Before the Pig year started, I asked AmazonWoman, “Eh, know any clairoyant?”
“What?”
“Neh, those psychic.. fortune tellers read your future.”
“Ohh.. I know one very geng!” She gave thumbs up and a huge smile. “I take you there. The guy’s quite handsome 1. But when you see his wife.. huiyo! You wouldn’t believe it!”
So on her off day, we went over to The Mall. It’s next to Legend Hotel. We had to take queue number since there was a group of aunties lounging there. The guy looked a bit hamsap with his moustache. Handsome? Guess beauty handsomeness is in the eye of the beholder. We didn’t see his wife though.
1 of the aunties told us, “Awhile only. 1 person.”
So we went to eat cake and then went back there after 1 hr. They were still there!
“Eh, give me the 1 can give lots of money!” 1 of them said.
Another chimed, “Which is for luck?”
“If put fountain good? Can bring money and health?”
Hoho.. A. While. Yeah.
When it was our turn, the guy asked us, “Which 1 first?” His eyes darted from me to AmazonWoman back and forth.
“You first la,” he told AmazonWoman since she had come before.
After that it was my turn to hold out my palms. He closed his eyes after looking at my palm. “Wahhh..”
“You don’t have career, money, love. Anything also don’t have.”
He opened his eyes and asked, “Right?”
I was shocked.
He continued, “You would die at 59 (or 57, I forgot) years old. Car accident.”
“Ha?”
“Accident already also don’t hope long life. It’s be very terrible, die better haha.”
He said it like it was a joke. Cruel joke to me, anyway. I didn’t ask for my time and condition of my death.
“Are you getting any money now?”
“Err.. not much.”
“What are you doing now?”
“Looking for work.” I didn’t tell him about jewellery business.
“Ahh.. see?”
“Why like that?” I could barely ask. I was too sad and heavy. “I had killed people ar?”
Earlier, he said AmazonWoman had killed many animals for selling food as a job in 1 of her previous lives.
“Ho! You had killed many many innocent people!”
Shit. I couldn’t believe it. Life’s precious.
“You can get into accident also ar before CNY.”
“Ha…” I mentally calculated days to CNY.”
“Ha! Now is not CNY yet arh haha.”
Did I kill him or his loved ones in his previous life?
“OK.”
“You want career now? You can try …. ” he looked at the glass display for crystals. He took out several blue lace agate - at least that was what I thought the crystal bracelets were. “This one will help your confidence.”
He quoted the price and AmazonWoman asked, “Cheaper lar.”
My wrist is smaller than most adults so I needn’t so many crystal balls. He cut it down to a price which I didn’t really want.. but I was so confused.
AmazonWoman said to me, “If you don’t want, never mind..”
So in the end, I didn’t buy it but the guy passed me a book of Buddhisme prayers. “At least you get something from this.”
I felt bad, really bad that I had my palm read but I didn’t buy anything from him.. I didn’t want to take the book but he insisted. It’s in Mandarin with han yu pin yin. Can someone please translate for me? Good karma for you.. hhehe
Prayers book
“You pray this page,” he pointed to this:
Prayers book - chant
As we were on our way home, I got quiet. Irrational, I know. To believe a stranger. I asked AmazonWoman, “Do you believe him?”
“You heard what he said about me. Really true for me. But he said I got money for business. Where got?!”
It turned out that another friend of mine also went to this guy and bought many crystals from him to improve his bad luck. Frankly I don’t think just wearing crystals would cleanse so much. We have to be pure and kind in our beliefs and actions.
Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil.
But I learnt something. I did not have nothing, unlike what he had said. I have my mother and brother’s love. :)
Oh yeah, I didn’t get into accident before CNY or ever. :p
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