Funny Coincidences

Today, through a whole series of coincidences, I bumped into someone who meant a lot to me long ago. This was someone who was around during my angsty teenage years, who almost always made me feel better with her experiences, wit and her ability to make me feel special. She disappeared from my life after some unfortunate events, and even went out of her way to avoid any of us (through no fault of ours, or hers, mind you - just circumstances) and today, after many long years, I saw her again.

Anyway, yesterday, I was supposed to go to Maybank and CIMB to take care of some stuff for my Masters programme. In the morning, a really bad wave of morning sickness hit me pretty hard, and I was basically incapacitated. The fact that I can't stand the smell of my neighbour's cooking and the sound of the drilling in one of the houses above did not help.

I finally got something to eat and felt better for a while, but just as I got ready to go out, another wave hit, I decided to take a nap at around 1.45 and could not wake up until 5.00pm. My body was just that weak. So I took a rain check on my plans.

Today, I woke up fine and decided to head over to Desa Hartamas, because as far as I remembered, both Maybank and CIMB were located near each other there. When I arrived, I found out that the CIMB had been replaced by Burger King. AND I left my phone at home so I couldn't call anyone to ask for the nearest CIMB. I knew there was one branch in Bukit Damansara and one in TTDI, but it was next to impossible to get parking at those places, so I decided to head over the The Curve, where parking was a breeze.

I walked into CIMB, and there she was!

She was on the phone, cuz she seemed to be having some problems, so she waved and then went out to speak on the phone. I thought she was gonna walk off without actually saying anything else, but she came back to take care of her stuff and asked me to lunch. And the rest, as they say, is history.

It's funny cuz originally, my plan was to get stuff done yesterday but I was too sick for it so I could only get it done today.

If the CIMB bank was still around in Hartamas, I wouldn't have had to go to another branch.

If parking wasn't so impossible at the other branches, I wouldn't have decided to stop by The Curve

And if she hadn't been having problems and needed to make a call, she would've been done with her business long before I arrived.

So I guess this is what they call fate.