Friday turned out to be a very intellectual day indeed. And somehow the gloomy rainy weather seems to have an effect what's been going on. I went grocery shopping that afternoon and when I went back home I bumped into my pastor. He's waiting for something so we chatted for awhile in the cafe just around the corner from my place. Talked about football and such but mostly on the subject of photography. Like I said in my previous post that I have an issue with regards to self-confidence and I think even more so in this area. After talking to him, although he hasn't answered any of my self-confidence questions but there is this assurance coming from him about my issues. And oddly enough, that actually gave me some confidence to what I do. I'm sure my friends have been doing that waaay earlier than him but it is just something else when the same words come from an older wiser person. Words of wisdom just flowed from him and you just can't help it but absorb it all. Because at the end of the day, I am an intellectual person and that is how I operate. There are reasons for what I do, why I do things and how I approach it. For me, that short-but-feels-like-a-day 1.5 hour conversation ticks all the right boxes.
As though today were part of a play, there's the intermission. He later went to Hertz to grab the car he was going to rent and after the person at the counter ran through him with some of the options that he can have for the rented car, my pastor went on to call his wife to discuss a few things. I was at the counter just looking after his stuff. Then the guy at the counter said to me, "Is he your dad?" I told him no but I was trying so hard not to burst out laughing. Told my pastor after that on what had happened and he thought it was funny. We people in church have been making fun of his age, his hair etc so it seems that some people outside of church seem to think so too =P Well, it's either that I really look that young or that he is...well, wiser. Lol.
After OCF the intense conversations resumed, first starting with a bunch of people asking me to explain the Monty Hall Problem. Some have said that they have been thinking about the problem for 3 days and still don't get it. That just opened up a whole can of worms. From the topic of probability we strayed to issues of mathematics, statistics, economics, finance, neurology and physics to say the least, and in that order. I think I have overloaded my word quota for today and tomorrow man. So geeky right?
Day 5 of trying to boot my netbook with a USB and I'm deciding to just throw in the towel. I think maybe this is a sign that I should stick to Linux and/or Mac. *shake fist*
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