Short Stories (The Comedy and Serious)

Short Stories (Comedy & Serious)

30 January 2009

I like to write and I like to learn from this life. We’re living in a classroom of many lessons and odd characters. We need to look out for the lessons and then to break the monotony of the lesson; we need to find humour too… here are some of my stories…

1) Answered Prayer (Laptop)

I was coming home from a weekend with my dad in St Albans. And on the way back into London on the train, I fell asleep. Suddenly I woke up in a fright, and saw that I was at my stop… I rushed out of the train and ran up the stairs, stopping dead in my tracks. “Ah crap, I left my laptop on the seat in the train”

Running back to the train, the doors closed; I was too late.

So immediately I went to the info desk and asked the people to please stop the train and get a ground staff to fetch my bag.

The question racing in my head: “What if someone steals my laptop?”

I was bleak. The guy at the info desk said it will take a few minutes for train to get to next stop. I was worried… so I just closed my eyes and started praying. I asked God to help me, let the world be honest, and you know what, while I was praying a gentleman came to me and said: “They have your laptop”

I was so relieved! I know you may want to call it good fortune, but that’s where I always give credit to our good God.

God answers prayers!

2) Eat the Rich

If it were a date, this would be such a classic disaster. A friend of mine, from SA, was in London on the past weekend. And well, her family had invited me for breakfast on Saturday morning. To a posh place called: La Fromagerie.

Rule 1: Beware of eating in places, where u cannot even pronounce the name of it?

I had gone out the night before and had got home super late, so was really tired, only had 3 hours sleep… nearly not enough after a night of party.

Rule 2: If on a date (luckily it was not) have enough sleep, because otherwise you act out of stupid mode J (wait I do that most of the time anyway?)

So, I don’t know… I’m just a regular guy and went with my friend and her parents to this place. On the way, the dad “hollered’ for a taxi (yes, I just used that word!!) and then the taxi came, and I wish you could picture it in my head… my friend got it, then the mom… and then like, heck where was I supposed to sit, I thought well in the middle of the mom and dad… then they felt awkward, luckily my friend, told me to sit on this fold out chair that I hadn’t seen… wow, how embarrassing!

Rule 3: Having manners in stepping into a taxi can backfire… its very man for himself in a cab, just jump in first!! Saves you from awkward situations

Then at the breakfast place without paying attention; I ordered this meal that was called “something” farmhouse breakfast. I thought: “Cool, some bacon and warm fried eggs.” How wrong was I! Instead I got this streaks of cold meat and 3 different types of bitter cheese…and like so much bread… for a possible army… and yogurt that tasted so bad… haha…yet I was super amazing at pretending (I think I did pull a face though) and ate most of the meal… the longest meal I had to endure… after 3 hours of sleep and a headache! Haha

Rule 4: Don’t order from a menu when you don’t know what the items are

Rule 5: Don’t take an uncultured boy to a cultured place… disaster!!

The end

3) Hair like spaghetti

I have only been in London for less than a month and I am sure I will see many strange things in time to come; here is one of my first odd encounters…

I was on the tube the other day off to meet some friends for drinks.

On the way there I saw this attractive girl sitting opposite me… and what she was doing was far from attractive… she actually reminded me of the brunette from The Breakfast Club (movie). She was pulling out here split ends and then putting them in her mouth, sucking them in as if it were spaghetti. Then she would swish it around her mouth a bit and then swallow. That girl definitely had some issues and a huge hairball in her mouth. God bless her too! J

4) And you can’t even give Him your free time? (You of little faith)

I have been unemployed for the past month. I have done a few things to find a job. I have gone online and applied, I have dropped off my CV. But have I prayed? Some people say that we should, put out effort in and look; and I totally agree with that. But we so often, leave out the supernatural response and favour of God. We act a lot yet we don’t even attempt praying.

I have had a lot of free time to have quiet times with God, to worship Him you know, and to read His word and discover Him, yet I opt out and do other pointless things. I can’t seem to sit at His feet.

Just thinking out aloud…

5) Incredible Dad

I don’t know who came up with it, but there is something known as the 5 languages of love. And each of us operates well in 2 of them. Once we know each other’s love language, then we can love them well.

So basically I know to serve and encourage my dad, is to love him.

I went to visit him, with a new mind set and in prayer. And the weekend was awesome for me and for him.

You and I, able people take a lot for granted. The things I helped my dad with made me realise how incredible he is when he does all this stuff on his own.

From buttering toast, to opening tins, to frying things in a pan, to folding letters and sealing envelopes…

My dad is recovering from a stroke that he had just less than 2 years ago… and he has no usage of his left arm and left leg. He is doing physio, and working on getting movement and life back into those limbs… but that will take some time.

From zipping up his jacket, to putting on a glove and riding his mobility scooter.

All this is done with one arm. You try living with one arm for a weekend, you’ll learn a lot.

I went to gym with my dad, and we had a freestyle (crawl) race in the pool, with one arm, and I was impressed, my dad swam pretty fast with one arm, keeping up with me.

Then to see him pull himself out of the pool unaided… was incredible.

My dad has chosen to be a victor and not a victim of his situation.