Unexpected

I received a call last night from an acquaintance whom I met 7 years ago during an overseas trip. As fellow Singaporeans in a foreign land attending the same conference invited by the vendor, we got along well. However, we never keep in contact after returning to Singapore. So you can imagine my surprise when this said acquaintance called me last night. I think he could distinctly sense my suspicion and uncertainty about the purpose of the call and had to reassure me he wasn't calling to sell me something (like insurance? haha). Yah, perhaps not now, but he might be staging something for the future "attack" ??

We exchanged pleasantries and did some catching up about our lives and despite sounding friendly, I was still guarded (hey who wouldn't??). I can't shake the notion that there is something more to this. The whole thing just seem so ....... unreal ? Maybe I'm just being the 小人 and eyeing him with my own prejudices about human nature :P

Will people really be so kind to call and catch up ? After a 7 years break ? I know I wouldn't. Its just not me. But that doesn't mean others wouldn't. Anyway, through the conversation I just told myself to relax, but somehow I also didn't want to let my guard down, to risk hacking away the defensive wall that I have put up. I guess I'm overly paranoid ? But I just hate feeling stupid thereafter, when I thought someone is being kind only to realise later he/she has his/her own hidden agenda. Then I felt so foolish and naive. Ah well, anyway, just some musings about something unexpected that happened.

And recently I also wondered ... when people ask you "how's your week so far" (or something along that line), they basically just wanted to to tell you about their week ? And not really keen in yours ? That's how I felt when I bumped into someone (that I dread) in the pantry and all she could do was rattle on about her week and stuff. She just found someone to absorb her ramble, and that person sadly, was me. :P

K, random musings ...