A Lesson from a Jap Girl

I was on the train to meet Yan at Cityhall MRT this afternoon.

Just so happen that at the Clementi stop, 2 students, presumably from NUS came in. They were carrying a luggage case. They started to speak. I somehow think that the girl wasn't chinese. And I was right. She was Japanese. The guy, her bf... somehow is either Singaporean or Taiwanese... he knew how to speak Japanese too... but speaks English like a Singaporean or maybe a little Taiwanese.

Girl: blabbing in Jap
Guy: I like the way you speak in Jap
Girl: I like the way you speak in English

Ahem...ahah... quite funny

Then later girl started talking about her room mate and how nice she was. Then the guy said its because you are nice, that's why people are nice to you. Girl feels very fortunate that all the people around her are nice people. And then after quite a pause, girl says "My mum always tells me that if you are nice to people, people will be nice to you".

Somehow, something so simple... but I almost forgotten I knew this. Unhappiness and feeling of unfairness has taken over me... and I become more and more self-centered. I kind of appreciated people less for what they have done for me but concentrated more on why they didn't do this and that. Felt quite bad that I actually thought this way... and forgotten the basics... that if you would like people to treat you nicely, you should treat people nicely too.

And I also found courage to face whatever is there for me... even if they were all decided to dislike me... that I'll be brave and stand up right amid all storms.

I'll be nice and more appreciative. :)