It's hard. When you want to go out with friends, yet beloved relatives whom you only see once in a blue moon come to visit. It takes me days and night to decide which. I'm sorry, I chose family over friends. If my friends can't accept that, it's fine. Because people have their own lifestyle and different family interactions. It's only been these few years that i've been closer to my family overseas because of money issues, they've had a hard life. It was more than 10 years in between the last meeting, till now. So when i say my family story is complicated, you don't know the half of it. It could make for a very long soap opera a la Days of our Lives.

That, and the fact that i'm seriously broke limits my outings. I've got to live on 30bucks for 2 weeks to maintain a reasonable amount of cash in my account.

Your understanding is appreciated.