It costs a fortune to live in the city and the amount of crazies here is next level crazy.
Two conclusions I've reached in the limited time I've been here so far. But I still love the city, or do I?! Haven't reached that conclusion yet. The conclusion I have reached though is that I miss my friends so much, they're a vital part of my life that is so clearly missing in my life in the Philippines. I don't have friends there like I do have here -- friends I can just relax with and that aren't connected to my business.
In Korea, I used to joke and say that if you didn't know my last name, it's because we weren't close friends. In the Philippines, I think it's if you and I haven't had a coffee together than we aren't close friends. That's not to say people like my fighters and rugby mates aren't important to me, they obviously are, but I have never had coffee with any of them because in my personal time, what limited personal time I do actually have, I'm very picky with who I spend it with. Honestly, most of the time I just rather be alone in my down time. My down time is super quiet, it's an ultra quiet down time. Coffee out usually just means me drinking coffee alone, something I never did in Korea or in Canada, but it's something I do on the regular in the Philippines.
Another conclusion I came to was the notion that my real life in the Philippines is so much better than my vacation life here in Toronto, Canada. I miss so much about the Philippines and life for me is just more productive, more satisfying and happier. I'm doing what I love there and although it sometimes feels like it's swallowing me whole and exhausting me, I feel like I've found my purpose and place and it's there in the Philippines.
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