Fate and Co-in-ci-dence

When it comes to fate and coincidence

I'm nothing but a faithful believer

It doesn't matter who, either god or any unnamed forces, or both

Bring two people together for a reason

It happened to me today

On my way from Sydney Airport to Parramatta Local Court

Being a stranger in town, I had missed a stop while struggling to know when I was

Thank to the well developed train system, I was able to get down on the nearest stop and hop on the very next train back to the missed station

And with luck, I was able to catch the train I was supposed to board, just seconds before the door shut

Frantically, I sat down and tried to catch my breath~~~

As the train went along, I've got nothing better to do but to look around the people in the cabin

(Sydney's trains were eye openers, they are those cool looking double decker trains, but nice only from the outside, rather deceiving as the interior was filled with HOT air! But only to realise later I was just not lucky enough to sit on a air-conditioned ones)

I overheard a phone conversation of a man in his 40s (or rather 50s, I can't tell)

What I heard was "Parramatta...bla bla...Parramatta"

And my tension was then released to a greater extent as I could be sure that I was on the right train

However, as time passed by, I noticed the huge digital clocks hanging on the wall of the platforms showing times way passed the scheduled arrival time that I had previously checked over the internet

(I was thinking, "cheh, even Sydney's trains are not puncture as well...)

After a few more stops, I started to sense something was wrong, hoping that it wasn't too late, I asked the man in sitting in front of me to check if the train was going to Parramatta

Turned out that Rick (yes, the gentleman's name), wasn't quite sure as well

With no panic, he casually told me that he was heading to Parramatta as well and to be exact, heading to the Local Court because of an eBay scam last year when he was trying to buy a MacBook Pro

Yaaa Riiiight..."I'm afraid we're both the victims of that scammer!"

And then without any delay, he yelled and asked a man to check if that train was ever going to reach Parramatta..."I'm afraid not" was the answer...

We jumped right out of the train the minute we heard his response to avoid further delays as we were actually already late for the court!

And we hopped on a taxi, no more train for us~

In the taxi, we both thought of how amazing it was for us to meet, and to take the wrong train together, and to sit back to back, it was merely a coincidence, it was a miracle!

We spent quite a while in the court, nothing much besides stressful environment in the court building, we rushed quickly in and out, none of us would want to waste another innocent minute in that kinda place.

And then we had lunch together

Found out that he's a counsellor, handling cases all the way from individuals to countries

We talked and talked and talked, maybe almost for an hour

Not to say I've learnt a LOT from him, but also felt great that we could understand each other so well

Yes, for sure, we'll keep in contact, he'll probably give me a buzz when he's here in Adelaide next year with his family~

Another life lesson learnt!

Looked at my watch, hmmm...still got a few hours to give.

Why not call up laopenyou and see what he was up to?

hehe, turned out that he was heading to the city for work at 4pm

That gave up about one hour time to meet up and talk nonsense!

Yes, we talked one hour straight of nonsense and took a long walk from the city to harbour bridge, the place near where he works

Eventhough we were talking rubbish most of the time, the feeling was still great, feeling of meeting with old friends! (yea, in fact he's old too)

Second time to Sydney, the view was still great, in fact, even better, harbour bridge is simply magnificent and opera house is gorgeous, how would anybody who works there be unhappy with those inspiring sceneries?!

Well, laopenyou was in fact late for his work but he seemed unworried to me, maybe he has already became a so valuable asset to his restaurant that even his manager has to listen to him?!

I'd love to stay over for a night or two, but I had already got my boarding pass while I was in the airport that morning...-.- (next time! next time! since a trip to Sydney is so easy, now only I understand money is the reason why of all, haha)

Goodbye to laopenyou, hello Sydney Airport...

Felt like the train trip back to the airport was much quicker than getting out there

GUESS WHAT!!!

GUESS WHAT!!!

I MET JANICE AND SONIA in the airport while going thru' the security checkpoint

They were with their cousin and probably on their way to melbourne

Couldn't differentiate them from distance, but one of them was obviously more playful and the other relatively, just relatively calmer~

NSW Police bought me a corporate pass, which means I could get into the virgin lounge

Why not?

Hmm, fancy environment with fancy looking people

And yes, with self served free foods and drinks provided

After all, nothing much really besides a great place to wait for the time to pass by rather than struggling to find a seat in a busy airport like Sydney's

Flight back was rather tiring, not to mention I needed to get up at 4am that day

Well, what an amazing day, just another day to remember~

Fate brings people together, it is then up to us to decide our future......