Everything that is old is new again...or so the saying goes. I have heard this quote many times and never found it fitting for anything in life until today. Indeed, the world of the Philippines that I grew up in has become my new home. Thus, the old is new. It's been two weeks since I've left my home in Metropolis. No, this isn't Smallville. It's more like...like...Central City. The city is characterized by speeding cars and scarlet speedsters rather than huge buildings and a man of steel. Manila is a city bustling with car horns and jeepney horns - not much different than the police sirens of NYC.
What I am finding I am missing is the sense of community. It is still here, but it will take awhile. The ground is fertile, so to speak for friendships. I just have to begin planting seeds and watch them grow. The office is almost completely fixed up. I'm excited by how much it converted to almost feeling like home. It still isn't there yet, but what home ever is on the first go around? I hope to have pictures of the office fully "markified" by Valentines day. After all, I'm going to be spending every day all day in this cubicle and thus I must make it be creative central. The walls are still blank, but they can be decorated in due time. As of right now, I have a small figurine of Stich from Lilo and Stitch playign guitar under the shade ofa wire coconut tree that I bought in NYC with Aliza on one of our nightly walks through Times Square. I am going to bring the Green Lantern statuette over here (the one Liz gave me) to display on my desk once the place is in its final stages. I have so many plans for this place. It should be a place that inspires. Like I want people to walk in and know that it is a place of mental stimulation.
On another note, I'm still going to have to print and frame some pictures of all the TKC friends I have so that I can decorate the walls somehow with them. Either that or I'll have everyone on my screensaver.
All in all, it's a quite start. It's a new beginning. And I am finding that this new book of my life is not starting in medias res, but rather, is starting like a story. It has a beginning. And it will take awhile for the characters to all be introduced, fleshed out, goals and adventures to be lived, etc. It will take time.
I think my biggest issue is knowing that I'm no longer a part of King's life no matter how much I still want to be. I feel like I'm the person who played football everyday and now has to only hear about the game from random blogs. At the same time, just ask any Buckeye or Longhorn about sports and they can tell you that you don't need to be in the game or at the game to be a part of the game. I just need to stay in touch as best as I can and be excited with all the fervor that I had when I was there. For all of you reading this, remember that I'm always here, just an email, text message, or IM away. Don't hesitate, please, to drop me a line.
Always around,
Mark
What I am finding I am missing is the sense of community. It is still here, but it will take awhile. The ground is fertile, so to speak for friendships. I just have to begin planting seeds and watch them grow. The office is almost completely fixed up. I'm excited by how much it converted to almost feeling like home. It still isn't there yet, but what home ever is on the first go around? I hope to have pictures of the office fully "markified" by Valentines day. After all, I'm going to be spending every day all day in this cubicle and thus I must make it be creative central. The walls are still blank, but they can be decorated in due time. As of right now, I have a small figurine of Stich from Lilo and Stitch playign guitar under the shade ofa wire coconut tree that I bought in NYC with Aliza on one of our nightly walks through Times Square. I am going to bring the Green Lantern statuette over here (the one Liz gave me) to display on my desk once the place is in its final stages. I have so many plans for this place. It should be a place that inspires. Like I want people to walk in and know that it is a place of mental stimulation.
On another note, I'm still going to have to print and frame some pictures of all the TKC friends I have so that I can decorate the walls somehow with them. Either that or I'll have everyone on my screensaver.
All in all, it's a quite start. It's a new beginning. And I am finding that this new book of my life is not starting in medias res, but rather, is starting like a story. It has a beginning. And it will take awhile for the characters to all be introduced, fleshed out, goals and adventures to be lived, etc. It will take time.
I think my biggest issue is knowing that I'm no longer a part of King's life no matter how much I still want to be. I feel like I'm the person who played football everyday and now has to only hear about the game from random blogs. At the same time, just ask any Buckeye or Longhorn about sports and they can tell you that you don't need to be in the game or at the game to be a part of the game. I just need to stay in touch as best as I can and be excited with all the fervor that I had when I was there. For all of you reading this, remember that I'm always here, just an email, text message, or IM away. Don't hesitate, please, to drop me a line.
Always around,
Mark
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