My life is devoid of drama. And mostly by design. But maybe drama is what gives life meaning. And maybe even I need some of it. That might explain why I'm starting to watch TV shows for their drama. Following underlying twisted plots of relationships and random happenings in people's (unreal) lives gives me something to relate to. Albeit a very one-way sort of relation. I think I'm just getting lonely.
I read somewhere that having a best friend at work increases your job satisfaction. My best friend at work is physically 3,000 miles away, but our daily contact brightens my day at the office all the same - even when it's limited to seeing the green dot and reading the day's status. Other than that, I've basically kept to myself at work. I think I've even stopped trying and started avoiding. I don't even know why.
It's funny that after I moved away, the Bay Area really seems like home to me. I know the back roads, the fast lanes, the slow lanes, and within a 25 mile radius, I can drive around without needing a GPS. I know where to find things. I know none of that here in New Jersey, but of course, it's because I "just" moved here. The thing is, I don't know if I care if I never know where things are here. But this is where I live. And a giant dump of a strip mall or not, this is home for now.
I read somewhere that having a best friend at work increases your job satisfaction. My best friend at work is physically 3,000 miles away, but our daily contact brightens my day at the office all the same - even when it's limited to seeing the green dot and reading the day's status. Other than that, I've basically kept to myself at work. I think I've even stopped trying and started avoiding. I don't even know why.
It's funny that after I moved away, the Bay Area really seems like home to me. I know the back roads, the fast lanes, the slow lanes, and within a 25 mile radius, I can drive around without needing a GPS. I know where to find things. I know none of that here in New Jersey, but of course, it's because I "just" moved here. The thing is, I don't know if I care if I never know where things are here. But this is where I live. And a giant dump of a strip mall or not, this is home for now.
3 comments:
Ini adalah soalan orang yg ignorant. :P Adakah New Jersey itu seberang jambatan dari New York? :D Adakah?
Tingin nak pi NY, tapi adakah mudah untuk mendapatkan visa? From Amsterdam shouldn't be much of a deal, right?
sang kokang i.e. my bespren at work too: i am learning to now love Colchester, but it took me 2 years to get here. for a long time aku dok pine and missed lancaster like hell; until I spent my sabbatical there and realised where 'home' really was. Creature comforts worked for me hehe.
faiezspeaks: Ha'ah, memang seberang sungai je. Marilah datang!! Visa ok je rasanya, pasal ko takde janggut.
Idlan: Hehehe, mungkin aku juga perlu amik sabbatical :) Adakah ini not the moral of your story?
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