Lisboa Diaries

Every day since the day I arrived here. Lisboa/ Lisbon has something different to offer which has never been heard and said before.
I was very sceptical about the new experiences and changes around myself.
Being a foreign student in the most prestigious university in this country gives a sense of pride.
From the very first moment when I put my foot on this land, I felt a strong connection within. The first night I spent in a very small room of my promised apartment but next morning things started changing all round.
My flatmates were non-Portuguese, so English become a way of communication with all. Slowly, I started learning greetings and saying "Obrigado" to each and everyone.
When you arrived a place which speaks a different language, eat different foods, wear different wardrobes and still accept you as their one. You will be astonished and surprised to their humbleness and innocence.

Paused moments +FB's friends

This has been years since I met my friends from schools, colleges and previous workplaces.
Today, I was looking at my FB friend list and found I have more or less 300 friends but in reality, I hardly know about 30 of them.
When  I was scrolling down on my list then I started recalling them by their name and time period when we became friends. In these many years, I never gave a second thought about their lives may be they did same. Yup, it is true they might have liked most of my pics from exotic locations and life events. I might have done the same without even looking at them. I hardly know names of their partners and their children and I guess they must not be aware of what I do exactly.
Sometimes, I feel to unfriend most of them because we no longer have a friendship which really reflects on our lives. But, I couldn't do it, reason must be a sense of belonging. Every friend on that list is my past or present, there is no guarantee that they 'll go in future too, Still, they hold some pieces of me when I had met them.
It is true, we are no longer getting affected by our friends from FB, we can't remember their full name forgot the birthdays and anniversaries. Ya, it feels good to see the number of posts on our timeline on our birthdays and number of likes on our pics. The feeling of being known to many gives a false celebrity feeling to us which we like as much as we like our selfies.
Instead of all this, I tried to look into my friends' timelines and realise I missed many things of their lives.
I missed to wish them on their birthdays, their marriages or anniversaries, new jobs, new house and new lives. I missed being part of their lives. But neither, they care about it any longer nor I feel left out. Yes, we are still friends some might have changed their phone numbers or places which I don't know still we are friends.
I recalled the days before being dependent of Technology this much. We used to write on our slam books with multi-colours so that people could remember us. The diary with addresses looks like secrets to the new world with friends only.
I never had the besties but always have the best of them.
Sometimes, When I scroll down on my phone and thinking to call someone and finally looking at all the numbers and thinking about the last call which I hardly recall. Then, I couldn't finalise to call whom and put the phone down.
Still, I have many friends and I believe I am also from the list of many FB's Posts.
Don't know exactly what I miss about all of them but I missed being a friend to all, so do they.