XXV : Value

Remember that Value of Time quote a while ago? Part of it played out. After work today, which was around 6:30pm, I walked to the tram stop to wait for the Route B line. After standing for about 2 minutes, a man crosses the road ahead of me and comes in my direction. He's got the short stature, black glasses, laptop bag, Asian-professor-like look and when I look up, he asks "Was that the Union Station tram?" I nodded and said yeah. And he darts after it. I thought, lucky that there's a red light right now, maybe he'll make it. And the bus drivers are nice people. They'll stop to let you in even if you're not at the tram stop. Anyway, I continue waiting for my tram to come. But I'm sad to say, he did not make it to the Union Station tram in time. He came back saying "if only I were 5 minutes earlier! I could have made it on that tram." I really need to meet more people. All I could respond was "awww..." But I decided to start a short conversation. I asked him, "how often does the tram come?" And I got a really detailed reply, which had a bit of complaining entwined with it, but all good. He said, "Every hour. So the next one will be at 7, and my train leaves at 7. The next train is at 8pm. This sucks." hahaha. yeah, when I say short conversation, I really mean a short conversation.

Anyway, it was interesting that I chatted with some strangers today. I heard Linty bike passed and when I looked toward the voice, I thought I saw her, so I shouted "LINTY!!!" but she continued on. A girl next to me who had just got off her phone commented, "I don't think she heard you. People on bikes never hear anything." Yeah, I don't think people on bikes focus on their surroundings much. Hence, bike accidents with pedestrians (?! stop confusing us with your swerving maneuvers, thinking you can avoid us walkers who go in a straightish line!) and cars. I wonder, do people on bikes pay less attention to the road or people walking? ... so dangerous out there.

All the more to value each second. Or each moment, pleasant or unpleasant at the time. They're all different.