Marie| Papatoetoe
“Anger not so much, but more really like frustration, but anger itself, I haven’t gotten to that point, I think.
Say for example, I’m currently juggling several applications, and by, by frustration I mean, I’m trying to do the applications and then something, one person tells me to do this, and they come and submit it, then they say that’s not the right form, and I have to go back, and it’s costing me a bit of, a bit of money going back and forth. So, that’s my current frustrating ordeal.
What do I do? Pretty much just probably rant about it to friends, just get it out.
It really depends on per person, and per individual and how they, how they manage their own anger. I mean, there’re a lot of resources available in the country, after all. Yeah it comes, really just comes down to how a person handles it.
How do I stop myself from getting angry? I feel like anger would probably be someone’s done something significantly wrong on purpose, and that’s something that would actually anger me. If it’s something that’s, it’s not on purpose, for example, the applications, it just so happens that it’s not a smooth transition from one person to another when I’m talking to them, and that’s not their fault, and neither is it mine. I can’t get angry at them and I can’t get angry at myself; I just end up being frustrated, and it’s just trying to keep track of what’s a legitimate reason to actually get angry at. I think that’s the main core of it for me.
I grew up in the Philippines, and we left around when I was 17. So, we’ve been here for about eight years now, and so far, it’s all right. It’s good.
What I value in life is probably the people that care about you. As much as good that life is here in the moment, I probably rather go back to the country and be with the people that I care about, and people who care about me, even if that means struggling with money and day to day lifestyle like that. I would much rather be with the people that I want to be with, yeah.”
