Thursday, December 17

was on the bus today when an elderly man sitting beside me started a conversation with me. He started with complaining about one of the car drivers and went on to talk about other topics, from universities to jobs to getting into relationships. I was pretty startled in the beginning and out of respect, I continued to listen. It was more of a one-way conversation with him talking most of the time. Gradually I was pretty amused at how the conversation started and continued for so long.

I figured that he belongs to this category of retired elders who do not have much to do during the day and have lack of company to chat with, so I became the willing listening ear to hear him share about stories of the past. It was pretty insightful to hear from such stories, considering that I am very much into heritage. Don't usually get to hear from first-hand experiences, so today was considered as a chanced opportunity.

jel; 8:45 pm