Everyone had been so kind to me yesterday. They let me smell and inhale cigarette’s smoke for FREE, no payment charged. Such a nice deed! Do you know how much a pack of cigarette is? I don’t. They must be so expensive… or cheap?
Yesterday, I took a public transportation to the station and the driver was ever so kind. He filled the whole car with his cigarette’s smoke, so all the passengers could smell it freely. I opened the window so wide, but a teenage girl closed it again, so afraid that the wind would damage her hair. I argued, and we decided to open it a little. I felt like a fish in a drying river, gasping for some fresh air.
Then I queued at the station’s ticket booth only to find that the next non-smoking express train was not available until the next hour. What?? I just couldn’t wait that long, not where everyone was too kind: they smoked everywhere to let everyone smoke, too. How would I repay for their kindness??
Luckily, an empty economy train was on the way. I knew the risk, but I needed to leave soon. I chose a seat near an opened door. Yes, the doors are always open even when the train is speeding like a million kilometers away! Unluckily, some men were sitting on the door, smoking comfortably! The wind mixed with the smoke was blowing to my face. Phew! I didn’t know there were so many kind men in the world. I left to find a ‘comfortable’ place.
I found a seat near an opened window. Not bad, I thought. But not for long. A man in his fifties sat down next to me and started to smoke a cigarette. Oh, God, this is really my day, I thought. So I stood up and looked for another empty seat with a ’safe’ surrounding. I couldn’t. People smoked everywhere. So I chose to stand up for the whole journey, once in a while popping out my head to the nearest window, breathing for some fresh air.
From the station, I took a taxi to work. I was so glad it was my yoga day in the evening. If it’s the Korean course’s day, I would have been DOWN and FAINTED (hahaha!)… even though my course’s friends are so kind. Well, the Korean thing is another story.
