Detachment

I was in Taiwan last week, together with my sister. We went to attend a meeting of different players in our industry and met our Taiwanese counterparts. Well, we basically did more play than work. hehe. Our only mission was to meet two of our clients and attend one meeting and the rest of the days were free time. I got to meet two of my taiwanese classmates back in high school and college. It was great! The funny thing was, whenever I travel now, I make sure I have at least one day to visit a museum or historical sites! My friend did not take me seriously when I said I wanted to visit such places. haha! Of course I wanted to see the things that I taught and still enrich myself even if I'm not teaching anymore. So anyway, I got to visit the National Palace Museum and Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall :) For the shopping part, we went to what they say as the tallest building of Asia now, which was Taipei 101. It was really tall! 101 storeys i guess. Then shopped at the night market and wholesale stores :) So those were the fun parts:) For the reflective tone of this blog, I was with my sister the entire time and there the more It became clear to me that to compare siblings shouldn't be done. Because during the trip, I saw how different we were , but the important thing is we respected our differences. Didn't have to fight over things. But perhaps, what remains the same are our principles in life. Strong values and principles that were instilled upon us by our parents. That is how the environement and our basic unit, the family plays an integral part.I entiteld this blog as detachment because I somehow saw how we shouldn't become what our family members are. We are all still unique and have our own individuality. Different strengths that complement each other. Even twins are different. No point of sibling rivalry and comparing people. Although , you are one family, you go through different experiences and exposed to different sets of friends who are also very influential. That is how we become different. People may go through the same experiences but their perception of that experience will still vary. Like I don't know what insights my sister may have about the trip although we went through the same things. Respect and compromise is important and not expecting others to have it our way.