Before I embark on the Philippines for a nice beach getaway, I'd like to tell you a little story. It's the best I got so far on the matter of the wonderfully insane ways life is treating us in.
Way back in 2008, I went to a concert of an artist previously unknown to me. His name was (and is) Jason Mraz, and to this day, he hasn't stopped to amaze and baffle me with his music, personality and written words. He has become a great source of inspiration for me and a person to look up to. That's why, in the beginning of 2009, I decided to purchase a poster of said artist to decorate my room with. The only thing I found on eBay was a poster of his concert in Taipei, which I bought in lack of other options.
Last spring, I knew I wanted to go on student exchange. What I didn't know was the place to go to. Naturally, I was in great indecision concerning my options. However, during one of these moments in which I was deciding about my whole future, my gaze went across the room and fell on said poster hanging on my door. Right there and then, it became clear to me that I had to go to Taipei.
Little did I know that now, in the fall of 2011, I am really writing these words from the city on the poster. But not only the city was "predicted", also the university. The venue Jason Mraz was performing in two years ago was the sports center of the National Taiwan University where I am studying right now. I see that building every day when I go to class, and it reminds me of how all the strings were tied together in this complicated work of awesomeness.
On Sunday, I am going to see Jason Mraz again in concert, this time in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. However, I also attend his performance in Taipei on Tuesday, closing the circle once and for all. But who knows, maybe the next tour poster I buy will lead me to write the exact same words from the other side of the world in two years? That's the beauty of life: it surprises you in ways you wouldn't have ever dreamed of. And sometimes, when it's finally happening, you still feel like being in this dream. You don't have to wake up because you are already awake. Believe it. It is really happening!
Have a wonderful time,
Martin
-on Earth
2 comments:
When I saw that poster in your room I was wondering about origins of his surname. So I've opened Wikipedia today to check it out and it's really of Czech origin. Funny coincidence.
His grandfather actually went from Czech Republic to the U.S., so he is indeed 1/4 Czech. :-)
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