Nice to meet you!

Ever since I landed in this place where I’ve been living for a period close to a year, I have developed an intense desire to meet and interact with people and get to know them. I believe that everyone has many stories to tell, which are indispensable incidents in their lives. I try to strike up a Conversation with anyone I come across, be it at the bus stop, metro station waiting for the train, or in a workshop or a shopping mall. This is something so unusual for an introvert like me whose mind would be full of conversations. At least I got to know a thing or two that I didn’t know before. I’ve recently observed that it’s so amusing and interesting to talk with people. People are important networks; be they active or passive.

I joined a job a week before where I get to meet new people every day as many of them are working remotely. The natural flow of conversation makes me forget the exhaustion caused by the daily commute to the Office which takes around 1.5 hours one-way and I, actively, look forward to going to the office. The lunch table becomes the place of gathering during office hours where several topics ranging from the latest technology to hobbies like hiking, singing, etc. are brought to the table. I realized how common interests bind people more intensely than professional engagements.

Another reason to connect to people is that I have been learning Finnish leisurely and what could be a better way to learn a language other than practicing it with native speakers? About my Finnish knowledge, I am a beginner. Thanks to Google Translate, which I use frequently to translate from English to Finnish. With the discovery of my nature of loving to interact with people, I have found myself saying “Nice to meet you” more than ever before.

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Swati Sarangi

23.04.2023