What are the Chances…
Thursday, March 29th, 2007They say that every chanced meeting is a blessing, and that there is only a one in six billion chance that you will meet the same person again…
Six billion people in the world…
How about our tiny red dot Singapore?…
That narrows it down to one in four point six million…
Knowing that she lives around the same area as you? One in three hundred thousand….
So what if you are absolutely sure that that person hangs out and studies in the same university as you everyday? That will greatly increase the chances further to, say one in thirty thousand….
Subsequently, if she studies in the same faculty as you, that would roughly make it one in a few thousand…
Stays in the same hall as you? One in four hundred…
Mustering enough courage within a time frame of just a few second, to approach and talk to her before she disappears out of sight again?….
I have got much better chances at winning the lottery….
The best part of my day: Seeing her….
The worst part of my day: Seeing her leave…. Again…..
So what is the morale of the story?….
The timing may be just right, the weather may be perfect, the place may be nice, you may look your best, in your smartest-looking suit, and no bad hair day for a change….
But if you do not have enough balls….
You should go buy toto instead….
( Disclaimer: Trust the above mentioned probabilities at your own risk. I got an F in my stats test…. )