A couple surprises I experienced (so far) by being in Buffalo, NY, first was when I went to OBGYN. When the doctor found out that I was from Phoenix. He said to the nurse that it was weird over there since the city has the traffic light before and after you get on and off the freeway. I thought to myself “what was weird about it? It is a normal thing, isn’t it?” But, the surprising expression from them put me to the curious mode. I actually realized that I have drove pass the freeways many times here in Buffalo, but I never take notice about that particular issue. Then, after the conversation, of course I took notice at them, and sure enough I see no traffic lights, but Hey it isn’t a big deal (I thought). It is actually the reality from the size of the city. Phoenix is bigger city, and many more cars on the road (people here who never travel there may not thing that way), so of course they need a different way to control the traffic.
The second weird conversation that has been spoken many times was the front yard. Scott Giorgini (my fiancé)’s relatives or friends asked him about how did he like Phoenix? He always said “the weather in the winner time is very comfortable compare with Buffalo, but he can’t stand to see most of people’s front yard is full of rock and sand. (That what lot of people who live in Phoenix loves to do with their front yard, the beautiful desert landscape). Well, I can see on their face that they don’t really know how to imagine the picture of the landscape like that since 100% of the landscape here is green grass. Well, personally I love to see green landscape anyway, so I love it here right now. But what I don’t understand is why many houses here seem to cut all the tall trees (around the house) down, and then put grass back. Trees are much more valuable and they are much more serene to our mother earth (I think).
One observation though that is hitting me hard is people in Buffalo are so so so lay back. They move slowly, they think slowly, they act slowly unlike the valley of the sun, Phoenix. The part that I don’t like is I am starting to feel that way too, and I am trying to find out what is it all about it? “Is that because of the weather?” that is my first assumption which I see that when the sky is grey (no cloud) that is when I feel so tired, and lazy, and I feel that my brain is compressed into a little tiny space that I’m fighting to come out of it, but never be able to do it. My vision isn’t narrow; it feels like I have goggles on, so I can only see in that only rectangle dimension. However, I also have another assumption which I say to myself “Is that because of I have me?” Me who keep telling myself how I suppose to feel in a certain way when I’m in a certain environment.
The mind can be the most impact to our body, but energy around us is also real. It changes it’s density in different atmospheres just like water, even though we can’t see it with the eyes. So!!! I’m still bargaining and looking for more clues!!!
Ref: http://aphinyagoodsip.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/my-life-in-buffalo-ny-chapter-2/
