One funny example would be...
On a dark night as I was crossing the road with my sister, as usual I looked right and left and right again. Its just me being paranoid about crossing roads. It was dark because of the cloudy skies looming over my area. Its really cold and chilly up north. Yes, as we were crossing the road, I noticed a black coloured car reaching to a halt before the red light. Due to my curious nature, I tried to see who the driver was. Even though the window screen was tinted, the astonishing brightness of Singapore's street lamps allowed me to clearly see who the driver was and what he was doing. Obviously I didn't know who the driver was but to my surprise he was busy rearranging the contents of his nose with his finger. What a sight... I couldn't help but burst out laughing. I think he thought that since its a dark night and his window screens are tinted, NO ONE would see him doing his favourite past-time. I continued to cross the road (laughing still). People would probably think I'm crazy for laughing by myself... Only if they knew what I saw...
Another example would be....
Just yesterday night something strange happened. As usual, I was awake in the wee hours of the morning. My sister was sleeping on the bed and I was on the lower bed(the bed that can fit under another bed). The sound of the TV and the fan blades whipping the air filled the room. Those were the only things I heard for some time. All of a sudden, I heard a cricket-like noise. It was very distinct. The first time I heard it, I totally ignored it. Then I heard it the second time! This time I took it seriously. Why? Because my room has a long history of inviting unwanted guests from the wild. Especially when its the rainy season...Only God knows what enters my room then... Yes, the second time I heard the cricket-like noise, it piqued my curiosity and my investigative senses heightened. It seemed that the noise was 'moving'. That means that 'thing' is moving. The third time I heard it again, it was much much nearer to me. It sounded like it was coming from the side of my bed. Coming from the space in between my bed and my sister's bed. I got a little scared. Because for a moment I thought it was some strange lizard lurking around. And I HATE lizards.
Uncertain, I called my brother into my room. Since he is a 'man' and much 'bigger and taller' than me and usually men handle this kind of situation better than women, I thought he could handle whatever that 'thing' is. He came in, lifted my bed up to check what was underneath it. There was nothing. He checked my whole bed, the corners, the edges... There was nothing peculiar.
So I thought it was very strange. Am I just hearing things? That seems to be the logical explanation since I've been living on sleep deprivation. Eyes on the TV, my hearing trying to detect that 'thing'... My sister then woke up. She was thirsty. She drank a glass of cold water, plopped back into bed and dozed off. My curiosity was still focussed on that 'thing'. I tried to detect the noise again but there was nothing but the noise of the TV. It seemed like the noise stopped.
Next morning I found out that that 'thing' actually exist. It turned out that the noise was coming from my SISTER! Apparently the 'cricket-like' noise was her snoring. After living with her for soo long only now do I find out that she makes peculiar snoring noises when she sleeps. Just like her father(but my father's snoring is a little worse)...
The things you encounter daily... That's life :)
~Salam~
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