*RB* Old Man meets Old Man.

Its been a busy week at the shop, not like i have been working there or anything but it has been a busy week, for the dudes that work there. But i've been busy too, ranting at myself because of those consumers that keep comming in and out of the fcking shop at random times. After ranting my last entry i figured that there had to be something going on around Birmingham, and i was right, mother peoples were comming from different countries to watch some badminton championship or something, and football. Thailand. Malaysia. HK.

So i was at the shop a week back and i was just minding my own thing, suddenly these two old dudes walk up to the counter, where i was leaning against and looked all suprised and stuff. Comes up to Jin and asks:

"Is Mrs Chan around?"
"Who's Mrs Chan man?"
"Mrs Chan the owner of the shop, has this placed changed new owners again!?"
"No...the shop's been in business for 5 years."
"So who's the owner?"
"My mom. Mrs Lee. Not Chan. You know my Mom?"
"Yeah i know Mrs Chan, But i dont know Mrs Lee."

Then my mom walks out and suddenly she told me that this old dude and his old english friend (Ray) were old time customers who come once every year to the shop to eat when they come down to watch some Championship business. Man he made Jin feel like a fool. He was an old guy, the chinese one, claimed to be around 76. 76 Years old and still travels with his 76 year old english friend. My grandma's around 76 (i think), and shes near enough got sickness everywhere. And for a week this old dude kept comming to the shop to eat at around 8 ish to 9 ish PM. Talking to Jin, telling jokes. He comes from London and is a traveller, explained to me that i should go look at some ink paintings cuz you cant see em up close:

"Boy! You gotta sit back and relax!"

He's a funny old man though. Takes the piss out of consumers at the shop. Takes the piss out of the girls who work at the shop, thats fucked up man. Takes the piss out of those ducks that we hang on this rack thing that he sees. Even takes the piss out of his english friend, just cuz he doesnt understand chinese. After every meal, when it comes to paying, Old Chinese guy would say something stupid in chinese at the old english dude. They would look at each other when the bill arives, like they cant see nothing, like its not there. Old English dude always pays for the meals, Old chinese guy never likes paying.

"Oi. You looking at my face or you looking at the table?"
"I'm looking around."
"Then do you the thing on the table?"
"Yes i see the bill."
"Good. Thats your bill, i didnt eat. So pay up."

Because he's 76 years old, experience comes like a box of pizza deliveries, so he tells me jokes about relationships, and women. Like all old dudes tend to do, but it wasnt a dirty joke. He tells me this joke about getting together will women, saying because they have things called make up, they because monsters. You wont recognise them unless you tell them to wash their faces. So he goes to Jin:

"Boy, i tell you about gurls. Wanna know?"
"Alright."
"Basically if you had a girlfriend in the future, and you two were thinking about getting together. No, if she is thinking about getting it on with you, ask her one question, and give her one answer.:
"What could that be?"
"Say to her 'Hey, do you want to get it on with me? If so. Go wash your face. If you dont like it, i pay the bill, if you like it, you pay the bill.' like that before you get eaten."

He knows a lot of people, actually it seems he knows a lot of people. Two nights back, in the afternoon when i arrived at the shop, he was sitting with his english friend (as usual) and some other dudes. Was a gurl and her coach from HK. Old Man introduced me to em like he's some close friend of mines, and so i got to know those two only by 0.1%. I forgot their names afterwards. The shop was boring, so i went back to mom's house to drop off the food for the sibbies, went back out and they were still eating. Actually it was the gurl who was still eating. The shop was jam packed like a bitch, even my own table, which i claim to be mine, got taken. So i was forced to sit in the corner, where Old chinese guy's table was in front. And man i tell you, that gurl eats. At first i thought she was around 20, but soon i figured she could be around my age. Old Man says she was selected as a badminton player representing HK. So she gets to travel across different places, see different things. Life must have been hard for her.

So i sat down and suddenly my meal came. The usual plain noodles and some veggies. Big Bowl. As soon as it came, Old Man stopped his own convo and everyone from that table was concentrating on my meal.

"You people, look at that meal. Plain Noodles. Did you know this boy was vegetarian? He's the son of the owner, Mrs Chan."
"He's the owner's son!?"
"Hmm. And he eats like a monk."

Im not a vegetarian, and im not a Monk. I just dont choose to eat corpse, drink corpse milk. So the gurl who was sitting at that table, who was eating up all those chicken, all that fish, all those crispy porks, all that rice (while asking for more) looked at me in suprise. Asked me:

"You really going to eat that!?"
"Yeah, its nice."
"But theres no meat in it."
"I like it that way."
"Are you sick?"
"No...i just eat one meal a day thats all."
"You must be sick, you want some meat?"
"Nah im fine."

So she hands me some meat anyways but i refuse, so i carry on eating while she carries on eating. And theres something funny about females, when they see someone whos at their age, or above, they would act all cool style. Pretending their not there, whether their own type or males. But as soon as you talk to em, they will focus their attention on the newly found friend, she would do it off beat though. While the others are talking. So i was eating, and listening to the convo at the same time and found her watching me eat, i couldnt smile at the time cuz i had noodles in my mouth, so i just gave her a thumbs up signal. She smiled and carried on eating. And then i watched her eat.

"Man, you eat!"
"Yeah this stuff is nice."
"You should eat more veggies."
"I've never tried eating like that, in HK we would eat meat everywhere, pouring soya sauce onto the meat. Mmmm. You want some soya sauce for your plain noodles?"
"Nah im good."
"Here lemme give you some soya sauce so you dont have to eat so hard."

It was a short period of communication, and soon she had to leave. HK gurl huh. She has an athletic smile. A really nice one too. She had scruffy long short hair, and is officially the first gurl from HK who has ever spoken to Jin. I've never had friends from HK (that women who works at that clothes washing place dont count), and i was certain that if we had more time. Things would have been shared. But there was no time. Shop was packed. She wasnt comming for a meal the next morning. I couldnt get up from my seat cuz the shop was jam packed.

"So you comming for a meal tomoz?"
"No, i cant. We have to fly tomorrow."
"Aww man. Take care of yourself. Ok?"
"I will."
"If when i go to HK, i'll watch you play. I'll remember your face."
"And i'll remember your's too."
"Fly safe."
":] "

So she left. Nice gurl with nice smile. I felt guilty afterwards cuz i didnt give her something. A present. I had a song for her. Figured she could be competing for the Olympics or something like that, so i wanted to give her a song by Andy Lau. Everyone is number one. But i didnt like a fool. Infact, i still feel guilty now, but not as much. Easy come. Easy go.

Old Man's last day of staying in Bham was yesterday, so he came for another meal with Ray, i gave him a present because he said he listens to Buddhist Lectures. Stated that he would come back at nighttime to eat one last meal before he leaves. Hit nighttime, dudes already returned home. Gives us a call to apologise. And that was it. No more HK smile. No more Old Man jokes. Just plain normal. All back to normal. Tell her to wash her face he said huh. Give me some soya sauce so i dont gotta eat like a monk huh. Once in a lifetime, i dont think i'll ever see them again.

"Boy, i'll tell you something about toothpaste. What one you use?"
"Colgate of course."
"You shouldmt nuy the ones with the flip open lid, should buy they ones with the screw lids. They're much better."
"How comes?"
"Because you can make it stand up on it's end."
"So what?"
"When you got just a bit of toothpaste left, make it stand up so it flows down. Next thing you know, it comes like smooth like when you're having a shit."
"Old Man i already know this already, thats what i do. Thats what you're supposed to do."
"Why didnt you tell me then!?"

Last night i returned to my Sis's place after staying over at Mom's house for two nights, and it felt good to have some personal peace and confinement. And i kept thinking of some lines from this one chinese poem written by a Chan Master (Hsu Ywin). It had ideas which i had ages ago, but i just couldnt write it up, but yesterday night i found my inspiration. HK Smile and Old man jokes. I'll write this new poem, just cuz of those two. She had a nice smile. I had to smile in exchange too.

Jin out for now. Got some hours of Sims 2 plus expansion to play. Gonna fck up some dudes.

PS - Saw the three dogs swim in my own eyes. Oscar went to chase ducks while the family thought he was gonna die, cuz he's fat. The other two went half way and came back, then went back in, then came back out. They were scared. Ah Lik tried to follow on into the water, but swam like a gurl and came back. Bibi wanted to follow his bro, but he was too small and weak, so he came back. After getting stuck in one spot in the water. Man oh man. Its a Monday.