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how the modern commute (and community spirit) looks like.

here's something that i've noticed about kl folk lately;

...we seem to have no clue what a community spirit is!

in other cultures, particularly the western ones, i admire how people

value socializing, and having a sense of being friends with your 

neighbours, having gatherings where family, friends and children

can have meals or bbq's or playing sports. not only that, they act as

a shared support system, be it for safety, or to help when you get sick,

or to have people to talk to, or even to just look out for each other, 

without the other party even asking for it!

unfortunately, kl folk has a different kind of idea of community;

community means living in a shared area, minding our own business

at all times, looking at people or situations in a negative light before

even getting the facts down, and having the tendency for a blaming 

culture, while resorting to being punishing and having a negative mindset.

...always. it's just embedded in us for some weird reason.

now don't get me wrong, kl folk are skeptical of each other because

we're surrounded by danger in the form of theft, or scams, or generally

being susceptible to other people taking advantage of us.
that's just the reality of living in kl, or in any big city, i guess.

...but does it HAVE to be that way? 

now, from personal experience, if you're living abroad and

you need a support system, your community or neighbours 

around you are the ones who you rely on for friendship,

a helping hand, emergency contact if something goes wrong

or if you get sick, communal activities for a bit of fun and laughs.

...you know, just to enrich your daily life and others.

now don't get me wrong, i'm not one of those super festive people

who thrives on being around others all the time, or even having the

interest to socialize in large groups of people, but i can surely relate.

...classic introvert, you see.

but i can understand what it would mean to people who have been

brought up in a communal society or village or country or culture.

so i'll always make the effort to support them, in any form i could,

i believe if it's something good, we should nurture it instead of

being discouraging, and even if we don't feel the need to be a part,

the very least we can do is to support the ones who do!

an old colleague once said in his farewell speech; "...i believe that

any good that we do or spread, will somehow find a way back to us,

in some way or form, it'll be something we get back..."

...yup, i definitely agree.