A damn long chat

My mother was a number one worry freak. She used to worry about the in-coming problems in advance. I still remember that when my brother was about to study Form six. She was so worried and searching for more information as much as possible just for my brother's better future. When my brother was being in National Service, she worried about my brother so much until she couldn't sleep well at that period. It was helpless for me to see her worrying and upset that I couldn't do anything to help her.

However, the path that I took for my studies was quite similar with my brother. When my turn to attend National Service, they brought me there once only, while I could see many families coming far away from their hometown to that isolated PLKN campsite and visit their children every weekends. I was not sad at all, but I did really miss them so much. I did wish that they could come to visit me, but it was really far lar and not worth at all to do that.  Besides that, when my turn to study Form 6, my mother was seemingly so experienced and steady to handle it until I didn't really feel about whether she concerned or not. She just left me at my relative's house the night before I went to register myself at High School BM which was an unfamiliar place to me. I couldn't believe that they were so unworried about me and let me go there to settle everything alone. They didn't go to my school until the day we got the result. It is unbelievable. 

Apart from that, my parents didn't come to UM for my registration as my accompany. My brother was assigned to deliver me to UM for registration, we reached there early in the morning 4am at the registration date. Once again, without my parents I registered myself at UM and until now my parents still don't know the location of my University. I believe that they will know on the day I graduate. I am happy that they seem to have no worry on me, perhaps I am considered independent enough to take care of myself better. Is there any another explanation like they don't fear to lose me, because I have gone through a lot of injuries and accidents but I am still alive? LOL!! I don't think that would be a reasonable and possible reason after all! Anyway, I was very happy when my dad told me last Thursday that they are planning to go back my mother's hometown and drop me at my hostel before they leave the hometown. But yesterday he told me that he had changed his mind, and he asked an uncle for help to bring me back to my University. I didn't want to go back alone by bus, that was the reason I didn't reject the offer. But it was really upset to be given an unreal expectation.

It is always uncomfortable to meet someone unfamiliar and even worse to trouble someone you know none about him, and there are many uncertainties that make you getting worried. The uncle is a friend of my dad, a salesman who is experienced in making nice order of the furniture's materials at China on behalf of furniture production companies. Since he is so good in that, he and my father are actually on the process of making a good deal. They have been friends for about many years, and I could predict that because if my father was not close to him enough, he would never ask him for help. Getting all my stuff into his Nissan Teana, I apologized for letting him waiting for me for a short while. He started to chat with me non-stop until he dropped me at 11th residential college.

I wonder if he is a pastor, because all the time the things he talked about were about the way we should behave and the attitudes we should possess in order to be remarkable.However, he was really good on bringing new topics when it was just getting to be an utter silence. But because of that, I really understand why he could be a good salesman. I am glad to have such an elder like him to implant many important messages in my mind based on his experience. Those are really practical and real. After the long chat, it makes me pretty sure of several important attitudes to be remarkable. He shared with me about the reasons guys need to drink when talking business. I was surprised by the real sharing and I do believe that he was not boasting. He seems to be quite a humble guy, as in the way he shared with me about his thoughts, he didn't take himself as an model. He demonstrated on how to make a going-to-be-pissed-off woman to be cool down by your reply. It was really interesting and sweet about the way he replied. The reply attached with compliment would be really a good cooling agent to a going-to-quarrel situation. I believe that he is also another sweet talker like me if what he said to me is true and often applied by himself personally.         

 

I do respect that uncle, because he didn't talk with me about cars or houses If he talked about that, then I would just listen and get speechless all the way. Reaching my college, he dropped me in front of the office and we got all of my stuffs out of the car. I shake his hand and expressed my gratitude for his kindness and sharing. I couldn't believe that I could talk with a stranger for about 4 and a half hours!! But somehow I can't tell the reason why he said I would be great in the future. Is it a so-called superficial wish or a heartfelt prediction? Anyway, I replied "Hopefully~ Uncle ^^"