Last night was quite interesting. Here's the story. After having a lovely dinner with both Aini and Chee, we went our separate ways and went home. I boarded the train and being a typical Singaporean (kiasu, as we call it), I frantically looked left and right scouring for a seat, as I didn't want to stand for the entire train journey - A 30 minutes train ride. Fortunately, I managed to get an empty seat and started listening to my music. Despite being squished in between a construction worker and another lady, I was pleased.. at least I was able to sit down and get comfortable. The lady beside me was busy watching videos intently on her laptop.
How interesting, I thought. I decided to take a peek and look at what video the lady beside me was viewing on her laptop. The TV show was familiar. I know this one! Then, Jeff Probst appeared on her screen. I can't believe it! She's watching Survivor?!?! I looked at her judging her from top to bottom... How could she be a Survivor fan?! She doesn't even look like one! She was probably in her mid-30s, probably had a rough day at work and is now heading home to her family, while busily googling the youtube links for the various episodes on Survivor. Once she has gotten the links she wanted, she opened her notepad and pasted the links there, just to serve as a reminder as to which episodes she has yet to watch.
Being a huge Survivor fan myself, I was tempted to strike a conversation with her. Possibly about the latest Survivor results.. or even the next season - Survivor: The Redemption Island. But instead, I didn't. I hesitated for a while.. but I just couldn't do it. Weak, you may call me. I continued listening to my music and stealing glances at her laptop every now and then. She was watching a clip of Survivor Australia.. the scene where Mike fell into the campfire. She laughed. I laughed. Stupid fool. He could've won that season, if not for the incident.. I thought.
Bedok. The lady started packing her laptop into her bag. "Is she alighting here?" I decided. Fine. I'll talk to her. Give me some time.
Tanah Merah. Shit. I'm scared to do it! Then I did it.. what normal Singaporeans would not have done if they were me. (Usual Singaporeans like to do what we call, 'Minding your own Business'. I poked her.
(involving a lot of Survivor Talk)
Tampines. We finally alighted the train. Funny how we just met each other inside the train and now we're talking like as if we knew each other for a long time when we've only just met.. minutes ago! There were certain topics that we didn't see eye to eye.. but it definitely was a very random experience, for me.. an eye-opener. But this random experience actually did make my day so much better. Who knew talking to a random stranger would be this much fun? Especially when you both have a common topic to talk about. It just makes the journey back home so much faster and you won't be that lonely on your ride back home.
Then, we finally said our goodbyes.. and off we went to become strangers towards each other once again.
How interesting, I thought. I decided to take a peek and look at what video the lady beside me was viewing on her laptop. The TV show was familiar. I know this one! Then, Jeff Probst appeared on her screen. I can't believe it! She's watching Survivor?!?! I looked at her judging her from top to bottom... How could she be a Survivor fan?! She doesn't even look like one! She was probably in her mid-30s, probably had a rough day at work and is now heading home to her family, while busily googling the youtube links for the various episodes on Survivor. Once she has gotten the links she wanted, she opened her notepad and pasted the links there, just to serve as a reminder as to which episodes she has yet to watch.
Being a huge Survivor fan myself, I was tempted to strike a conversation with her. Possibly about the latest Survivor results.. or even the next season - Survivor: The Redemption Island. But instead, I didn't. I hesitated for a while.. but I just couldn't do it. Weak, you may call me. I continued listening to my music and stealing glances at her laptop every now and then. She was watching a clip of Survivor Australia.. the scene where Mike fell into the campfire. She laughed. I laughed. Stupid fool. He could've won that season, if not for the incident.. I thought.
Bedok. The lady started packing her laptop into her bag. "Is she alighting here?" I decided. Fine. I'll talk to her. Give me some time.
Tanah Merah. Shit. I'm scared to do it! Then I did it.. what normal Singaporeans would not have done if they were me. (Usual Singaporeans like to do what we call, 'Minding your own Business'. I poked her.
(involving a lot of Survivor Talk)
Me: You know, you could go to this particular Youtube user. He has all the Survivor seasons. I figured you were searching for the seasons.. and you could start from here.
Lady: *Taking out her headphones* Oh wow. Thanks. Are you a Survivor fan too?
Me: Yes! Huge fan, actually. The current season (Nicaragua) was boring as hell, don't you think? I guess they could not outdo the Survivor: All Stars season.
Lady: No. It wasn't that bad actually. There were far worse seasons in the past. Nicaragua was quite okay.
Me: I guess so. I can't wait for the next season actually. The Redemption Island. Seems like it could be something. It could be a big success.. or a big epic failure for them actually.
- More Survivor talk that you probably can't be bothered with -
Tampines. We finally alighted the train. Funny how we just met each other inside the train and now we're talking like as if we knew each other for a long time when we've only just met.. minutes ago! There were certain topics that we didn't see eye to eye.. but it definitely was a very random experience, for me.. an eye-opener. But this random experience actually did make my day so much better. Who knew talking to a random stranger would be this much fun? Especially when you both have a common topic to talk about. It just makes the journey back home so much faster and you won't be that lonely on your ride back home.
Then, we finally said our goodbyes.. and off we went to become strangers towards each other once again.
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