Ever heard of the story of 'The Good Samaritan' in the bible where a Samaritan helps a stranger without stopping to think about the difference in religion, race or culture at all. I thought that everyone would be like that too, and boy was i more naive than anyone had ever imagined. It was like a cold, hard smack to the face.
I have been in a foreign place for almost one and a half year now and i thought that being a stranger in a foreign place would earn me a privilege to engage the help of other locals around here. However, that is not the treatment that i get here. I learn that for everything you really have to fight for it yourself. Nobody will take pity on you. I thought everybody was like Mummy and Daddy, nice, caring and forgiving. Well, for you guys who haven't figure out the harsh reality yet, here is some experience from me who learn my lesson the hard way.
The first bad apple that i met was during my registration into first semester at college. I will not mention any names here, so anyone whom i mentioned here, no hard feelings, ok? Just the brutal fact of life. This middle aged woman working at the registration counter was so rude to me who happens to be a customer of the university and just because that i didn't managed to bring along the required documents that they required, she actually has the nerves to ask me to go home and come again tomorrow!! Hello, this is fine if you pay for my air ticket, which i bet you are ignorant enough to neglect such an important thing. Typical of her!
The next red but extremely poisonous apple was when my friend got stuck in school and cant get home because he missed the bus. So, i asked another friend who has a car whether she could give him a lift, and guess what she said? "Oh, i do not have a car." Duh, her car is parked just below our apartment and i could see it clearly from the balcony. Girl, one advice, next time, try a better lie. As a result, my friend was stranded at school until the next day.
So, you see, the above are just a few examples that i handpicked from the lots that i have picked along the way. Can anyone tell me why do they act like that? To make other people hate them? To show that they are more superior? Or what??? I simply do not understand. Don't it feels good when you are nice to someone? Is that knowledge slowly deteriorating as our generation advanced?
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Gal, i know that you feel bad about the things happen to you but this is a reality world and you are not only know how to be socialize, you have to learn how to protect yourself from not getting hurt. Good people become lesser and lesser, so you must be careful when you meet someone even you closed friends. They will betray you and you wouldn't know it. i know it's hard try for you but this is what reality called. i just can wish you good luck in your life journey..
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