oh hello friend

hey friend.. he called out to me and gestured for me to come over.. Baffled that a complete stranger just called out to me, I stood rooted for a second.. then decided that I would go over to discover his intentions..

The stranger put his hand on my shoulder and asked my name in slightly broken English. By now, I had dismissed the idea that he was a salesman trying to sell me something, he seemed really friendly, so what was he up to? I told him my name. The man nodded and spoke. 'you are Chinese'.........
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It was a hot day today. and after the soccer match(I was just gonna die from the heat and exhaustion) it just got hotter. At home, I tried falling asleep with the fan at full speed blasting at me. It didn't really work, I still felt like burning from the inside and had terrible back pains. (the kind you get when you have a high fever, except I didn't have a fever.. it was more like heatz stroke)

So I stayed home till the sun had set. I felt like the heat was trapped in my house, so I went outside. and moments later... I ended up in Imm ..

so the story goes... I was strolling through the Sony shop.. where they had their laptops on display with their built in webcams active. The stranger was amused by the webcam, I know because I stopped for a second to look over his shoulder at the laptop. He must have saw me through the camera. Anyway, I continued walking and that's when he called out..

Stranger: Hey friend (and gestured his hand for me to come over)
I went over
the stranger gestured towards the laptop, I realized that he wanted to take a picture (well actually the camera was running on video mode.. I think..)
Stranger: What is your name?
I told him my name
We shook hands
Stranger: "You Chinese.."
Yes.. I nooded...
Stranger: "I Bangala"
He smiled at the camera.

It occurred to me that maybe he was preaching racial harmony?.. He then turned to a fellow Bangala beside him and told him about it, pointing towards the laptop.
I gave him a pat on the shoulder and say goodbye.

We live in a strange world don't you think? at one end of the spectrum, yet another Singaporean blogger got arrested for making racist remarks.. at the other end, a foreigner making peace..