my favourite martian.

something strange happened the other day.

you know when you go through something
a dozen times over, and you notice certain
trends happening on a regular basis, but then
for some reason what you usually observe
doesn't happen, you can't help but notice it.

as a kid, i remember watching this rather
weird but amusing movie, aptly called
"my favourite martian".

it's about this alien that comes to earth,
and he sticks out like a sore thumb
simply because he's super foreign.
so at first people struggle to relate to him,
but after getting to know the alien a bit more,
they finally see that he's ok and is cool.

now, on my flight home the other day, i too
was first intrigued by someone who was a
bit foreign to me, since i've never met
anyone from that part of the globe before.

and i too, was a bit apprehensive at first,
but after getting to know the person a bit more,
i found her to be cool, has a good brain on her,
and has a pretty good sense of humour, to boot.
all in all, different but nicely similar to us.

so when we didn't get air turbulence in the
place that we always, always do, and when
we didn't get to see that magical straight ray
of sunshine filling in the cabin at daylight,
i straightaway noticed something was strange.

i thought to myself, maybe it's pure coincidence.
maybe for that particular day in that particular
time, those things weren't meant to happen.

or maybe it's because of my favourite romanian.

and that's a weird, but wonderful thing.