Mayauru. And then, the girl that she first met... was the only one left. But that girl grew up and wouldn't play with her anymore. Even so, the grown-up girl couldn't forget Mayauru and came back. Finally, Mayauru gave the lonely-looking girl a present. Words of farewell. Until then, people didn't know of the words of farewell. Mayauru was a farewell fairy. She'd forgotten that because it's painful to have nothing but farewells. The grown-up girl learned the words from Mayauru. And that girl who knew the words of farewell...? She became the world's kindest person. Shouldn't we just part with a smile? Sayounara.The time for farewells is finally upon me and I would bear it as happily as I could. Besides from the fact that it is inevitable, everyone knew right from the start that I am just a fleeting shadow -- just passing by;but nonetheless, they befriended me. Just like Mayauru, being an exchange student is like being a farewell fairy. First I said goodbye to my family, to my friends, to my life and went off to a land unknown. I've found myself a new family and met a lot of friends to play with, momentarily forgetting that I am a farewell fairy and that before I know it, I would be saying farewells all over again. This time, a farewell that just doesn't say "I'll see you later" but, mixed with the fear of the reality that can happen, "We'll never see each other again".Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien
Last Episode
Farewells should not be "I'll never see you again" but rather "I had fun being with you" because if the words "I'll never see you again" wouldn't do anything to change your fate, it is just folly to do it.
This is my gift to you: my words of farewell.
Farewell that says "I had fun being with you"
Farewell that says "I am a better person after I met you"
Farewell that says "I will never forget you"
Farewell that says "You are always in my heart"
Farewell that says "Thank you for everything"
Farewell that says "I love you"
I am, but a fairy of farewells.
Shall we part then with a smile?
Good bye.
Paalam.
Ha det.
Sayounara.
Arrivederci.
Au revoir.
Auf Wiedersehen.
Adeus.
Adiós.
再见.
PS: for wrong translations, just send me a message.
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5 comments:
i thought i missed a whole week of entries, then the new ones were dated at the same day. hehe.
like always you over analyze. nothing wrong with it, just a slight observation.
at least that wrinkle with your host mom is cleared up. i, myself, can't survive with only 10mins of computer time. her claims are a little sketchy, too.
as for the "social network" issue. i'd rather have a small circle of tried-and-tested friends rather than one big group split into factions and trying to bring each other down. *shrug*
And sadly, that's how most people at our school are. Gah. It's a shame, but Norwegian culture has quite a few bad .
For example, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janteloven
Anyway, I'll see you tomorrow, ryu. And remember, the willow knows what the storm does not; That the power to endure outlasts the power to destroy.
thanks for the comment, flaske. (bottle! hehe.. nyahahah!)
and thanks for being a part of my reader base.. as you can see, I don't really have that big of a reader base..
That quote sounds like a budhist quote..
It sounds like... Your momma! BURN! OH SWEET CRAP THAT'S SUCH A BURN! YOU GOT BURNED, NOOB! BURRRRRNNNNNNED.
Errrr.
What I came to check up on was whether or not I had written "quite a few bad .". Which I had. I meant to type "... bad sides.".
And why are relationships always in circles? Why can't you have friend squares or friend hexadecigons (Yes, it is a word! 16 angles and 16 coroners.)?
corners*
I need sleep ^_^;;
Damned "russ".
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