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My daughters and I love spending time at our 'adopted' HQ (headquarters at the mall -- Starbucks, but of course! There's a history in it and I think I have written about it before in previous posts. And that history lives on in the hearts of my family.
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Well, the one thing that I love doing .. aside from my green tea frappuccino and corned beef sandwich, playing games on my phone, reading or writing ... is people-watching.
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We know that looking at a landscape of evergreens has its delight and pleasure which only Mother Nature can genuinely give. Now it's a different delight and pleasure when looking at this landscape of people.
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They come in all sizes... shapes... appearances... dress style... hair cuts and dyes... in professional decorum or in the swagger of an "I"- "Me" - "My" - "Mine" person... in all the socio classes of wallets and purses... genders... color... and religion... parents... children... yayas... grandparents... aunts... uncles... professors... students... businessmen... employed... unemployed... priests... nuns or sisters... the loners... groups... the first wives club... the other wives club... singles... married... separated... bereaved... and many others more with all other intentions good or bad coming in and out of any Starbucks door. Well, this Starbucks door, too!
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Almost always snippets of conversation trail down to your table, like it or not. One thing I have observed is that Pinoys can't talk or chat in low voices (even on their cellphones); it always has to be amplified twice regardless of place or time.
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Aside from their vocal narration of life as it befalls them, their eyes visibly validate or corroborate it, and then sometimes it looks the other way. But as someone once said it ------ 'the eyes have it all'.
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In summary, my own understanding of people and of life grows exponentially with every person and life story heard. Wisdom in its barest. Fortunately or unfortunately but much to my advantage this apparently provides authentic seeds for the writing, too.
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That's all for now, folks! My green tea frappe is waiting for me.
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Have a great day! God bless you!
".....much to my advantage this apparently provides authentic seeds for the writing, too." Indeed,you have a knack of contriving a fabulous write up out of an ordinary visit to Starbucks. Many go in ,have their coffee and come out but your hawk like eyes miss nothing and find the ammo for your articles.An uncommon gift.
ReplyDeleteWell, I can't get all the credit for that, KP. You see, God's gift is hard to ignore. You got to use it to deserve it. :-)
DeleteThanks for dropping by. As always your comments encourage and inspire. Thank you! God bless you and your family.
Wow loved this, it's as if I have been doing ut and yes I do this all the time too :(/ well said bits ofblife story and ton loads of imaginations around will make a complete story :(
ReplyDeleteHi Ramya! Welcome to the club :-) :-) Yeah, always a nice and interesting time spent people-watching with favorite drink in hand.
DeleteThanks for the lovely visit. God bless.
Wow loved this, it's as if I have been doing ut and yes I do this all the time too :(/ well said bits ofblife story and ton loads of imaginations around will make a complete story :(
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