Thursday, February 28, 2008

I miss my friends.. the tea boys

Last night was the last day of Wataniya teaboys (contract finished) almost everyday for 3 months since I was transfered to Shaha, I'm with these 3 guys.. They made me laugh with their antics specially Rikyan, they're wacky.. naughty and they're all full of fun. I guess my life in Shaha would be more dim without them. Muklis give me coffee everyday as soon as I arrive, Durga was the quiet one.

I like them because they're true to themselves, they're not pretentious and their friendship is for real. They were just tea boys but I dont look on that.. Actually i enjoyed their company more than the locals. The locals are also nice but they lack the warmth.

When I was transfered in Shaha last November.. I was in shocked because I didn't expect it to happen. I feel out of place and start to feel alienated once again, the place is dull and without friendship.. I start to miss the airport with full of people and it's busy routines. Thank God there's a tea boy not one but three... I though it's much better because I can bark at them with my orders, being three of them.. our work would be much easier.. but I am wrong, they're much better than that. Everyday, they will come to me wherever my station before the customers arrive. We chat and made fun of each other and lots of jokes thrown. They also shared their life, their dreams. I came from a poor country but they came from much poorer countries. Muklis is from Bangladesh and Riki and Durga are from Nepal. Imagine they came here to Kuwait to work for only 50KD... in US dollars that would be only 18dollars a month!!! I cant believed it at first but its true!

I admired them for their hope and strength because if I'm in their situation.. i think I cant do it! With their level, people dont pay attention to them that much and they're happy because I do the opposite.

The first time they brought the issue about their contract, I feel bad for them and I guess its not fair. I felt their helplesness and pain. For the first time, I cant say anything. I was touched when they said that they will miss me so much. I am just sad for their plight.. they're just receiving 40-50 dinars/month and they said that it will be much lower on their next company.. such a sad story! I just can't imagine how helpless they were in that situation.. and I cant do anything about it which makes me feel bad.

I'm in my own journey towards life.. there's bend, a crossroad or uphill climb but and I am really happy meeting such humble yet extraordinary people. I might not able to help them but my prayers are with them.

God Speed!

Thursday, February 7, 2008

I MISS POSTING..

Can't post new things for more than a week.. the whole gulf region got no internet connection for almost 2 weeks now.. this is so crazy! They said it will take 2 more weeks to fix it and the quality of connection will vary. I was able to connect for a few days now but it was really slow, I really wanna post my pics from AL FANAR MALL and LEILA GALLERY( the pics are awesome) Well I tried earlier but... sorry!