two conversations

Jie is my friend from college. She is one of the most amazing people I have ever met in my life: she seems never worried, stressed, or mad (actually we found she never frown and is not able to frown at all); she never seems to struggle for anything, yet she is always one of the most excellent; she loves to be a developer than a manager yet people always want her to be a manager (Within only 3 months after she got this new job which was after she stayed at home for 3 years for her daughter, she was promoted as a manager again); while everybody tried and struggled to focus one their careers after school, she quit a manager position (already in about 3 years) and became a full time mother for 3 years; while everybody tries to send their kids to different places to take extracurricular courses, she is looking for places that will not overburden her kid; while she is from the most snobbish cities in the world, she gets along with anybody; she is so loved by anybody, yet she is not spoiled at all. To me, she is just everything different from a modern people. Using her own words, her attitude and mood seems never affected by people around her. I am amazed how she could feel safe all the time with all the changes, competititions, and struggles around her. I called her today, and found 10 years later, she still hasn't changed - she is still happy and enjoying what she has.

I had a dinner conversation with my friend from nepal today, and for some reason, there was one sentence that struck me very much - "in china, there are still things to compete; in Nepal, there is nothing to compete".