you know i realized one thing today.. it actually feels nice to be nice.. =)

funny story, after indo service i was hanging out with andre, edward and a few other guys.. i was actually playing around with the indian accent because edward's drum sticks' brand is 'Vater'.. i joked that's how an indian would pronounce water =P anyway, andre asked me to pick up an SOT student, he gave me the name of the person, flight number and time of arrival.. at that time i automatically assumed that he is some church worker from indonesia.. few moments before i left i checked the changi airport website for the arriving terminal of the flight.. and shockingly enough, the flight is an Air India flight from Chennai.. for a while i thought andre was pulling a joke on me because of my 'stunt' form the day before.. talk about irony =P

i brought him to his lodgings and bought him an EZ-link card.. his housemates were actually impressed that i did that and surprisingly i got along well with them.. he's got two housemates, one a full timer from india and another one a pastor form korea.. they are nice people and it kind of cheered me up to make new friends.. it somehow opens up another side of me that i lost for the past few months.. =) i hung out with them for a while, and they walked me to tiong bahru and we talked for a while in mcd.. i bought the sot guy a meal.. on the way back home while i was walking.. it somehow popped up in my mind that that sot guy has never stepped out of india before and it was his first trip ever oversea and the meal i bought him was his first meal ever oversea.. it somehow makes me feel kind of important, i in some way became a part of this history that is going to unfold..

a final thought though.. it is you that has to be the one who starts to be nice.. be the intiator, the one who does things first.. it may cost you a little bit of pain in your heart but i believe it pays well in the end.. all in all, being nice is wonderful, you may not feel it rightaway, but when you see the fruit, you will have a sense of satisfaction nobody can ever give.. =)
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