the chat in the cab
Saturday, October 07, 2006
♥ Saturday, October 07, 2006
'Happy happy can liao', the taxi uncle, mr John Doe, left me.
Was done with some Amplify ministry session, and on the way to meet zongrong, marcus Goh and kenneth at phuture. Being that i din wanna be late, i took a cab. And sparked a tiny conversation that i can only call what dota players coin as 'God-like'- while they mean its something thats impressively powerful, i mean it as the only way God would want it to be.
'go where', uncle asked.
'zouk, you know where?'
'wo zhi dao ah'
..... and it carried on, cant remember exactly, but it suddenly touched on this.
' xian zai bu enjoy, ji shi enjoy?'It was just a statement pertaining to my going zouk that day.
i laughed. Its true; enjoyment is imperative to an individual my age, or wait,any age for the matter.
'your children studying in uni?' i asked in chinese. In fact, just about our entire dialogue was in mandarin la.
'no la, secondary school only.'
'what sch?'
he muttered somehting... i couldnt really make out what he said.
'somewhere in marsiling'.
'wah..the next president or prime minister!' i joked.
' no need lah...just dont do anyhting stupid, zuo ge hao ren (not exactly wad he said..), can ardy la.'
Was that what we learn in like chinese classes? was that what 'you yong de ren' meant? Being good?
The conversation went on...and somehow touched on the subject of age.
'uncle you've been driving for how long ardy?'
'12 years liao...'
'haha aiyah few more years your children come out take care of you lor...'
'take care of me? dunno la...they'll say me muddle headed (was that the word in chinese?) one la...old people all like that wad. Go zouk hear until go zoo!'
'uncle, will you let your children go zouk next time?'
'aiyah they want to do what, let them do lor..sometimes cannot control too much also what.'
And then he spoke of what i understood as, as long it was within a certain tolerance it is ok.
'uncle your shift until what time?'
'do until 5am!'
'wah..then tomorrow rest lor...'
'go home sleep lor, then wake up buy kopi then go back drive.. need money wad bo pian'
Cant remember much of the content. If i were to compare it with many other conversations, and even sharings, perhaps this wouldnt amount to much... but this, had a somewhat magical impact on me.. it was another father's and another citizen's and another human being's lens on this world.
Of course, it definitely wasnt comprehensive. It probably isnt even interesting, but it meant something to me..not only was it light hearted and spirited, it was truthful and honest, and i was a complete stranger to him.
It was a life philosophy, no? 'happy happy can liao'. It meant something to me.
