tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post8551582904595556618..comments2024-01-08T19:49:13.932+00:00Comments on Froogville: PillarsFrooghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-66775559388713938832009-09-15T01:37:09.783+00:002009-09-15T01:37:09.783+00:00You'd think living in a place like this would ...You'd think living in a place like this would toughen you up a bit. The physical environment (to say nothing of the legal environment - what are those latest visa/tax/employment rules again?) is in constant flux. And most of the foreigners you meet here are only going to be around for 2 to 3 years. Friendships here are not, I hope, more 'provisional'; but there is an awareness that they're likely to be timebound.<br /><br />But then you hit a spell where there are more leaving parties than birthday parties, and it does all get a bit depressing.Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-31765993221665262042009-09-14T18:27:28.288+00:002009-09-14T18:27:28.288+00:00Ah. Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes...
I always thought of my...Ah. Ch-ch-ch-ch-<em>changes</em>...<br /><br />I always thought of myself as a liberal, free-thinker, etc. -- someone always open to new experiences and so on. It took The Missus to point out to me, convincingly, how rock-bottom conservative I am when it comes to "my little world." I don't like it when new people get injected into everyday life and, once I recognize that these strangers are actually friends, I don't like it when they leave, or overturn their domestic situation, or (yes) bring new people into The Inner Circle (these would be the same new people who themselves will become friends within a few months' time).<br /><br />I've been fortunate that few of my friends and family have died. Unhappily, I'm approaching an age when I'm pretty sure my luck will soon run out in that respect. Talk about changes.<br /><br />Sorry to hear about the upheavals, especially coming as they do on the heels of your own... let's say uncertainties of the last few months.JEShttp://johnesimpson.com/noreply@blogger.com