I Will Never Be Integrated With the People in My Area

You know, no matter what, I will never be integrated with the people in my area. There are so many differences between me and them. I just call myself one of them just because I live in the same area: Manado City, Province of North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

This is subjective okay, as someone who grew up here since childhood, I know quite well what Manadonese people are like. Many of their habits are bad and most of them are unintelligent. Well, but even so I always treat everyone as an individual, that all individuals are different.

People here are nominally hedonistic, this is regardless of whether they are rich or poor. Even there is a common phrase "lebe bae kala nasi asal jangan kala aksi" literally means "it's better to lose rice than to lose action" or "it's better not to eat than not to be stylish". You see?

Hmm, I often smirk when I see their habits like this. I thought to myself "let them spend their money partying", the economy works if they party right haha. They also like to curse. Don't be surprised why there is a stereotype that people here are rude (that's definitely not me).

This habit of cursing, I don't have to go far to see an example, just in my family. My mother and grandmother really like to curse, even if only when they're angry. But almost every day is like that from my childhood until now, they are so fucking toxic. Thank you to myself for being able to survive this long, also to the Earth.

This doesn't include the many bad things they've done to me in the past, such as bullying. That's why I always hope to be able to get out of this region. I don't want to waste half my life trapped between them. Ugh, I hope after graduating I can escape.

Taken on Friday, 11 April, 2025 at 14:42 with Samsung Galaxy A05s.