Friday, December 30, 2011

THANKS I THINK

Tonight at the boxing gym I was in the ring stretching. There was only a handful of people training on this icy Friday night. The professional boxer, who doesn't speak English, seems (seemed) to like me a lot, came into the ring with me. He pointed at me sitting on the ring floor stretching and said "Ma-ku (Mark), you". He then pointed to his iPhone. The English dictionary was open and a bunch of results related to alone, lonesome, solitude, etc were shown. I must have looked confused because he pointed at one specific definition and then touched the audio icon. iPhone's robotic, but attractive female voice dictated, "LEADS A SOLITARY LIFE", as my coach pointed at me once again and said "Ma-ku". We both burst out laughing, though I'm not sure that I get it. He then climbed out of the ring, came back a minute later and give me a bottle of orange juice.
Thanks, I think.

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