Archive for May, 2008

So there I was…sitting on the platform benches going over my Databases Lectures. I had missed my early train so I had to wait another 15 minutes for the next train. *sigh*

So there I was…when suddenly, a gust of wind comes flowing past me, blasting the papers out of my hand. It appeared to be like a scene from a movie…but yeah…both pages hit the person next to me, he caught one page but lost it again, one page flew behind me to the next platform whilst the other page flew onto the tracks. So I was a sad panda that I had lost my two pages. I sat back down looking at the man sitting next to me just as shocked and amazed as to what had happened:

Me: Don’t worry about it. But thanks.
Him: So you’re studying I.T.?
Me: Yeah
Him: This is what you’ll be doing when you graduate *points down at pieces of paper in his hands*
Me: Whats that?
Him: Just an application *rambles on about what it needs to do*…just some simple stuff
Me: Coool…
Him: Where do you study?
Me: University of Sydney, I’m studying Bachelor of IT
Him: Just plain IT?
(I thought he wanted me to do something a combined degree or something)
Me: yeah
Him: No majors?
Me: Well, I hope to Major in computer science and information systems

And then some old lady sat between us and I went back to studying.

It was at this moment which I had this thought. Remember the Bus seating problem? Yeah…that one, now imagine this one…you just met a stranger…you’ve began talking to them…now if you were to get on the train/bus would it be appropriate/awkward to sit next to them?

As the train arrived, we got up and he handed me a piece of newspaper telling me to read it, on it it had a job ad for an IT student. We got on the train and he sat down on a six seater…so I sat next to him and we began talking. We talked about the IT boom, work, studies, Russel Peters etc…really nice guy, turns out his name is Raj and he also lives in Kogarah. It’s funny how on weird occasions you can just talk to someone you’ve never met more easily than people you’ve known for a year. I guess with some people you can just talk to but with others it’s a pain.

We got off at Kogarah and went our separate ways.

…to be continued?