This is another aspect which makes my adaptation period hard, I miss people! When I traveled I met so many people and now it's all different. Well, I have my friends of course, but I still feel lonely and keen for more people, more colors in my life. In the "liberal" Tel-Aviv's party scene, such a need, just a friendly smile, is usually interpreted as a "hunt" (and I am being gentleJ). Smiling to people on the streets ends up with them questioning whether you know each other. I am surrounded by people, who speak the same language, share the same reality and the same basic needs for human affection, but we do not interact. Maybe because of our busy daily life, maybe because we afraid to smile to each other, I don't know. All I know that it makes me feel very lonely and sad.
"We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection." - Dalai Lama
Be well!
P.S remember my "Happy 2007" wishes?
" The main reason I stayed here is LOVE. I am in love with people around me and they love me back. I walk the streets with a big smile on my face and everywhere people know me, "Hello Bopha", "Where you go, Bopha?" (Bopha is my new name, it means flower (which of course suits me a lot :-)). I am alone, but never lonely, thanks to the kind, carrying and loving people around me.This is what I wish for the New Year, for us to be surrounded by LOVE. Love of our friends, neighbors, family, life partners, children, and just people around!!!"
My student, KimHong 
