FRIEND
My friend is a Pilipino and barrowed some amount (big) from me 2 years ago. He could not able to repay it as agreed but cleared nearly half of it within a year. Suddenly he lost the job and went back to Philippines in 2010. I was so much disturbed and worried for long time. One fine day he came back to Qatar and the first thing he did was called me and said sorry for not informing me while he was going. He troubled me a lot because the money which I gave him not belongs to me but his honesty made me not to think anything what happened in the past. Though the money issue is there we are so good to each other now a days and he made me proud to have such a nice man as my friend. What I want to share my opinion here is there are lot of other things in the world to give value and importance other than money. Am I right?
what a good friend! keep him for u;)
Break one of his knees like you're an Italian mobster. That will surely get your point across. If he doesn't give up the money within 2 weeks, break the other knee.
good time or bad time they are always around you,thats the real friend,the most important is how to keep the trust that you build as a person.dont ever let it to spoil by anything or by anyone.
you are definitely right.i am a filipina and im very proud for what i read from your post,its about trust and friendship.atleast he tried to valued your kindness.and might he is a god fearing person and beleive in karma.the only i can say is,its easy to find friends but its hard to find the real friends.hope everyone can pick some lesson from you.tnx and god blessed........
he's a good friend to you. money is really nothing but friendship is more than anything. I have had a lot of experiences of lending money to my kababayans. But a lot of my experiences are bad since many of them just would never pay as promised or would not even call you or most of the times would just drop the phone call. I also lent a good amount of money to my room mate before because he had some emergency back home. He never came back. Never called me up. Nada. He ruined our friendship. For me, he could have just called up and said the situation and I would totally understand.
For me, it's better to help than me to ask for help.
You're friend is a true friend because he acknowledged it and that's totally fine.
Not only he's good to you, you are good to him as well. There is something great in both of you. Your trust in him and his keeping your trust is something not very common nowadays.
indeed, a good friend of yours :)
I'm touched..... honest!
agree with you ;)
very true and take it forward as a lesson to your life!!!