Wednesday, May 12, 2010

So Yesterday

I have always been good with faces, never the names, only with faces. So the other day I ran into a guy who I right away recognized from my home country and I got to thinking later on how when you see a familiar face, you don't defninitely greet them with a smile, sometimes you fake it, like you didn't even see them and just walk by.

Because why do people move? Mostly, especially younger generation, we tend to feel like there is nothing or no one left for us where we are and no opportunities to grow, in business or in life. So we take that big step and move to another country. So we get settled in, we find new and excting friends, we start a new page in our lives and along comes this familiar face from the past pages of your life and suddenly that person becomes the representation of everything negative concering the life you had back in your homecountry and you almost have an aggression rush. The most annoying things would be when that person does recognize you and comes up or stops you and starts chatting and asking questions.

You smile, you try to keep the conversation as minimal as possible and then you try to get the hell out of there as fast as you can, hoping never to see that ugly face SOB ever again. Because you came here to have a start of a NEW life, not continue on with your old one. Yes, it's not nice, it's rude, but that's how it is boys and girls.