My internet has down since Friday last week. I have deadlines that I need to keep. I telephoned my service provider AOL for the 100th time to ask when they will rectify the problem. They have a recorded answer phone that is saying they are aware of the problem and not explaining what the problem is. But this does not help me in any way; I have not been on Facebook for four days! And no music downloads! I woke up early this morning so that I can call AOL to cancel my contract but no chance they say I am bound to the contract until next year April 2009.
Anyway thank God for friends. I called my friend who just lives down the road so that I can use her internet. So, here I am writing this blog.
Development in some cases can only take place when you walk with the right people. Forming relationships such friendship is so difficult especially when you move to a new country and out of your comfort zone.
I have made a few friends at uni and I find that we have clicked despite having different cultures. I have come to appreciate that my friends are not clones of me and that they do things differently. I accept the differences and embrace what we have in common.
Friends I have made at uni did not talk to me out of pity or because I am from a different culture, which interests them. It is not difficult for me to communicate my thoughts to them and they seem understand my accent. I feel I can always express what I wanted to say.
I may have made friends easily at uni but where I live it is a different matter, I do not know my neighbour. I don't know small things, like whether my neighbour would like it if I went and visited her without taking an appointment... do you know what mean?
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