Chat

Had a conversation about ‘having a conversation’ with a couple of friends over brunch and coffee this morning. We were debating on how the line is drawn between a chat and a conversation?  It really got me thinking a little, like how much of my daily conversations are actually real conversations instead of just a hi-bye routine? It was indeed a good morning of catching up session, although not much catching up was done since we pretty much see one another every other day. But all in all, time well spent.

Headed back to uni for the second round of conversation. This time round, it was more like a discussion with my fellow teammates on the research and data collection that we are doing, and also a getting-to-know-you-better kinda talk. I came to realise that my other group mate is actually pretty friendly after all, and also super smart and passionate about what he is doing. He is even picking up Indonesian ‘cause he plans to work there in future! 

Third round, with my awesome supervisor and another PhD student, basically, people that I’ve met through this research project. However, our chats are usually not limited to (and most of the time not related to) our research topic, which is about energy poverty. More often than not, we end up talking about politics, social work, languages, cultures and whatnot, which makes these conversations all the more interesting. They are both engineers, and they have been to many places around the world and experienced different cultures and lifestyles due to their work. Maybe my dream to travel around the world can be realized after all.

I really miss the times when I actually have real meaningful conversations with people, random people, even strangers. 

On a side note, [bunker], checked.