in retrospect...to bangkok
while listening to the music of Final Fantasy X titled Suteki Da Ne...
memories of the past slip through my mind like streams of water flowing gently in the brooks...and I am brought back to a certain part of my life which i have quite forgotten till now...
a story with no beginning or ending...i will try to recollect it here...but i know no amount of writing can do it justice for its sweetness n truth...
on my journey to israel last year in january, i took a thai airways plane bound for bangkok, thailand where i would stopover and transfer to an israel air flight to tel aviv, israel.
onboard the plane to bangkok, after much confusion and hasle over seating arrangments in the plane, i found myself sitting at a window seat beside a guy, possibly of the age of 22 or 23, chinese as i thought from his appearance.
at such close distance, it was kinda awkward initially as both of us kept quiet and were both immersed in reading material of our own interest. i was reading lord of the rings, or at least attempting to read it....while he was reading some paper....
time quickly flew by and meals were served shortly...
thro the ordering of meals, i realised that he was thai as he spoke in thai to the air stewardess...
after a few times of being in awkward situations like getting out of my seat to go to the toilet and he having to move out of his seat to excuse me..the situation became more relaxed...
and silence broke....
cant remember who started the conversation...but it isnt as important if the converation did not move on and progress...n it did..so much that we ended up talking for the rest of the flight..almost non-stop as i can recall..we chatted about lotsa things...not just plain conversation for the sake of being friendly but topics on our family, life, studies, culture, interests....it was as though time was not enough for the meeting of 2 strangers who were brought together by chance and time...
the meeting was much too short for our liking...and soon we realised the end of our tete a tete was coming to a close....but, any longer, the meeting might not leave an impression as sweet or memorable as this....
i dunno what made me recall this scene out of the blue...could it b the music...or just something i have brushed aside so easily...but now wish i had not...
and it was on that short ride to bangkok that i met this friend. the meeting i will never forget.
posted by sachelz @ 2:18 AM
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