I took my SAT's today. And i hated it. The material isn't so hard. It's the time that makes me not want to care! It's the longest test of my life, and each time i read a question i ask, "can i just not care!?"
Anyways, i had the coolest day yestuhday!
If you really knew me, you'd know that i can walk in a room filled with strangers, meet (or sometimes just start a conversation with) two or three, and walk out confident that i can give you a whole page of information about 'em. So this is how my day began:
i woke at 8 to see that i had a new text reading: "hey nick, are you going to the meeting today?" and i go, "wtf! there's a meeting today!" and i look at my calendar, scroll down to 23rd, and read: "FOL MEETING: 9-12; Internship Open House: 2-3:30pm." So, i jumped outta bed, showered, and left the house looking like shit (as always). Rushed to school (it was raining) to find no one there! I walked all over campus to see if anyone decided to at least show face, but i guess the rain made them not want to get outta bed. So, i went to starbucks thinking i might as well just take it easy, juno? There was a very long line, and i noticed there was a girl behind me. She looked somewhat like a junior, so i went, "hey, no school today?" And we started talking from there. She was very nice because unlike some people i've tried to start a conversation with, she always responded with a smile, and she had no sign of thinking me as a weird, crazy person. She was half hawaiian and half filipino, seniorrrrr, and she thought i was 19 (:( i get that a lot). If you asked me, we clicked pretty fast. So, i approached the counter, ordered my Venti Chai Tea Latte with no knowledge whatsoever that i had left my atm at home and had no cash in my wallet! I had told the cashier of my dilemma and told him to cancel it. That's when the girl i had talked to offered to pay for it herself. She kept saying, "don't worry about it. don't worry about it." Tahahah. She's quite the person. So, we ended up talking for about an hour. Talking and sippin'. We found we had a lot in common: music, goals, birthdays in the same month, etc. Before we had left, we properly introduced ourselves and exchanged numbers. MM, i love these kinda things. Meeting someone i probably would never cross paths with in my lifetime. What i liked most, however, was the fact that it made up for my rather disappointing morning.
As the day continued, i had yet to go to another meeeting place. I was at the hospital for about 4 hours! Just sittin', talking, waiting, sittin', waitin', talking. It's not as boring as it seems because, again, i had started up a conversation with 4 new people. They were all college kids. Very very determined people. Just like the last story, we did not properly introduce ourselves. In fact, i don't think we ever got to that. Anyways, there was one girl who had noticed that i was filipino (hello, ms. obvious) and it just so happened that we were born at the same island in the PI. She went to the same school as my ma, and we both shared a common goal. I'm not sure where our conversation led us, but it was really cool. I think i know more about her than the people in the room who had already known her for some time. Moreover, they made the 4 hours worth while, and i had enjoyed it.
OH, the acts of destiny. OH, the chemistry of perfect strangers.
I often tell people, "you know, i find it easier talking to strangers than to people i already know." They respond with a, "really?!" Why, yes of course. There's no disappointment because there's no expectation. Plus, there's just beauty in acknowledging people's existence. You never know, they might just save the day.
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