To Trust or Not to Trust...

Finally, after one week in Penang, Jonzz is back in good old Seremban. Goodbye, Queensbay Mall! Home sweet home!

Strangely, it seems I've brought the rain back with me as well. My friend told me it only started raining today at 11am which I recall was the time I started my journey back to Seremban.

Poor old Scooby had missed me and was moping so much to the extent that my neighbor nearly phoned me to call me home earlier. Awwwww..... okay so I pampered the living daylights out of him and now he's back in high spirits.

At this point, you must be wondering what all this has to do with the above title. Sorry, I digressed...

It happened at the bus station in Penang today. I arrived half an hour before the bus departure and went to the counter to confirm my bus. As I was going downstairs, I bumped into this woman in a white shirt again. I had run into her earlier at the ticketing counters but dismissed her as one of the ticket sellers who was clamoring for attention.

Apparently, she had an extra Snoozer bus ticket because her travelling companion backed out the last minute. She was offering to swap it with any passenger who was going back to Seremban. I had no idea what a Snoozer bus ticket was, but assumed it must be a high class bus. True enough it was as I found out later.

Due to shortage of time and doubts about her sincerity, I declined her offer although I was a little tempted. I mean, better late than never, right? After she left, that encounter kept nagging at the back of my mind.

It's really sad how difficult it is to trust people these days, especially strangers. With the current economy and state of the world, we have to be on our guard all the time. For the sake of money, families have cheated families, friends betray friends. Only a fool accepts religion as a guarantee for another's credibility.

Ironically even though I think like this, I find that I still want to be able to trust people. And one group of people who have earned my trust are bloggers whom I have established friendships with.

Maybe, maybe deep down inside, I don't want to give up on humanity yet. Sigh.