Enticing Deutch Odyssey

A mere walk back from Mcdonalds to school made me realise quite a few things today..

WHY??

While walking back to school, me and two other friends had to pass by this small park.. We were chatting and laughing while our feets carried us towards the school.. However, some SUPER PERASAN helpless punky derelicts hanging out at the park shouted at us, saying sth like this in german: HEY! U PEEPS SCOLDING BAD WORDS AT US HUH?!? My two friends were Peter and Marcus. Peter and I didn’t bother, we acknowledged unwanted hostility pursuing us slowly from behind, and so we just continued walking towards school.. Anw, we were just meters away from its backdoor.. The punks (3 of them) pursued us from behind and was shouting and stuff.. Marcus was pissed.. Instead of walking towards school, he stopped and waited for those peeps to come and ‘talked back’ saying sth like Whats ur problem? We weren’t even talking bout u! Mind ur own business.. Peter was telling Marcus, lets move, its unwanted and un-needed trouble.. But Marcus was pissed alright.. But all he wanted was to talk it thru.. But one of the punks (the leader I presume) back by other 2 punks, started pushing him and stuff, saying, come’on! One on one! etc.. Ok, so this is what I realised….

1. Wisdom and ability to swallow ones pride or ego, in chinese simply put ‘ren’ in the third tone… You see, Marcus is easily a 6’2 footer, tall, fit, broad shoulders and has kung fu background… (Yes, Pai seh lah, a Caucasian knows Chinese martial arts but I myself Chinese tak tau pula) At that very moment, IF he wanted to fight, he could have easily taken out those peeps.. Anw, those peeps were kinda stupid especially, the leader in particular.. He was standing on lower stairs challenging a bigger and taller Marcus, Marcus was standing on the higher stairs.. If Marcus would have just kung-fu’ed him,give him a kick or sth like that, he would have made a very bad fall.. Brainless ppl.. Anw, Marcus clenching his fists, turned his back away and just walked.. I think I really admire him for his ability to put into practise a commonly known fact which most ppl fail to do i.e. Learn how to stay calm or swallow ones pride.. Those punks didn’t pursue us any longer…

2. Sometimes, having the thought of not wanting to offend anyone can mean OFFENCE… And I realised that seriously, I’m defenceless if something like that happens to me.. I should have picked up a self defence skill back in msia.. This time around, I had big Marcus.. What about next time? If this can happen to local Germans, what more to a small sized Asian? Guess I should really watch my own back…

3. Unity. When we went back to school, in the breakhall.. When classmates and friends heard about it, they were all pissed and wanted to ‘challenge’ those peeps back after school, as we would have to pass by the same route to get to the gym for fitness lessons.. Wasn’t wise, but I think, unity counts.. haha.. I wasn’t part of the gang though, I had to catch a bus home so… Anw, I think it wasn’t some kinda payback, was more of more ppl=better self defence…

Picked up this quote I wish to share: Its never good to fight, but if you must fight, WIN! I shall make this my modus operandi from now on! Till next time……