Nice to meet you!
Ever since I landed in this place where
I’ve been living for a period close to a year, I have developed an intense
desire to meet and interact with people and get to know them. I believe that
everyone has many stories to tell, which are indispensable incidents in their
lives. I try to strike up a conversation with anyone I come across, be it at
the bus stop, metro station waiting for the train, or in a workshop or a
shopping mall. This is something so unusual for an introvert like me whose mind
would be full of conversations. At least I got to know a thing or two that I
didn’t know before. I’ve recently observed that it’s so amusing and interesting
to talk with people. People are important networks; be they active or passive.
I joined a job a week before where I get
to meet new people every day as many of them are working remotely. The natural
flow of conversation makes me forget the exhaustion caused by the daily commute
to the office which takes around 1.5 hours one-way and I, actively, look
forward to going to the office. The lunch table becomes the place of gathering
during office hours where several topics ranging from the latest technology to hobbies
like hiking, singing, etc. are brought to the table. I realized how common
interests bind people more intensely than professional engagements.
Another reason to connect to people is that
I have been learning Finnish leisurely and what could be a better way to learn a
language other than practicing it with native speakers? About my Finnish
knowledge, I am a beginner. Thanks to Google Translate, which I use frequently
to translate from English to Finnish. With the discovery of my nature of loving
to interact with people, I have found myself saying “Nice to meet you” more
than ever before.
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Swati Sarangi
23.04.2023
How nice!
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