Stoopid Me.

Just reached home at 8.31pm and I think I have to write this down so as to remind myself to stop being so absent-minded because not everytime I can get away with it.

I left the office around 6pm today and took a free ride home as usual, thanks to T-san. So he wanted to go to a Korean supermarket at Fort Lee and so I left the office in a hurry because the stoopid laptop wouldn't shut down fast enough and he was already waiting for me.

Didn't really have time to check if I got all the things with me (like wallet, staff card, watches, etc.). By the time the shopping was done, reached back Edgewater and happily saying goodbye to T-san, I opened my bag to search for my apartment keys. To my horror, I realised I cannot find my keys at all! After flipping through the messy bag and finally confirmed that I must have left it in the office jacket pocket this morning and forgot to put it back into the bag...

I immediately called my boss and check if he is still in the office, which luckily he was and said that he will pass the keys to N-san who stays in the same place and who drives me to work every morning. At the same time, T-san saw me still outside and turned back asking if I need help. I explained to him with embarrassment that I have absentmindedly left the keys in the office and he kindly offered me a ride back to the office. He then drove back to drop his grocery stuff and said that he will picked me up later.

After he left, I called N-san to just make sure that he is in the office so that T-san does not need to send me back office again. Luckily he was about to leave the office and has received the keys from my boss.

So I phoned back T-san, telling him that there was no need for him to send me back to office because N-san will be coming back with my keys in a while. He then offered me to come up to his home to sit down and watched TV as it was really cold outside. Not wanting to trouble him, I rejected his offer and told him that N-san will be coming back very fast.

Left in the cold outside alone in the carpark, I started reflecting to myself why I am just absent-minded and cannot be more careful and more mindful with important things like the keys since I am living alone now and obviously nobody will have the spare keys nor will there be anyone at home to open the door for me. I am really grateful that people here are more than willing to help me and I just didn't want to trouble them further. I now feel sorry that I have turned down T-san's offer to go his house and wait alone outside for N-san because by doing this, I am being too 见外. In fact, I have been scolded once before by friend here that if they offered help when I really needed it, I just have to accept it with gratitude and not try to be too 见外. Since, there will be some day that I can repay them by giving them a treat of in-turn helping them back.

So, here I am writing this episode for all to see my forgetfulness and also the fact that I have turned down a chance to become friend with someone who is really kind and helpful to me. Sorry for everything.... =_=~