Some people ask if I miss home, if I miss Estonia. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don t. I met one guy from Uganda, Joseph, he s really cool guy. He told me how he would love to get work on mining site, save some money and definitely go back to Uganda, build nice house and live there.
"It s very nice in my country, it s beautiful, people are very friendly in rural areas. The more rural you go, the more friendly people you meet."
We also talked about family structure and how is it different from Australia to Uganda and I told him how is it in Estonia.
"In my country you don t see old people rushing home from work, old people don t work in my country, they work when they are young. Here you can see even old people rushing.." and he did this grimace on his face and was laughing but showed disappointed grimace.
"Really, you see that here? I thought people are laid back here in Australia. You should come to Estonia and see how is it there!" I laughed.
"You work when you are young and you help your parents and you make sure that when you are old, you don t have to work anymore, you give orders and your children help you", he explained.
I ve never been to Africa, but it seems like africans are really laid back, according to what he explained. I m sure it s not laid back in Johannesburg and in some other big cities, but when I was thinking of how he was talking about his home, it was clear to me that he misses his country, he wants to go back there.
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