I had a brief encounter in KL recently. I did two things, appearing in "court" and catching up with friends, whoever were available to meet me. And I was lucky to have met Flo at Harrods Cafe, KLCC the day I arrived.
While waiting, I ordered myself a blueberry apple crumble and a house blend to quench my craving for a cuppa. A dessert is not normally what I'll have but as tea time was near and I wouldn't want to finish my cuppa too soon, I decided on the crumble based upon the fanciful description in upper-class English. How would you not be influenced when you're in such an upmarket environment. As I was just arriving from the Budget Terminal, my attire would render me unwelcomed if it was in Harrods, London ( I just had that impression in my mind, not sure why ).
The blueberry apple crumble turned out to be the most delicious dessert I have ever had for such a long time! I really enjoyed every bits of it and I thought, it'll be great with a weak cinnamon tea. Nonetheless, the house blend served the purpose in a very unique way as well.
Flo arrived and our conversation started. While catching up, I was already almost done with my crumble and I thought it would be too rude to offer her for a taste (sorry, Flo!). It was a nice brief catching up session and it's always that nostalgic feeling of meeting an old friend after a long break. With social networking technolgy these days, sometimes it's difficult to detect where we have left off actually, in terms of face-to-face communication.
I often wonder, will the future ever be laden with sentimentality and a real sense of connection between people, especially with friends? I am a sentimental person and I enjoy savouring on wonderful memories shared and I hope, we'll all continue to enrich those encounters and experiences together. In that way, I felt that I've beaten the machines, as those memories are not stored in hard disks or DVD, but in my very own RAM that makes me feel happy whenever I am offline.
