never judge a book by it's cover

yesterday was a wonderful experience. i learned one thing..never judge a book by it's cover..well,not that i dont know that before but yesterday was the biggest impact.

there is this man in my office..same room but different section..he's under finance..his name is shankar..about my dad's age and he had this really stern face and never smiles.i usually avoid looking into his direction and hate seeing him anywhere. yesterday the lady who usually sends me to work was on leave so i followed my boss,Mdm Radhiga to work.after work she said she couldnt send me so she asked me to follow Mr shankar and she made the necessary arrangements. i was terrified inside but i had no choice but to follow him back.at 5.30,he was sitting on his desk so i went over and asked him..sir..shall i wait for u at the guard post? and he said,yeah yeah..i will send u back and with an angry face..he looked at me and said..why u calling me sir for? and his collegue piped in,call him uncle..i was so blur and mr shankar again said,"u call me uncle or sir and i wont send u back". and then i realised he was playing with me:)went down to the guard post and waited for him to come down with all kinds of thoughts in my mind-what on earth am i going to talk to him..arghhh!i was supposed to follow him back to his house,wait for him to get ready (coz he wanted to go to the kulim golf course,his house is in bm) and i was wondering how uncomfortable i am going to feel in the house etc etc etc. and then finally he came down and said come follow me. then we started talking..we spoke abt education at first. then he asked me how i travel to work and was making fun of the daily juggle i do in order to get to work. he offered to take me if i dont mind. then we spoke abt our favourite singer..i like enya and sting and he was suprised. he said to like enya and sting,u must have a certain level of intelligence.he he!it turned out,he likes enya,sting and enigma. we were discussing abt it.we spoke abt toastmaster and he asked me to follow him to the meeting next next week.we spoke abt animals(german shephard,cocker spaniels,dobermans) and then abt national geographic and aliens and eric von daniken and then we reached his house..oh boy..that is truly my dream house..it's so extremely beautiful.with all the indian touches..wow! i couldnt find words to desribe it but i have truly falled in love with the house.i have never seen anything like it before. his cute cocker spaniel greated us,all ready to jump on me. i played with it for a while.then went inside,had tea and biscuits.his wife went out for a walk and truly speaking,i was in complete ease at the house.watched tv and explored the house.

then he was ready and we were in the car again..talking abt spirituality and we were arguing and talking and discussing.he is such a knowledgeable man and i truly look up to him. i want to be like him too.there were so many things to talk abt and i was really sad coz i felt we reached kulim way too soon.(and earlier i was contemplating how boring the ride was going to be:))

it was an eye opener. hope i will have more opportunities to discuss interesting matters with him next time.yee haa!!