Thursday, December 18, 2014

Inevitable

18 December 2014. There is a Chinese belief that if there is a "kip" (misfortune or unfortunate happening), it is unavoidable. However, certain measures could be taken to lessen the severity of the misfortune. If it is going to happen, it will happen. First case. Today, we went to a furniture shop. While we moving around the shop, we heard noise coming from the ceiling. The shop assistant assure us that it is just renovation works going on upstairs. Everything is fine and the ceiling won't collapse on us. We then moved to another spot. We were talking to the shop assistant when suddenly the ceiling came crashing down. It was inches away from us, narrowly missing us. We were shocked. Everyone in the shop came running towards us when the heard the loud crash. They stared at the debris of the fallen ceiling and then at us in shock. We escaped unscathed. They then say that we are very lucky. We turned to look and saw hanging from what previously was the ceiling, some renovation equipment hanging from its cord, and light bulbs and ceiling scattered on the floor. It was fortunate the equipment didn't land on our heads. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to relate the story now. Case two. Just a short while ago, the old man and me were watching tv. He was standing behind the sofa where I was sitting. Suddenly, he lost his balance and went crashing into the furniture and wall a few feet behind. He crashed so badly that he broke the furniture and the table fan toppled and fell off the cabinet and was hanging by the cord while he was pinned between the cabinet and the wall. He was bleeding profusely on the arm. I ran to his aid to pick him up but he was already injured. It happened so fast that there was no time to react. He frightened us. Even the neighbours ran out upon hearing the loud crash. He dosed off while standing again. After the incident, mum mumbled to me. She said the "kip" is unavoidable. The ceiling might have missed him earlier today but he still has to end up injured somehow. Come to think of it, it is quite true. Why else would two such events happen in a day? It is not mere coincidence. I told her, it is better to be injured this way rather than having the ceiling with equipment land on our heads. Some things are just inevitable. 

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