Saturday, April 22, 2006
Maybe it's because I got my wallet picked early on in my tenure here in Sydney, because every passing day has been sweeter than the previous. I went out to dinner with
my roommate this evening for a catch up session since I'd been in Tasmania the last 10 days. Incredibly, the two guys next to us decided to pay our $40 dinner bill for no particular reason than to be nice. Nervous, we apprehensively offered to buy them a drink in return but our offer was declined. Their act of charity was purely without strings! Although the restaurant kicked us out shortly after conversation initiated, we did find out they were in the city to pitch a very cool idea to the government. It's a new superannuation (pension) scheme whereby the government would give every 18yr old $20,000 to go to uni, start up a company, pay for a mortgage, etc. I thought the idea was a brilliant way to motivate kids and keep the population in the country. Vee and I felt so lucky we went hunting for a lottery booth. Maybe it was a sign but none are open at 11pm apparently. For now, I have put the $50 bill I was to pay for dinner away for safe keeping.
Makes me wish I had a Kindness Project token (http://www.austinist.com/archives/2005/06/20/want_to_help_change_the_world.php) and makes me wonder if there are any in circulation here... It's Earth Day as well. Have _YOU_ done anything kind today?