Work on talent and learn while performing.

I went into a hotel to buy a gift for a friend. The man showed me some cheap toys but I looked for something exquisite and crafted. Finally we settled for a mural that had a home etched in plastic. I asked him to pack the parcel as gift. Surprizingly, the owner did not know the right way to pack. By his estimate it would take 4 sheets and by my estimate 3. Finally I helped him wrap the parcel in 3 sheets. Then, I also advised him on the right way to apply tape is parallel to the sleeve for general cases. But when higher strength is required, the tape may be applied perpendicular to the sleeve.

Taking the gift, I located the venue where there seemed to be a marriage in progress. I entered a wide and nicely decored marriage open area that had a discotheque, stage, the vows pedestal and many interesting features. I captured them all on my phone and kept the gift on a table.

I went outside to see a procession presumably the arrival of groom. I went further to note that it was indeed my friend. I was happy to see him after so long. My other college mates were also around and we had some fun outside dancing. When I came inside the venue, it seemed disconnected from the place I had came earlier. The ambience was not that plush and radiant. I suspected that I had kept the gift in a wrong location.

I was a bit anxious as I leapt outside and discovered that initially I entered the wrong venue and shot images thinking that was where my friend was being weded. So I looked for the table where I kept the gift and could find it nowhere. I searched one more time and then went to one of the bearers to seek if he knew about the gift. He led me to another official and both expressed denial. I felt sad loosing an opportunity to make my friend feel happy- by a gift. Well, I thought that a gift was important because it showed that I cared. 'Showed'.

Nonetheless the gift was found. It was in custody of a group of veterans toasting wine. When I snatched the gift that was kept by the side of one chair- a gentleman asked me of my genuiness. I replied with credentials and was happy to repossess my gift to my friend. When I re-entered inside my friend's venue, the atmosphere was getting a bit dull. So we started dancing. I danced with vigour and pomp like always- showed style.

Later as I reflect back on this incident- I understand that we connect each other via a language that enables a channel to motivate each other or to be known in a special way. Our pomp is made of material that we manage to put togather for a show- which is the language.

A higher bank balance displays higher pomp but there comes a time when one needs to invest on somebody elses pomp to get the better returns.

So, Work on talent and learn while performing.