random post 4.

i've been uninspired lately. i don't know. i have no idea what to write. i have no idea what i should be thinking of. i think a whole lot of problems though, these and that. i'm not gonna tell it here though; tis a little too personal. i need to get my brain and imagination working properly again.

i talked to a stranger the other day when i was at the clinic waiting for the doctor. he first talked to me in chinese and then i said, "i couldn't understand you sir," with a smile on my face.

"why do you need two handphones?" he asked. i looked down at my phones and i turned to him to answer but there's not really a good of an explanation to describe why i have two phones. i just said that i have them to keep in touch with my friends. then he smiled and laughed and suddenly i smiled too. he asked me what telco provider i was using so i answered accordingly. our conversations snowballed from there.

mostly we talked about politics. i don't know much about politics so i listened to him talk more than i gave him my opinions. he asked me questions like, "what do you think.." or "how do you feel..." those questions really were complicated to answer since i don't really have that much of an interest in politics. 

but i liked talking to him. he was kind and nice. though he's a chinese, he didn't take any sides in politics, he said. i said, "me too."

"you're taking TESL eh? are you going to become a teacher?"

"i have no idea yet uncle. what i really want to do is to write."

"maybe that can become a side-income. you know, you write articles for newspapers and magazines."

"yeah uncle. i'm writing a story now..."

we talked some more, mostly about politics. then the doctor called me. i said him my good-byes and left him smiling at me, and i smiled back. that marked the end of a random conversation with the chinese uncle. 

i wonder why did God meet me with him? 

p.s: we meet people, some stay, some go. it's life.