During my son's wedding in U.S.A, we got to meet all his colleagues and their secretaries.
They were very nice people and they congratulated us for the way we had brought up our son.
Subsequently we were invited to the farewell party arranged by his department colleagues.
I met a very handsome guy with a brilliant smile. No wonder he was the chosen one to perform the experiments in front of the T.V. Camera!
We got into conversation. He told me that he too had married an Asian girl - a Korean.
He went on to say that his in-laws were visiting him right then. His wife would show them around and accompany them on their shopping sprees.
He himself did not know a word of Korean language and his in-laws did not know a word of English.
I asked him,"How do you communicate with them then?"
He replied giving me one of his brilliant smiles and said,
"I will give them a smile every time I come face to face with them and get out of their way as quickly as possible!"
I asked him, "So your smile will be invariably followed by your disappearing act?"
He chuckled heartily and said, "Yes you may say so!"
Disappearing Acts come in very handy in everyday life when
1. we do not KNOW to communicate,
2. when we do not WISH to communicate and
3. when the 'cat gets our tongue' and we become tongue-tied!
In my opinion Silence is GOLDEN even otherwise.
They were very nice people and they congratulated us for the way we had brought up our son.
Subsequently we were invited to the farewell party arranged by his department colleagues.
I met a very handsome guy with a brilliant smile. No wonder he was the chosen one to perform the experiments in front of the T.V. Camera!
We got into conversation. He told me that he too had married an Asian girl - a Korean.
He went on to say that his in-laws were visiting him right then. His wife would show them around and accompany them on their shopping sprees.
He himself did not know a word of Korean language and his in-laws did not know a word of English.
I asked him,"How do you communicate with them then?"
He replied giving me one of his brilliant smiles and said,
"I will give them a smile every time I come face to face with them and get out of their way as quickly as possible!"
I asked him, "So your smile will be invariably followed by your disappearing act?"
He chuckled heartily and said, "Yes you may say so!"
Disappearing Acts come in very handy in everyday life when
1. we do not KNOW to communicate,
2. when we do not WISH to communicate and
3. when the 'cat gets our tongue' and we become tongue-tied!
In my opinion Silence is GOLDEN even otherwise.