@ 110 ~ Talk To Stranger

2 days ago, I was doing my documentation work in a kopitiam...sitting there from 9.15am till evening. But during lunch time, I walked over to another restaurant nearby for a quick slurp of porridge and some side dishes. As I felt like being a herbivore on that particular day, I chose non-meat & non-fried dishes.
As the tables are quite full, I just picked one randomly and sit. It happened that I sit with a woman in her 50s I guess.

"Wow, you are really health conscious don't you?". Said the woman with a friendly tone while looking at my dishes.
"Yeap, just felt like being a horse today, hungry for grass! But at times, I do enjoy some delicious-garbage-type of food." I answered without thinking that we are strangers at all.
She laughed and we continue chatting about health, food & whatever that satisfy our tastebuds & stomach!
No motives, no communication skills, no manipulations, no analysis, no complications & no condemnations....
Just pure "no-brainer-empty" talks!

I was quite tired & stressful that day but that "stranger" helped in soothing the heat of my life by just being a casual friend. Sometimes we don't necessarily need a close buddy to talk about stuff.....just a casual acquaintance will do! Well, we talked & talked & talked until I finished my lunch.
Finally, we say Goodbye & we left without knowing names, address, phone number or any handshake!

In the era of Facebooking, Sms..ing, Tweeting & Youtubing, sometimes it can't replace the warmth & friendliness of a conversation from a live human being. That's what Face-time is for.

Try it. Then you'll know Life is simply Good....

@ 107 ~ When We Close Our Eyes Forever...

From cradle to grave...that's everyone life cycle basically.
The difference is during the journey, whether we have lived or merely survived.
Some people's journey is like a roller-coaster.
Some prefer to travel to a less crowded path.
While some play it safe and adventures are totally out of their dictionary!
In anyway we live during the journey,
we eat,
we meet people,
we love,
we communicate
we spend,
we walk,
we fight,
we cook,
we laugh,
we collect,
we cry,
we write,
we sleep,
we overcome,
we run,
we listen.......and we do endless things.

Can we say to our great self that we've done our best or live happily before we die?
Do we regret & resent before we die?
Can we enrich others before we die?

My friend, the significance doesn't lay on how we die but how we live.
I wonder how would it feel knowing when our days are nearly to the end.
Perhaps we should just call a friend, have a nice cup of coffee and just catch up....

Life is Good.....

@ 106 ~ Contacts

What a tonne of contacts that I've collected in the past years.....
Wow....can't imagine that I meet so many people from all walks of life.
Some will bless us, some just make use of us while some doesn't make any difference.
The people we meet will determine part of our destiny sometimes.
Do you believe in destiny? Or Fate? Or you believe it is all in our own hand?
Either way, I believe they can make us or break us.
Perhaps calling some cold contacts and just say "hi" to them?
Well, strangers are unknown friends after all.

Can you think of how many close buddies that you have so far? Where they can know every little things about you, accepting you and telling you the truth at times.
We are bless if we have one. Some of you have more than one, keep it up...because friendship matters.

@ 98 ~ Hang In There...Buddy!

Every small bit of advice counts!
Have you ever met strangers that became your friends after a short while & just right before they exit in your life, they somehow uplifted & encouraged you in whatever that you do?
Sometimes we couldn't even receive a good word from someone close but have to get it from someone far from us. Thanks to Strangers & Strangers are just some unmet Friends.
It is great to know as many as possible; Uplifters, Enablers & Enrichers. They are everywhere.
A smile from them might make our day.
A favour from them might lessen our burden.
An advice from them might brighten our moments.
Let's keep the good words in our mind & good deeds in our heart.
Remember to hang it & remember it throughout our life....

Life is Good....

@ 89 ~ Canoodling

Some place triggered our memories and it is worthwhile to keep some of the good ones. Moments of fun & happiness are precious especially when you have people as valuable as a gem around you. Remember the one that we shared our laughters & tears and remember those that standby our side when we needed them.

Let's scribble our mind with beautiful thoughts, beautiful people & beautiful memories. A white piece of paper is meant to be colored. Just don't put a boring Black & White!
Crayons are nice!!! Luv it...

@ 76 ~ Unexpected Compliments

Recently, I've received a few sincere and unexpected compliments from some people that I casually known. They commented that I've enriched them with my experience and knowledge and uplifted them in a way that nobody in their life does that for them.

I felt real good and motivated and that really make my day! It lingers in my mind for more than 24 hours! What a great feeling as I'm trying to do this all my life....

A friend told me once that "Riches come in many ways!". I guess this is one of the way, helping someone without any favours or reward in return. I think this is a better way to build a valuable friendship than just being someone that doesn't make any difference.

Life is good....