Ramblings of a bored executive in a foreign office

Well, I've been sent to Jakarta to see if we can sort things out here for a expo next week. While they have been slow to start and slow to go through it, their laid back attitude to work still gets on my nerves. There are still certain things I'm not used to. Like the fact that we are using teddy bears to attract people to our booth. I love the idea that they want a teaser but I have great misgivings for their execution. The said bear would have been nice and classy at 6 inches high is now 60 inches high. It is the type of bear that you would love to give to your kids! 

I'm starting to understand and appreciate the culture here in Jakarta or Indonesians in general. Nothing that they do surprises me anymore. I'm just learning not to step on other's toes and not force my belief and standards onto others. What I deem correct might not actually be right for them. So come what may, I've learnt to accept and move on. Life's too short to spend it upset. 

But another surprising thing that happened to me today, was a friend that I met through work. He is on my facebook list and he dropped a link for a woman who asked for a man that will be her partner and share her experience with. She ended her whole tirade by saying that she is worth it. What I found surprising was why he sent it to me. And we had a conversation on what a relationship should be and our different experiences. I'm no smart alec when it comes to relationship. But I guess I found myself to be lucky with B and I always ask him, what would you do without me? In reality, I often asked myself what I would do without him.

I ended that conversation with my friend, coincidentally initialed B as well, with me expressing my doubt on whether if all these is too good to be true and every relationship is a gamble. And with that gamble, we have to decide if the odds are with or against us. But in a relationship, when we made the decision through discussion, it is all about dual carriageways and crossing bridges together. Maybe when the time is right, the rings that we will have will be engraved with "Dual Carriageways to Cross Bridges TOGETHER"