You know, when i want to reach out to a group of two or more people, i send letters and so that no one can bend or alter my words to suit them, each recieves a copy......One of the persons who did not agree with my thoughts , responded to it in handwritting and adressed to me only, so then i had to respond to her letter to me and she thought she needs to show others what i wrote and " clear her name "......but then, when i told her that if she wants it that way, then the others must read the letter she wrote which i responded to....Eight pages of them....."you don't have to do that" she said.....but i explained to her that, here i am being very open and honest with everyone and don't want to hide anything, just because she didn't like my answers (which by the way are no more no less my own observation after the fact and not hearsay and i have proofs) she decided to scrutinise my words........If she knew or remember the contents of her letter, she won't want others to read it......And if i was her, she won't pursue letting others know what i wrote her which are all in respond to her letter that no one had a copy of...not even her had a copy....She must have some degree of trust in me to express her opinion to me only.......And i don't want to put her in a vulnerable position.... But to reprimand and tell me how unproffesional of me to be sending letters to everyone to reach out to them did not sound right......." how else am i gonna reach out to everyone and let them all know what is in my mind" i asked her......"well, writting to everyone is not very proffesional", she answered......I spent about an hour on the phone entertaining her complains, and listening to her talking over me.... I may have a pea brain, but to my mind, i wouldn't do what she did because ( correct me if i'm wrong ) she is the one who acted very unproffesional....But i didn't even oppose her when, with full of conviction, she was telling me how unproffesional i am.......
Others thought that was great that i reached out to all of them and grateful because none of them are game enough to do it....
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You know what?...that's probably why animals were created...because sometimes it is more productive talking to the animals....
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anyway, while working this morning, i recieved a call from one of my favorite clients........which i talked about in this blog i posted a few months ago......this couple always make my day.....i needed it this morning.....there really is no need to have many words exchange between two parties if both aims for harmony and understanding.....
LANGUAGE BARRIER
just finished attending to a lovely hungarian couple in their late 70s.
she needed her husband to translate to me what she wanted.
design of her dress you know...
she said," 
" ( in hungarian)
he said,"ok, ok, " (in hungarian )
" right, she wants it long down to the floor", i said and started sketching..
"no!no!no!no!no!",( in hungarian ) shaking her head.
"no!no!no!no!no!",(in hungarian) shaking his head.
"ok, we'll make 3/4 length, and what about the sleeves?",
she answered,""(in hungarian)
he translated," "( in hungarian)
" perfect!", i said.." we'll have it just down passed your elbows.....and what about the neckline?"
"hmnn,
, ahhh ..",( in hungarian)
" what about a V neck instead of round?...it would be more slimming"
"no!..
", (in hungarian)
" it will suit you...you don't have that much wrinkles around your neck and you don't look your age", i assured her....she really looked much younger than some of the older women her age i thought
....
"yes!yes!, old! old!", he teased his wife..
"you!you! old man!", she teased him back..
yeah, they are always happy and cheerful everytime they come to see me...really nice to be around them......
so then we all agreed that it's going to be an A line dress with boat neckline, with sleeves passed the elbows and the length is down to her calves...
EASY!!...so who said that language is a barrier?....not in my job...and not in multicultural society where the elderly citizens who migrated here decided that their own national languages are the best and the easiest to communicate with...
as for me, i am mocked up sometimes in my own head because i could be making conversation in english but first have to translate the words in my mind from bicol then say them in english...there are three different languages stored in my memory.....bicol is what i am most comfortable and fluent with and could talk straight but will take time to write.....tagalog is my second language which i speak mixed bicol...and then english with my weird accent........
many immigrants don't bother learning english which makes things difficult sometimes....
but we could always use our universal language...the Body Language..which speaks more and louder than words.......just think of babies, who don't speak a word and yet we understand them.....i'm just thinking that maybe if the members of the UNITED NATIONS all 'talk' like babies.....maybe they'll understand each others more...there won't be any wars......hmmn, i wonder if those highly educated, highly intelligent law makers men and women of UNITED NATIONS know what the word 'UNITED' means?...but it's just my silly thought...
i better go back to work now
......happy weekend everyone...most of you will have weekend breaks but mine is always busy working..
(ps...rabbits up there are not the couple i was talking about...i was talking about real hungarian couple whom i always look forward to render my service to, who don't speak the same language, but we understand each others just the same, to us, language is not a barrier)
those imoticons are just amazing..makes it easier to write a blog using sign language...
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