chance

It has happened so many times that my female owner doesn’t know whether to be spooked by it.

It started in the postgrad pantry of the School of Psychology on the first day of class in Sem 1 this year. She was about to use the microwave oven when he also approached it. My female owner offered to let him use first. Her curiosity was aroused because Asian guys appearing in the postgrad pantry of the School of Psychology was a rare occurrence. She thought he might be a new student.

After lunch, she trotted off for her first class in domestic violence. Lo and behold, he entered the class. Mildly shocked at the coincidence, my female owner quickly figured out that he is a postgrad counselling student.

My female owner didn’t expect more “coincidences” to happen, after the two chance encounters within an hour. She was so wrong.

Soon after this, they happened to meet at the entrance of the library and chatted.

She met him once along the road, as she entered school at 6pm on a weeknight (she was meeting her supervisor, he was obviously on the way home). Again, they chatted.

Once, she saw him entering the library, as she was heading that way to meet Therapist Fren who had to meet someone else to pass on some materials. Anti-social, she decided to hang around outside before going in. She met Therapist Fren and waited with her for the person…. who turned out to be him! And they continued a conversation from the previous encounter. There’s no escape it seems.

Attending her first psychology class of Sem 2, she saw him in the class. He had chosen it as an elective. The chance encounters did not end there.

Recently, she met him again, at Sunnybank, on a random weekday where she was grocery shopping with Therapist Fren after an afternoon of tim-sum. She thought maybe he stays in Sunnybank.

And in one of the few times she went to the library this Sem, she was hunting for a particular book, when he appeared at the very aisle… and was looking for a book at the very spot she was at.

Today was probably the weirdest occurrence of all. She was in school doing some work. In the evening, after some procrastination, she eradicated herself to do a short run around the school. Finishing up at 1800hr, on a Saturday evening in uni, she met him again while going back to her office. He had just finished swimming and was going back to his locker. She asked him where he lived (coz of the chance encounter at Sunnybank) and found out that he lived in the same suburb as her. Hmmm..

How weird are these encounters?! She meets him more often by chance than any of her friends, in vastly different circumstances too. And before you think, wah, so fated, maybe it’s a sign… my female owner has been quick to point out that he is shorter than her. So no go.