And the answer is…

Yes, I said yes, it would be nice to join him and his friends for a bite to eat.  He was friendly and outgoing and I always enjoy meeting new people and seeing what they’re about.  As we pulled up to the dock, we gathered our bags again as we made our arrival.  His friends were already seated on a restaurant patio near the dock of Sairee beach, and sent out a friendly wave as they spotted Dominik.  After sitting down and being introduced to Florian, Daniel, and Ole, we indulged in some fabulous Pad Thai and Singha’s.  They were funny guys and reminded me of friends back home, outgoing, friendly and love to laugh.  After the lunch, I said my farewell and nice to meet you all, maybe I’ll see you guys around on the island (it’s pretty small).   Dominik asked me if I wanted to join them again that evening for some drinks on the beach at the Big Blue diving resort.  I said I would think about it, and maybe, if he was lucky.

After dumping my bags at the hostel, I wandered down to the beach for a Yoga sesh.  It was beautiful, watching the long tail boats lap against the waves and children played in the surf.  Vendors walked by selling roasted pineapple and selling sarongs.  I like that even though it was the main beach, Sairee beach, it really wasn’t that crowded.

After hanging out for a while there I headed back to the hostel to shower and start to think about dinner.  I met some Scandinavian girls that were also in my room that invited me out to a Drag show that night.  I said that sounds like fun and I would think about it, and let them know after dinner.   I wandered down shortly after to Big Blue diving, to sign up for a diving course.  While there, Ole, and Florian were hanging out having some beers on the patio.  They waved over and asked what I was up to, and I told them that I wanted to go diving and was signing up for a course.  We hung out for a little bit and I had a drink with them, but went back to the hostel to meet the girls.  Turns out they had already gone out for dinner and were going to the show.  I decided to go over to the bar where the show was going to be, but they weren’t there and I didn’t want to wander around the whole island trying to find them, so I went back to Big Blue.  Dominik had showed up at this point, and seemed to be pleased to see me.  He said he heard I had signed up for diving and that he said that’s awesome, and is looking forward to getting into the water too.

Observation…

I went to see a movie a few weeks ago with my brother.  We went to see Sherlock Holmes 2.  The movie was good, even though the theatre was packed and we were in the front row.  Something interesting said by a character in the movie is that, “Hidden in the unconscious is an insatiable desire for conflict”.  This got me thinking, while for some people it may not be hidden too deep or they are already aware of it, are the people that thrive off drama and creating problems.  I thought about it more, and came to the conclusion, that yes, this is true.  In our ever evolving humanity and consciousness, we seek out and create conflicts, to work through them and learn how to solve our problems and issues we are faced with.  When this happens we often look back and say we have learned things through experience, trial and error.  We seem to manifest conflict, and problems to encounter to use what we know for the expansion of our knowledge and awareness.