Be somebody!

I went to see Dave about the flat last night. The time I got there it was after 9pm. It should have been a 15 or 20min chat, it turned into a marathon session that didn't finish till 4.30am the next morning. 3 rounds of tea, biccies, toast! That's 7 and a half hours of talking! The only time I had a talk like that was in Abu Dhabi but even then it wasn't as long as that!

He told me that the 4 other people who had come to see the room had all phoned back saying they would take it, but luck for me I phoned in first or the fact that he liked the novelty of having a Scottish Chinese.

Dave (or Byron as he likes to refer to himself) is a likeable guy! Been to 28 countries, was a fashion designer but now a writer. He gave me some extracts from his book. I can see him becoming a good friend. A very logical person but perhaps a racist?

Doesn't like Indians, Filppinos, Koreans etc. He on bis guard when he meets these people. More to do with past experiences. He told me that 80% of the callers about the room had been Indians!

A brief summary!
Thai - 1 in 10 are druggies!
Sudanese - 1 in 10 commit a serious crime!
Koreans - very childish
Germans - very straightforward if they like you they let you know.
Japanese - nice to you even if they don't. Like you!
Irish - friendly troublemakers who like to shit stir!
Australians - like to shit stir! They aren't interested in other cultures apart for being able to buy cheaper products and nice food etc Chinese! An extract from his book!
Chinese - friendly and respectful, who are concerned about pleasing there parents.
Asians - concerned with working, he told he had a friend that would work 7 days a week just. To get stuff done and never took his holidays and when he asked him why and He started crying! I can relate to that, there was a time in life that I was like that , always at the office. That changes when I was in hospital and not once did any of my bosses come and see me, then they sent me a letter telling me I was redundant when I was still recovering! Lets just say I not been back to see anyone in the office since then and I only just phoned last week to check it was ok for a reference!

We talked about a whole range of stuff. Stuff like eating instant noodles for every meal can kill you because of the wax coating on them, cases o students dying etc!

This was deep meaningful stuff, stuff no one has asked me before really!

Who are you?
What do you want in life?
What are your passions, desires!
Where you want to go?
What are your regrets?

I was struggling for answers, people that know me know that I don't tend to talk about personal stuff! I don't know if that stems from being Asian as he said that he finds that a lot! He has a similar problem with our other flatmate! He was like you Asians don't trust anyone!

He said I should charge me $100 for being my shrink, to which I replied I am Scottish, its like getting blood out of a stone!


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