Random musings no.3
Yesterday I was asked to complete some forms for this first ever job post overseas which I was fortunate enough to secure nearly two months ago. I was able to pretty much fill out without difficulty all the questions in a breeze; except for one that kept me thinking as to who would be the most appropriate option to designate. The statement in question was:
Please state an emergency contact person and details:
That being said, the difficulty was apparent for many reasons. One, is that being apart from my immediate family (who for my 7 years in the working industry has always been my constant answer for questions like these), I cannot simply consider my parents nor my siblings to be the best choice for now due to obvious circumstances. And two, is the bitter fact that I actually do not have any other family members, no matter how distant, within a 5-mile radius (make that 20 and still no luck). I wouldn't even mind putting one of my best friends' names who would know exactly what to do in case there's a need for me to be put into life-support after a fatal accident, but of course they are also a thousand miles away. Who would have thought that a standard employment question would be so difficult to answer?
I ended up putting a friend's name on that item whom I have just started to become close with from the time I moved here. Might be a common story for other people but odd for me who has lived 26 years in our home with family. So yes, I guess sometimes in life, you find yourself stuck and deep in thought saddeneddue to the most trivial things.