Meeting New People And Making Friends
15 Jul 2007
“Tough?” a male voice hovered over my head.
I was minding my own business on a train ride home last night when this man sitting next to me got interested in what I was reading on my lap.
Well, I was revising my sign language after Lesson 4. Can’t blame him, can we? 
“Interesting” I replied. This is followed by a non-stop conversation fringing on sign language.  I got to know that he has a client who is also a deaf-mute and they have been conversing through paper and pen.
We got acquainted and of course, during the trip I showed him some of the simple gestures and highlighted some differences in our own “hand gesture” versus the actual sign language.
Things always happen out of expectation, don’t you agree? Now that I’m recalling, this wasn’t my first time befriending people on a train ride!
Can we make use of such incidences to widen our social circle? I say, what is stopping you? You don’t have to give the person your personal details, but if you do carry your business card around, it’d be good to exchange it with your new friend and you can start getting to know each other better through email.
Why am I saying this?
Because I know many singles who are fretting over how, where and when they can meet more people and increasing their chances of meeting their special someone. Guess what? The universe has it’s way of bringing you to him/her and vice versa.
But how ready are you? Do you dress shabbily just because you don’t think there’s anything important that day? What if suddenly a most unexpected invitation came and you truly have no time to rush home and dress up?
Or you may be feeling moody that particular day, but what is stopping you from giving the person a smile when he/she is making a friendly attempt to strike a conversation? You wouldn’t know what can transpire from that simple “Hello” and a nice smile, do you?
Be ever ready to make a new friend, if you are single and searching. Because he/she may just be around the corner…
Having said this, we all must have our own discernment to judge whether this person is sincere or not. So, while keeping your eyes and heart open for options, do bear in mind to exercise caution.
P.S To this guy whom I’ve just met, if you are reading this why not leave a smoochie and say hi to all our friends here at LOVE, Kloudiia? Cheers!
[tags]meeting new people, subway, opportunity, singles, dating & relationship, sincerity[/tags]
6 Responses
2007 Jul 16
think positive and be proactive, that ain’t hard rite?
2007 Jul 17
Speaking of sign language and being friendly, I met a beautiful girl at the ice skating rink and we didn’t exchange a word. Only smiles. Very interesting experience…
Did I regret not speaking to her? Yes and No. Yes, because I may never see her again. No because the experience was just so special… connecting with someone without uttering a single word. I guess you can relate to that.
2007 Jul 17
Yes CS, no matter what we do, it’s always imperative to start with a good foundation – which is what you said! Think positive and start acting!
Wow SJ, sounded like a very romantic encounter! Hmm…
Imagine if you were to meet her again, will you go up and say “Hi”? Will you??? 
2007 Jul 17
It’s easy to build a relationship with someone. It starts with conversation and learning about one another and you’ll find that it rapidly moves on to he-ing and she-ing as that’s how we’re all programmed. Keeping a good relationship is tougher because it seems that one person tends to think all the work has been done and a relationship is always evolving.:smile:
2007 Jul 17
Well you know those visualization exercises we have to do? I was imagining meeting her again and waving to her and tapping on the glass and spelling out “hi remember me?” on my hp and her nodding her head and me spelling out “What’s your name?” and so on..
2007 Jul 18
Feelingflirty, you’re absolutely right! That’s the main message I wanna convey to people too in my book about building loving and lasting relaitonship!
Hey hey SJ, starting to feel even more regretful that you didn’t say “hi” to that beautiful gal ya? Ok, I shan’t rub salt further. Wishing you all the best of luck! And yes, very vivid visualisation will help, but that’s not enough.
Visit the skating ring as often as you can to catch her!