Bernard's Meme: My First Time

I've been racking my head over the past few days, wondering how to do this meme by Bernard. I mean there are more than a thousand and one first times in our lives but what are those that truly counts as memorable. Then I remembered this incident which happened last year:

It was just your typical lunch hour. I went to the bank to withdraw some money. After I had performed the transaction, I turned and nearly bumped into this big-sized chap with glasses. I was about to quickly walk away when I heard my name being called.

'Jonzz, don't you recognize me?'

I turned around. Oops, turns out it was a classmate, R from primary school whom I used to ^sit next to.

Wow... it had been ages since we last saw each other. After a quick muttered apology, we quickly exchanged some bits and pieces of information to update one another.

It was during the course of this discussion that I discovered R is now a graphic design lecturer at a local college. I became quite curious and asked him why he chose to venture into this field.

Then he said this to me,

'Jonzz, do you remember those days in school? During the free time, you were always doodling and drawing comics at your desk. To tell the truth, I became interested in art after watching you.'

Wow! That was the first time, someone told me that I had influenced them in their choice of career. Imagine that, I actually had an impact on someone when I was just a silly kid who loved to draw. I was quite blown away by this revelation and I have to confess that deep down inside, I did swell up with pride.

How strange the way life can take a turn through the people we come in contact with. Makes me wonder, who are the other people I may have influenced in this lifetime?

I like this tag so I'm tagging Annie, Kok Hon and JoMel. What is your memorable first time(s)?