Please describe an interesting interaction you've had with someone different than yourself. Who was the person and what was the nature of the interaction? (500)
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X is a strange, freak person. He doesn't think like normal people do, he has his own perspective as if he sees the world through some kind of fish-eye lenses. He talks and walks like a robot and unable to understand certain norms. His minor autism, combined with exceptional intelligence, should contribute to them. As the result, he doesn't have many friends. Rarely people understand his uniqueness, but I do. He's one of my best friend.
The first days in junior high school, I was told that it was difficult to understand what he talked, but we talked for hours when we first met in junior high school. We talked about one topic to another, and I found myself 'clicked' with him. I was amazed, trapped in curiosity by his unique perspective that I'd never found in anyone else. I also learned that he had no prejudgment in people, that's why he seemed very happy although many people avoid him. He made jokes that was surprisingly funny to me. Maybe deep inside, I am as freak as him!
We didn't send texts; he would quickly fill my inbox with his formal, unshortened texts. We just had conversations after school, sitting on our own bicycles as if we were going to go home but we didn't leave the parking lot until hours.
He left junior high school earlier because he took the acceleration class. When we meet again in the same high school, I found him to be school legend already. He turned off the electricity of the entire school for the sake of curiosity. He announced his unflushed poop in front of his class. He made the sharpest teacher in the school cry. His last record, he is the first student of my school to be accepted in Singapore's prestigious university.
We never talked in person anymore since he is now in NTU, studying computer science. But we still chat and exchange stickers regularly. Our conversation topic have changed from random matters to something technical like digital algebra and stuff, but the energy is still the same. He understands my obsession of studying abroad, thus he keep supporting me in my pursuit. He also send his lecture slides regularly to help me 'prepare for NTU', as he keep persuading me to go to the same university as him.
However, digital interactions are not as fun as real ones. I miss his freak, robotic gestures in walking and talking. I miss his funny curses for teachers he dislike. I miss his fish-eye perspectives. I wish I can reunite with him in Singapore next year as college freshman, although I have different university preference.
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X is a strange, freak person. He doesn't think like normal people do, he has his own perspective as if he sees the world through some kind of fish-eye lenses. He talks and walks like a robot and unable to understand certain norms. His minor autism, combined with exceptional intelligence, should contribute to them. As the result, he doesn't have many friends. Rarely people understand his uniqueness, but I do. He's one of my best friend.
The first days in junior high school, I was told that it was difficult to understand what he talked, but we talked for hours when we first met in junior high school. We talked about one topic to another, and I found myself 'clicked' with him. I was amazed, trapped in curiosity by his unique perspective that I'd never found in anyone else. I also learned that he had no prejudgment in people, that's why he seemed very happy although many people avoid him. He made jokes that was surprisingly funny to me. Maybe deep inside, I am as freak as him!
We didn't send texts; he would quickly fill my inbox with his formal, unshortened texts. We just had conversations after school, sitting on our own bicycles as if we were going to go home but we didn't leave the parking lot until hours.
He left junior high school earlier because he took the acceleration class. When we meet again in the same high school, I found him to be school legend already. He turned off the electricity of the entire school for the sake of curiosity. He announced his unflushed poop in front of his class. He made the sharpest teacher in the school cry. His last record, he is the first student of my school to be accepted in Singapore's prestigious university.
We never talked in person anymore since he is now in NTU, studying computer science. But we still chat and exchange stickers regularly. Our conversation topic have changed from random matters to something technical like digital algebra and stuff, but the energy is still the same. He understands my obsession of studying abroad, thus he keep supporting me in my pursuit. He also send his lecture slides regularly to help me 'prepare for NTU', as he keep persuading me to go to the same university as him.
However, digital interactions are not as fun as real ones. I miss his freak, robotic gestures in walking and talking. I miss his funny curses for teachers he dislike. I miss his fish-eye perspectives. I wish I can reunite with him in Singapore next year as college freshman, although I have different university preference.
