Sunday, December 21, 2008 @ 6:02 AM
okay, here's a weird thing that happened to me a few days back.
i met this stranger on the street near my house. she was a middle aged lady who, from afar, looked alike one of my neighbours. so i did the instinctive thing and gave a wave and said "hi".
and that lady didn't look at me in a funny way, or dismiss my greeting or think i was crazy, but rather she paused for a moment, smiled and waved back.
"hey", she said.
funny huh? many a time we shun people just because we don't know them well. we stereotype and classify people all day long.
we judge by looks. that's how the world seems to work nowadays.
anyway, i got posted back to tekong. hopefully i can take the CPC course in january.
i decided to cut back on my social life. going out too often is time consuming and money burning. what's more, i gotta stay home more often and help out with the housework, since we no longer hire a maid.
staying at home may be boring, but at least its protection from the poisons of the outside world.
reality is like a thorny rose. it may be good to look at, but if you're not careful, you'll get pricked.