my last coffee and whole set of other things

lastcoffee
Originally uploaded by shahrintwisted.

Its really funny how from time to time, you get reminded of certain things/events in your life. I had this coffee on my last day in Vienna (Aug 2004). I had it while i was up on a mountain, it was quite a journey getting up there and in spite of my efforts, i cannot remember the name of the mountain.

What i think is funny about that day was how my host and i had contradictory plans on how my last day in Vienna should be spent. I believe that things have sentiments that you want to remember, whereas my host thought i should explore as much of Vienna before i leave. So that explains how we embarked on a very long journey up the mountains (we had to take several buses and trains) that very morning. But all that i wanted to do was to go to places that i have been while i was there and try to savour every single image of the place.

However, it wasnt a bad day, but it taught me two things, when you are the host, being over zealous about showing your country is not necessarily the best thing (a personal note to myself, cause i am often guilty of it) and more importantly, different people sets different values and importance to different things. Its something that we should not take for granted.

Furthermore, the fact that i remember that very day serves as a reminder that every thing does have a certain value whether you want to believe it or not.