I'm not surprised by the ending.
Dahai and Xiaoyang graduated from university in July last year, and at the same time, they signed up as construction engineers with a company in China, and became colleagues.
Their first project was in Uganda, Africa, which is said to be a country with beautiful natural scenery but poor material.
As the company's expatriates, their daily work is in a relatively closed site, commanding a group of African buddies to work. Many people in similar projects can not stay long, can not stand this kind of no convenient to buy and buy, no crazy food and drink, not too much socialization of the day, feel the day is very boring, and soon left the job.
Dai Hai is a typical example of this.
When I first arrived in Uganda, everything was new. With the beautiful vision of the new society, Dahai's circle of friends often show some photos, marveling at the beautiful scenery, fresh air, simple people, and natural food.
But after a few weeks, he began to complain that his work was boring, his life was boring, and everything was boring. He said there is no convenient and fast online shopping there, no convenient physical stores, to buy a pair of pants have to ask the driver to drive him to the city; he said that the quality of local goods is not good, imported and too expensive; he said there is no place for leisure nearby; he said that every day, in addition to eating, drinking and sleeping, he did not know what to do; he said that the work of the daily repetition of very boring ......
I asked the sea, in addition to the same work as you, what is Xiaoyang doing? I don't see his circle of friends say it's boring ah?
The sea said, he is busy every day, not as good as I lay down to sleep and brush the news.
Later, I learned that Xiaoyang is really busy every day.
The first thing I've noticed is that I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to get my hands on a lot of the stuff I've been working on, but I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to get my hands on the stuff I've been working on.
He continued to learn English, translating documents for his company and even organizing international meetings for his projects, helping black workers who didn't speak English well and coordinating small disputes with the police. ......
He spent much of this free time running, working out, and practicing boxing. At the company's annual meeting, he performed a spectacular nunchuck routine that was written up on the company's website and received all sorts of praise.
He made friends with the African security guards on the site, chatted with them, and even taught them simple Chinese kung fu.
He went to Lake Victoria to catch a breeze and learned to swim at the neighborhood pool.
He picked up some linden seeds, polished and carved them, and returned home as gifts for his family.
He bought two large turtles that were sold cheaply locally, fed them fresh food, and watched them crawl slowly and giggle all day.
He bought a bike and rode it fast through the open grasslands, walking a couple of company-owned puppies on the back.
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So, less than a year into the job, Xiaoyang, because of his hard work and versatility and good coordination, got a pay raise and was promoted to project director. The sea feels that everything is too boring, and finally made up his mind to quit his job and go back to China to pursue his "interesting" work and life.
But I doubt that Dahai will be able to find what he calls an "interesting" job and life.
He finds everything boring, but it's really him who's boring.
He thinks that Xiao Yang is "busy" every day, without immediate results. He doesn't want to pay, he doesn't want to create "fun", he doesn't want to change his behavior, he often complains about his current situation, he's not in the mood to work, he's not passionate about his life. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands dirty.
And what about Xiaoyang? I understand that no matter where he is, what he does, he will always be an interesting person, living "interesting" days.
When some people get together, they play with their cell phones, eat and drink, and occasionally talk to the person next to them. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on the phone, and then you'll be able to get your hands on the phone to get your hands on the phone to get your hands on the phone.
And some other people get together, can make the atmosphere very active, we talk about a variety of topics, do a variety of games. In retrospect, it's a lot of fun.
Some people, after retirement, in addition to taking care of their grandchildren every day, is to turn on the TV to brush a variety of TV shows, often sigh life is very boring.
And some other people after retirement, every day is to take care of the grandchildren, but also will raise flowers, listen to music, read books, dance square ...... Every day feel so interesting.
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So, when you feel that everything around you is boring: your work is boring, your place is boring, your coworkers are boring, your friends are boring, your family is boring ...... Please stop complaining!
Think about the root cause, is it you who is boring?
Let yourself first become an interesting person and live an interesting life. You will realize that when you become interesting yourself, you may be able to influence a lot of people and a lot of things. Everything you used to complain about, in fact, not so boring, and even influenced by you, all of them, will become very interesting.
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