Henry Yu

Strathcona, Britannia, UBC, BCIT

I lead an army of CSRs

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Scorpio

On meeting the 100% perfect girl one beautiful Spring morning

Once upon a time, there was this guy who was walking down the street. A beautiful girl was walking down the street towards him.

When they saw each other, they stopped. The guy thought to himself, "This girl is the 100% perfect girl for me." The girl thought to herself "This guy is the 100% perfect guy for me." And by some miracle they started talking to each other.

The two of them just connected with each other and it turned out everything they had in common, they clicked on 100%. Everything they didn't have in common, complemented each other perfectly. Hours passed by in a blink of an eye. It was then that they decided that their meeting must have been fate.

They walked along the river and sat on a bench. After talking for a while, a little bit of doubt crept into their thoughts. They said to each other, "What are the chances that we would run into the 100% perfect person for us?" They said that if they were really meant to be together, they would run into each other again. And if that happened, they'd get married on the spot. "We'll leave it up to fate" they decided. So they separated. He went to the east and she went to the west.

A day passed, a month passed, a year passed and they didn't see each other. After some time, they started dating other people. They found 60% perfect love, 75% perfect love and even as much as 83% perfect love. But they never found 100% perfect love again.

Eventually they married other people, had nice families and had their own lives. Many years into the future, they both got sick, but recovered. However, their spouses passed away.

One day the guy, now 83 years old, was walking slowly and feebly down the street. And the girl, now 79 was walking down the street towards him. Both people recalled a faint glimpse of having known each other before but too many years have passed. They walked passed each other and didn't even talk.

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The thing was, fate meant for them to be together. They really were the 100% perfect person for each other. Fate will throw you together once, but what are the odds that fate will throw you together twice. It's like winning the lottery, throwing away the ticket, and trying to win the lottery again just to make sure it was meant to be.

Their mistake was to question fate when it was really meant to be. And fate never gave them another chance.

Sad story isn't it?

This is a condensed version of a story written by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. If you knew that already, you get bonus points.