So here is my slip-up. It has nothing to do with the Flying Trapeze. Well, not really. After we got home, I was in the kitchen putting away the groceries when my thoughts turned to the little show we watched earlier. I asked M what he thought of the show and he said that it was pretty good and that we should go again on another day so we could take a few photos. Without him asking me what my thoughts were about the show, I invited myself to tell him that the best part of the show was this guy – one of the volunteers. M looked a little puzzled to me and so I thought I had better elaborate. I went on to tell him that this guy’s upper body is designed like a Mountain Buggy! M looked even more puzzled after this and I thought that I had better explain more. So I went on to compare this guy’s upper body to things like Tripp Trapp (by Stokke), Maserati, Nienhuis and I think I also mentioned Mountain Buggy again twice. I was trying to say that this guy’s upper body is well designed. By the time I finished talking, M didn’t look too happy. I now know that this was a look of dejection but at the time, I was thinking, “Just what is his problem?”
As I was preparing dinner, my thoughts turned to M this time. I wondered why he reacted the way he did. The TV was on and the local news was on a loop. I keep hearing about the murder of a millionaire and something about someone who now has his old mobile phone was receiving weird phone calls. Then for some reason I asked myself, “What if M said that so and so is build like a Goddess?” I paused and inserted Naomi Campbell’s image. Well, I didn’t like that at all. LOL. OMG! I hurt his feelings! But I wasn’t thinking about that guy in a sexual kind of way! The guy is probably married! I was comparing his sculpted torso to other well designed pieces. Anyway, I ran to the room to apologise and gave M a hug. A hug from me is precious because I am not the lovey-dovey kind that is forever hanging onto a man physically. M was surprised that I actually figured out the problem. LOL.
When I was reading a book I got for Christmas just last week, I skipped to the beginning of a chapter about the lack of empathy. I almost instantaneously discounted that I have any problems in that area. LOL. What happened on Saturday is a typical example of my tendency to say things without considering the emotional impact on the listener. I wonder how frequent does it occur? Talking can be so hard. There are so many things to take into considerations. Sometimes I think I am in too much of a hurry to get my message across.
Below are photos taken of the Flying Trapeze Show today. I hope they will be in the CBD again next year.
The guy hanging onto the bar just bumped the other guy off. LOL.
We have contact!
See how happy this guy is?
How I wish to be able to do this! May be I will pluck up enough courage to try it next year.
Mid-air photo shoot.-
Missed again! That's OK. It was a difficult trick.
This guy falling down is funny.
Missed again! That's OK. It was a difficult trick.
This guy falling down is funny. 
2 comments:
That looks like a great way to spend an afternoon in the city. We have a street buskers festival around here in October (?) but I've never been, would like to go though.
I'm glad Moosh is okay now! Communication is a difficult thing, someone trying to say one thing and the reciever hearing something different, like you weren't even in the same conversation to start with. All's well that ends well!
Hello Achan,
Thank you for popping by. There is a Japanese Cowboy busker on Bourke St. He is pretty popular.
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