The Backpacker's Dream

5. New Found Relief

Believe me when I say that I thought of jumping from the train.

Believe me when I say that I tried to focus and channel my energy towards my reaching destination.

Believe me when I say that I tried to rip off the hair of that baboon boaster Dexter but

I FAILED

Every single time.

And I was just hoping that I don't get to meet this man again in my near future because I won't take it anymore another tour of guessing brand name. This wasn't a fun thing to make someone's life hell but he was actually the champion of it.

'Hey, do you know that whey protein, by far the best protein supplement is approximately 20 percent of the protein in cow's milk and the highest branded chain amino acid (BCAA) content.'

Hey man, can you please speak English?

'You have got to be joking; your best adventure is to get items from Sale. Like seriously, all of whatever you are wearing is from Sale.' He was gesturing with his hands like I was a rag picker. 'You have never shopped from Versace, Abercrombie, and Fitch, Gucci....' and then I zoned out.

My mistake, it's my mistake that I told him that I like sales items. It is my humble request, someone please kill me.

'Well, last year, I was in France, Germany, England, and South Korea for my business trip. I know how to deal with people so the company sends me most of the time.' What a proud idiot.

No one even asked and I believe the company must be a flop. I pity them if they are sending him out of everyone.

This man even had the audacity to ask the brand of my backpack. Like seriously? Brand? Doesn't he ever stop? He crossed his entire limit.

So, it wasn't like I didn't try to stop him from these healthy conversations. I gave him subtle hints like yawning right in front of his face, talking to Hippo on phone when he was bombarding me with his work out regime, talking to that lady who was extremely humble and so good to talk to that we were laughing in our conversations and then sleeping with full fake snore and I didn't even care if he liked it or not.

But I must applaud this man, he didn't stop. I saluted his persistence.

I had this curiosity to ask him this one question and I hoped he didn't include the brand in it. 'Are you satisfied with what you have in your life?'

'No, I always have this hunger to achieve more, to desire more, to have bestest of everything. I don't stop and I don't want to stop.'

And it was his hunger that had eaten his brain cells. After knowing his answer, I was not angry at him rather I pitied him.

7 hours had gone by and how I had survived these hours, only I knew but it's okay, it was all experience. Just one more hour left and then I will reach Starlight City. I saw from my peripheral vision, that baboon boaster was taking out his luggage. It looks like he was going to get himself kicked out in the next station.

'It was such a pleasure to meet you. I had a great time.' I looked up at him curiously, was he talking to me?

Feelings are not mutual buddy.

I gave him a puzzled look. I hope he will understand that.

The train was slowing its speed and he was getting ready.

'Hey, you never told me what were you marking on the map?'

Like hell, I will tell you.

'Oh, that, that is nothing. I am a geography teacher'.