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Some people refuse contact with neighbours even when they live in adjacent houses / apartments.
Do you know your neighbours? I don’t. I have been living in the same apartment for three years, but haven’t exchanged a word with my neighbours. Wonder why?
Let me explain. I’m kind of an … View moreSome people refuse contact with neighbours even when they live in adjacent houses / apartments.
Do you know your neighbours? I don’t. I have been living in the same apartment for three years, but haven’t exchanged a word with my neighbours. Wonder why?
Let me explain. I’m kind of an antisocial. Don’t make friends easily, and don’t talk to strangers. An antiseptic smile is the best I can manage. Prefers to keep to myself and stick to the same circle of friends and relatives. Well, you can call me an introvert. That would explain my lack of interaction with neighbours.
My wife’s exactly the opposite. Yet, she has failed to strike up a conversation with the occupants of the flat across the corridor. The doors face each other. At times, we open the doors simultaneously, and the elderly lady behaves as if we don’t exist. So do the two young adults. We hardly get to see the other neighbours.
How young children make a difference
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Maybe they want to be left alone. I understand that. Yet, it feels strange. Weird, actually!
Humans, they say, are social animals. Our lives are interlinked and interdependent in some way, especially when we share a building. The blank stares and the radio silence in the elevators baffle me. Isn’t this a community? I ask myself.
I lived in another apartment for 20 years, and the experience was totally different. We had plenty of friends in the building and the neighbouring blocks. Some of those friendships exist even today, even after they have moved to other countries.
Much of the indifference may be due to big-city syndrome. People are so busy with their lives that they don’t have time for socialising.-
What’s the difference? One reason was our children. They were young and had plenty of friends. I remember a time when the doors of three neighbouring flats, including ours, were never locked as children kept moving from one house to another to continue their games. That was when my daughter was a toddler. At least 25 children in the neighbourhood would attend my son’s birthdays.
The children’s parents became our friends, and we called on each other for festive occasions and pujas. Sweets used to be sent and received during Diwali. Help used to be sought and given. Seems like another era.
Even after we moved, my wife maintained friendships in our old neighbourhood. She frequently travels there to attend birthdays, pujas, picnics, and other community activities. I often tease her, saying that her social skills haven’t worked in the new neighbourhood. She shrugs it off, saying it takes two people to strike a friendship.
Much of the indifference may be due to big-city syndrome. People are so busy with their lives that they don’t have time for socialising. When you get home from work late, visiting the neighbours is the last thing on tired minds.
What about weekends and holidays? Plans would have been made weeks ahead, and grocery shopping and prayers at a temple or a church are a weekend phenomenon. In homes where husbands and wives work, Saturdays and Sundays can turn into marathon cooking sessions to cover the week. All that doesn’t leave much time for neighbours and friends.
In many cases, it’s down to privacy. People value their privacy, which is why they keep to themselves. Imagine if your neighbours are nosy parkers. They could make lives miserable with incessant questions and the insatiable curiosity to know everything that happens in the neighbourhood.
None of us would want that. Right? Then why am I complaining?
You don’t have to take the biblical phrase “Love Thy Neighbour” literally. A little bit of social contact between neighbours wouldn’t hurt. And you don’t have to be friends with all the neighbours. A hello, a good morning, a smile, or a nod would suffice.
Do I do that? Yes, I do. Especially when I’m riding the elevator. It feels good when others return the gesture. A smile is the best. So keep smiling.
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• Started reducing public sector expenditure
• Refocused the Reserve Bank on reducing inflation
• Written legislation to repeal the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax on 30 June
• Required primary and intermediate schools to teach an hour each of reading, writing and maths every day
• Banned … View more• Started reducing public sector expenditure
• Refocused the Reserve Bank on reducing inflation
• Written legislation to repeal the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax on 30 June
• Required primary and intermediate schools to teach an hour each of reading, writing and maths every day
• Banned phones in classrooms from next term
• Stopped work on the Jobs Tax and the costly Auckland Light Rail project
• Began work to get our transport agencies building new roads
• Repealed the Ute Tax
• Stopped blanket speed limit reductions
• Reintroduced 90-day trials and cancelled fair pay agreements
• Repealed Three Waters
• Abolished Labour’s prisoner reduction target
• Improved security for health workers by putting security guards in more emergency departments.
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Saturday 24th February, 10am - 11am, free of charge. All welcome
Meditation is a way of learning to be with the dynamic vitality of the mind. We can train our mind to be with whatever thoughts and feelings arise without being overwhelmed by them. But how do we do that??
Please bring along any … View moreSaturday 24th February, 10am - 11am, free of charge. All welcome
Meditation is a way of learning to be with the dynamic vitality of the mind. We can train our mind to be with whatever thoughts and feelings arise without being overwhelmed by them. But how do we do that??
Please bring along any questions, hesitations, and doubts!
Venue: Nyima Tashi Buddhist Centre, 717 New North Rd, Mt Albert
For more information or to register email nyimatashi.nz@gmail.com or click the link below "Read More."
Hola ! Welcome to our Spanish For Beginners Class in 2024 with Sandringham Community Centre. Pablo is back again and ready to teach you all the basics of learning the Spanish language. come along- we will see you next Thursday !!
The process of getting your property ready for sale is known as staging. It’s a bit like designing a set for a play. Hence staging. It involves presenting your home in a way that accentuates what it will be like to live there. Read how Kiwi Self Storage can make staging easy with these simple … View moreThe process of getting your property ready for sale is known as staging. It’s a bit like designing a set for a play. Hence staging. It involves presenting your home in a way that accentuates what it will be like to live there. Read how Kiwi Self Storage can make staging easy with these simple techniques.
New Playgroup at Sandringham CC - Tupu Niue Playgroup on M, W, F from 1pm-3pm for children 0-5 years. $2 per child. New bi-lingual playgroup learning Niue -English language with parent lead tutor Pepe. Please contact her at pepeilasa.siligi@gmail.com or 021 032 4726. All welcome !
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All welcome - fortnight Saturdays with Pablo at Sandringham Community Centre. Contact Pablo now and join us !
Every Thursday -rain or shine from 8am-1pm. Come and join us- you are all very welcome !!
We have Conversational Niue Language Classes running every Wednesday evening with Meleveti. Did you know that Niue language is endangered and that Niue is a Realm Nation of NZ? Here's an opportunity to learn some Niue language to be a part of the change and to help retain this language in … View moreWe have Conversational Niue Language Classes running every Wednesday evening with Meleveti. Did you know that Niue language is endangered and that Niue is a Realm Nation of NZ? Here's an opportunity to learn some Niue language to be a part of the change and to help retain this language in Aotearoa NZ. We welcome veryone to learn with us. See you in class !
Mone is our tutor at Pacific Handicrafts at Sandringham and he's a talented and skilled weaver in his craft. He's at our centre every Friday evening this year and you can come and join him and learn some really awesome Pasifika weaving. Come along- we'll see you there !
Our Kids Only Market returns in 2024 to our Sandringham Community Centre on Saturday 27th April in the school holidays. Make sure you bring along your kids to join into the fun of learning how to sell and make a nice little side income for their spending. Come along and join us - you are all very … View moreOur Kids Only Market returns in 2024 to our Sandringham Community Centre on Saturday 27th April in the school holidays. Make sure you bring along your kids to join into the fun of learning how to sell and make a nice little side income for their spending. Come along and join us - you are all very welcome !!
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