04-26-2017, 03:04 PM
(04-23-2017, 05:27 AM)D.Ace Wrote: Day 18-21 with US+TLAM
Unlike in the capital or other big cities, my hometown is a small one and having a slower pace compared to others.
The environment suits me to think and taking decision in a clearer manner.
On the 19th day, an old friend from Junior High asked me to come to see him in an usual place, he would like to introduce me to his "Mom", I couldn't really go out for my head felt like about to burst from sleep pattern change and moving around the town quite a lot. He insisted, so I dragged myself to get there.
She's a street merchant in zero point of the town, it's quite common profession in a tourism destination town, in this case, she sells photograph frames and illustration drawing service. There was nothing special until we started to talk.
She literally "read" through me by my gestures, gaze, and outlook in overall. Later I know that she often being consulted by officials, entrepreneurs, and such for advise and consideration. I didn't know where she learn about people and I didn't bother to ask, all I knew was that she gained my trust to talk about things I never reveal to anyone before.
And as she's a stranger to me, I have nothing to lose by talking about my current circumstances, the challenges I've been dealing with, and the opportunities I'm presented to, in fact I found it so good to be able to talk so freely when I usually restrain myself to even giving any hint about.
Just like me, I suspect her being naturally sympathetic that she could feel my pain and confusion reflected in my eyes (she said so, and I admit it as correct).
By the end of the conversation on that sidewalk, I felt my headache disappear and somehow feeling encouraged about the steps I will take.
Her last words are pretty similar to the cab driver I met. "It maybe dark and cold during these rainy days, but you need to keep on walking. It's necessary for your growth, and you will see rainbows when the sun starts to shine again. You knew it."
