It's always about people

The new girl in the office who moved to Vancouver a week ago from Winnipeg said the other day something that you just not supposed to say. She said that she was lonely and she didn’t have any friends here.

I’ve been living away from people I consider friends for years, and I’ve never dared to utter those words. I’ve sometimes said that it’s not easy to make friends in a new country, but I don’t think I’ve ever said it that honestly. Whether it’s a Finnish thing or me thing, I’m not quite sure of.

Other thing is that I guess at this point I wouldn’t say I’m lonely. I’ve learned to be very self sufficient in many ways, and I’ve kept in very close contact with my best friends in Finland and England – they are rarely further away than a text message, email or IM chat. I do crave close friendships though, and chatting or even talking to people is never quite the same as meeting people face to face. So thinking of this it’s even sadder that two dear friends we’ve had here have now officially broken up - so looks like we’ll have even less chances of actually getting together with important people in the future.

I’m probably thinking about this now because Chu has been here and has been irreplaceable help for me considering that I hardly remember what Dragon looks like these days, and she’s leaving in couple of days again. Good news is that I won’t be lonely after that either, as my sister and her boyfriend are coming right after that to keep me company for another 10 days or so.

I have been thinking about this though a bit more in a wider sense lately. I love Vancouver and I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else right now – only it's becoming more clear that it really is very far from my loved ones.

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