one and only

Aug 18, 2006

Yesterday I observed a funny guy at Starbucks.
When I was ordering my coffee, I heard clearly music of 'country road take me home'. How come starbucks is playing so old school songs. I clearly heard somebody singing along in hard,strongly accented English.

I took my seat when I noticed a man in middle or end of 30s sitting about 3-4 seats, about 8 metres away from me. It was he and his machine where the music was from.

I tried to focus on some magazines and books. But his songs kept coming, so I got a pen and wrote down his Karaoke hits. They included:
Country road take me home
Yesterday once more
Take me to your heart
Rose rose I love you

I never believe myself when it was Yesterday once more time, I even followed him. He was really loud and for me sitting meters away I heard clearly those syllables. I expected him to stop after enough entertainment when he stopped a second. But instead he borrowed some tiny screwdriver from starbucks girls and fixed somewhere on his machine. He began to do it again.

Around him there were no one at all.I was his nearest audience and the rest, as I guess were all so scared to run away those softest sofa outdoors into the heat.

I told myself, it would be good there was some moments like this to remember those oldies. However, my patience began to fade away and his singing was not lovely at all. I waved to the starbucks girls and asked her behind big newspaper to turn on the background music and volume up. Yes, volume up.

She read me.Seconds later just as some nice jazz was playing up the man stood up and walked out,satisfied.

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