I am back.

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I have spent last several months…meditating, and I found it a very productive experience. I walked aimlessly on the King street at Toronto downtown, dreaming of some sick rich brothers peeping from a window of one of those high-rises and debating what I might do with a one-million-dollar-cheque, yes, like what had happened in that old movie.  Maybe I should settle for one hundred bucks. 


That didn’t happen.


But I did try several things that might sound outrageous to other people. The most interesting anecdote was my experiment on a fast track to my stardom after hearing so much about Lady Gaga.  I named myself Mister Shark. It was cool, wasn’t it?  If I was to put on a stage, in the glare of the cameras and a shower of kisses from hundreds of screaming girls, all I needed to do was not pass out or not trip myself.  


I started out the voyage in a subway station, during the most crowded time of the day, fiddling with my ukulele, and, of course, I did not forget to put a big straw hat in front of me serving as…you know what it was.


I spent the whole morning singing and dancing industriously, and surprisingly I found out in dismay that no matter how busy it was inside the subway station, there always was a huge clearing space around me – people would sacrifice their personal space in order to avoid me!  Needless to say, there were only countable small coins inside my straw hat. I wondered why it was only the poor who were willing to help the poor.


There was one man who was watching my show while eating a hotdog.  During a hiatus of my show, he came up, extended his arm and offered his half finished hotdog. I felt so grateful to this kindness that I accepted it on behalf of my groaning stomach, but I did not like the idea of eating his saliva. So I asked half pleadingly if he could buy me another one.  He said he did not have any money on him.  Better than nothing. I started to eat the hotdog from the end that was not touched by his saliva.


Then, I thought I should split with him whatever was in my straw hat.  I counted out some coins – $1.59, half of what I had earned so far - and gave them to him.  He did not take them, instead he told me politely that his hotdog was worth $3.99 and he wanted all my coins! Then I realized that he was the one who was serving at the hotdog cart. In a fury, I stopped chewing, spit out a bite of the hotdog and asked him if I could return it.  He said patiently it was not possible. That was how he sold his hotdogs.

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welcome back, Shark! -tingfeng- 給 tingfeng 發送悄悄話 (0 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 09:18:06

Hi, happy new year. -hammerheadshark- 給 hammerheadshark 發送悄悄話 (0 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 09:31:17

Ha, set your goal big. Try banks next time. :) -hammerheadshark- 給 hammerheadshark 發送悄悄話 (0 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 09:51:21

singing at subway station? admire your courage :-) -同學小薇- 給 同學小薇 發送悄悄話 同學小薇 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 10:02:08

I wish I had it. -hammerheadshark- 給 hammerheadshark 發送悄悄話 (0 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 12:17:26

Welcome back, Shark. Enjoyed your writing, as always! -非文學青年- 給 非文學青年 發送悄悄話 非文學青年 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 10:45:23

Thanks, I am counting on you to watch my back. -hammerheadshark- 給 hammerheadshark 發送悄悄話 (1741 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 12:07:30

I am very glad. -非文學青年- 給 非文學青年 發送悄悄話 非文學青年 的博客首頁 (1446 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 12:42:48

I know I might be wrong, but I still take your story as a fictio -ntotl- 給 ntotl 發送悄悄話 ntotl 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 11:26:29

You are not wrong. -hammerheadshark- 給 hammerheadshark 發送悄悄話 (127 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 11:47:04

common spelling error, weird man -bmdn- 給 bmdn 發送悄悄話 (0 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 12:06:44

Thanks,second time on this one this year. -hammerheadshark- 給 hammerheadshark 發送悄悄話 (0 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 12:11:36

You are a genious story teller -bmdn- 給 bmdn 發送悄悄話 (27 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 12:05:32

Genius. -hammerheadshark- 給 hammerheadshark 發送悄悄話 (0 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 12:20:12

ok, we are even now :-) -bmdn- 給 bmdn 發送悄悄話 (0 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 13:29:53

Thank you. Finally, someone is laughing. -hammerheadshark- 給 hammerheadshark 發送悄悄話 (107 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 12:22:39

回複:I am back. -非文學青年- 給 非文學青年 發送悄悄話 非文學青年 的博客首頁 (1002 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 13:07:57

回複:回複:I am back. -hammerheadshark- 給 hammerheadshark 發送悄悄話 (923 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 13:35:09

回複:I am back. -同學小薇- 給 同學小薇 發送悄悄話 同學小薇 的博客首頁 (1754 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 14:28:34

回複:回複:I am back. -hammerheadshark- 給 hammerheadshark 發送悄悄話 (5307 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 20:14:40

Nice ... -Lucidus- 給 Lucidus 發送悄悄話 Lucidus 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 15:15:51

Thank you, Lucidus -hammerheadshark- 給 hammerheadshark 發送悄悄話 (0 bytes) () 01/09/2013 postreply 21:00:21

welcome back! -rockcurrent- 給 rockcurrent 發送悄悄話 rockcurrent 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 21:33:39

Thank you, shake hands. -hammerheadshark- 給 hammerheadshark 發送悄悄話 (0 bytes) () 01/09/2013 postreply 21:07:18

I am so glad that you are back。。 -beautifulwind- 給 beautifulwind 發送悄悄話 beautifulwind 的博客首頁 (158 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 22:52:46

No, thank you. Learn English with me. -hammerheadshark- 給 hammerheadshark 發送悄悄話 (582 bytes) () 01/09/2013 postreply 21:33:35

It has always been a pleasant thing to read your stories.:) -beautifulwind- 給 beautifulwind 發送悄悄話 beautifulwind 的博客首頁 (411 bytes) () 01/10/2013 postreply 09:28:56

Welcome back! -衝浪潛水員- 給 衝浪潛水員 發送悄悄話 衝浪潛水員 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/09/2013 postreply 20:49:04

Thank you. Like your random thoughts. -hammerheadshark- 給 hammerheadshark 發送悄悄話 (41 bytes) () 01/09/2013 postreply 21:36:41

Glad to see you back. -紓珈- 給 紓珈 發送悄悄話 紓珈 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 01/10/2013 postreply 06:32:10

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