The Neighbors!

Hi Aries, I was curious, are you involved in a government project? Or are you working as a Virtual Assistant/Freelancer/Online worker as well? Yes, it's really about courtesy and sensitivity as well. I'm back in the same situation now, and I realize that sometimes you have to stop caring about other people and care more about yourself. Since they've been basically uncaring towards my personal auditory space, I figure I can turn up my music loud and start being equally apathetic towards their personal space as well. Being respectful apparently didn't work, so here's to a little quid pro quo. /evil grin. But regarding your situation, how did it turn out? Are you still friends even after the project had terminated?

Good to know that you're in a different phase of life today, and that you managed to remain good officemates with these housemates, even past the tensions. :) Sometimes I really don't know how "normal" people manage to do that. I personally wouldn't bother to make "pakikisama" or to work on being socially acceptable to other people; I just can't. I guess I'm too "eccentric" or unconventional for comfort. I didn't mean to pry about your story, btw. I just find human interactions fascinating, and I always wonder how other people manage life. :) Anyhoo, hope you're having a great Wednesday, Aries! :)

I understand them in a way because we have different interests and it so happen that what we were doing during that time was something out of my line. It was a training related to my present job. As of now, we are already separated because we have our own assignments already. We are office mates up to present. I don't open this thing to them. I just accept it. If they think they are better than me on that field, that's fine with me. I am happy with my present life. I tried to forget about these things already.

Gosh. I feel for you too! I hate constant door-slamming! Thank you for sharing your story, Kashmeresmycat, since I finally realize that there's nothing personal about door-slamming. A month or so ago, I was so emotional about B5's door-slamming because they did it every noontime and every chance they can get. I'm B4. :( But then I forced them and the landlady to get their door fixed (imagine I reported their door to the landlady myself. xD), and the slamming got rare. There are other people here who still slam the doors, too but daaaaaang it's awful. It's like everybody is vindictive that the other door is slamming theirs. I work on being gentle with closing mine. BASS GUITAR BLOWING YOUR EARDRUMS OUT?! That is just so sad. That is more than annoying. I would have throttled that guy's neck if I were in your shoes. Oh well. Yes, the neighbors. I would love to buy a lot on a hill, a few meters away from everybody else! I live in a provincial/rural area in the Philippines, so it's still pretty possible to find plots of land, even hills, sitting on undeveloped farmland, grassland or even forest land. xD The only other consideration I would need to have is whether my small plot of land would have 3G signal, which is what I use to get online. Oh well! Thanks for responding, Kashmeresmycat! :D

I'm sorry, I spelled Bass wrong, duh to me. I really, really hope you can find your peace on a little plot of land. I would be in heaven if I could live like that! And hopefully, like you mentioned, it has your 3G signal. Yes, Bass guitars are VERY loud and especially with the amplifier. Seriously, this belongs in a bar somewhere or out in a garage...not above me. And I am more considerate of my fellow apartment dwellers and do not slam doors. Maybe we should just get a bit more aggressive and be just like them to give them a taste of their own medicine. Let's synchronize our watches and slam the doors at 3:00am and wake everyone up!

Hi again Kashmeresmycat, HA! I would love to do that with you, if only we were neighbors! Bang doors with you at 3AM!!! I once read a short story for kids about a town that loved to make so much noise and they agreed to make the most noise at a certain time, but then everyone wanted to hear how awesome all the racket would sound that they all fell silent at the appointed time! Well that sure backfired on them. Yes sometimes, I would seriously love to give the neighbors a dose of their own medicine!!! Sometimes I seriously believe that they deserve that. Anyhoots, thank you for being here on my thread! :D

Wow this certainly is a breath of fresh air in my thread. LOL. I'd have to say that it is certainly nice to have neighbors who care about you and who are practically family. I would truly love to be in that kind of environment. Good for you!

Oh wow. :) Good for you, your living area has rules like that (curfews on sound systems).. In the places I've lived, the people don't really care that they're disturbing the peace. :-/

Ahh yes. Sometimes neighbors just need a reminder that they are intruding into the personal space of others. The sound space is still personal space and it might help if the unmindful neighbors would be reminded once in a while. That is, if they are considerate and sensitive people. Did you get to talk to them? How did it go?