I think the security guards here are really really nice people to talk to. And I kinda pity them, seeing as how they'll have to watch over five hundred and seventy (yes, I spelt this out for emphasis) units come next year. There are only a hundred occupied right now, and managing the clubhouse alone is tough shit already. I'd really hate to them one of them next year.
Anywhos, I had a really good chat with one particular security guard two days back. I think we started talking when he told me that he didn't think my mum would be coming down to the gym because her chinese drama serial was starting. I know how wierd that sounds. Then I asked him if he had dinner, just the usual polite banter and such, and then we got into a real conversation.
What is a real conversation? Like how many people can actually find time to have one with someone you've only known for what? Five minutes? Five minutes, all you know about someone is how good their first impression was on you, no bias of character, no knowledge of all the dark, shameful deeds that you've swept under your rug.
It was a really good conversation. Damn, I can't stop typing conservation, even though PW is long over.
We talked about how to lose weight. Wow. Then we talked about how to get my parents to cut some slack on the chain wrapped around my neck. Then we talked about life in general. He was telling me about everything that I would eventually face in life, the good, the bad, and the ugly, hence the title for this post. Everything I would face next year for the As, everything I would face in the army, everything I would face in Uni and beyond.
He was telling me to treat life like a chess game, to make every move with consideration of what came before, what's going to come, and another two more steps ahead. He also quoted Shakespeare ("All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players."), and told me that we each had our own roles to play in life.
He told me know people would get you to do things you already know are bad for you, like smoking and drugs, how they'd say that you were a coward and many other things. He said that heroes always die first, so they can be their own heroes. He told me how strong I had to be mentally to resist all these things, to not be affected by them.
He said that life goes on no matter what happens, and we should all just do our best to accept it and to roll with the punches. He told me that he liked to make friends from all age groups, because like in making curry, you needed both fresh and old ingredients.
I felt really bummed when I had to leave, but legs were killing me after the half and hour on the elliptical.
I'm going to keep this post here for a while, because I think it means a lot. Goes to show how much you can learn from a security guard eh?
Anywhos, I had a really good chat with one particular security guard two days back. I think we started talking when he told me that he didn't think my mum would be coming down to the gym because her chinese drama serial was starting. I know how wierd that sounds. Then I asked him if he had dinner, just the usual polite banter and such, and then we got into a real conversation.
What is a real conversation? Like how many people can actually find time to have one with someone you've only known for what? Five minutes? Five minutes, all you know about someone is how good their first impression was on you, no bias of character, no knowledge of all the dark, shameful deeds that you've swept under your rug.
It was a really good conversation. Damn, I can't stop typing conservation, even though PW is long over.
We talked about how to lose weight. Wow. Then we talked about how to get my parents to cut some slack on the chain wrapped around my neck. Then we talked about life in general. He was telling me about everything that I would eventually face in life, the good, the bad, and the ugly, hence the title for this post. Everything I would face next year for the As, everything I would face in the army, everything I would face in Uni and beyond.
He was telling me to treat life like a chess game, to make every move with consideration of what came before, what's going to come, and another two more steps ahead. He also quoted Shakespeare ("All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players."), and told me that we each had our own roles to play in life.
He told me know people would get you to do things you already know are bad for you, like smoking and drugs, how they'd say that you were a coward and many other things. He said that heroes always die first, so they can be their own heroes. He told me how strong I had to be mentally to resist all these things, to not be affected by them.
He said that life goes on no matter what happens, and we should all just do our best to accept it and to roll with the punches. He told me that he liked to make friends from all age groups, because like in making curry, you needed both fresh and old ingredients.
I felt really bummed when I had to leave, but legs were killing me after the half and hour on the elliptical.
I'm going to keep this post here for a while, because I think it means a lot. Goes to show how much you can learn from a security guard eh?
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