You must be handsome.
Most people from my past don't recognize me, which is good.
No, I'm not.
Well, not that it is important ... but let’s say ...
...it is not based on the appearance.
(At least, it is not primarily based on how I look.
And certainly not based on superficial stuff
like what I wear.
Location, surroundings also doesn’t matter.
Over 5,000 miles away, over 15 years apart,
people still spot me instantly.
Here’s an interesting story.
A friend of mine was at her friend’s house, watching
anime “Lupin the third” series.
She wasn’t really into anime thing, so this was her first
time watching Lupin.
So, they were watching the show, laughing, enjoying it.
... then, she started feeling strange.
“ I have never seen Lupin before. This is the first time.
But, I feel like I’ve seen it before ... but, where?...”
They kept on watching.
She really couldn’t tell, if it was deja vu, or she actually had seen it
somewhere, before.
Strangely, the more she watched, the more familiar it felt.
“I MUST HAVE SEEN it, ... but where?...
and I feel like I’ve seen it many times ...”
... then, suddenly, she realized.
It wasn’t the anime show she had seen before.
It was LUPIN that she felt so familiar, felt like she had seen so many times.
Yup. You guessed it. Lupin was me, in her head.
Unconsciously, her mind was projecting the mental image she had about me, onto
Lupin, and I became Lupin (or Lupin became me) inside of her head.
(I have heard similar story from other people, too.
And, it’s not that I look like him (Lupin). No, I don’t .
But, there’s something, .. the way I look, the way I act, the way I talk, ... combination of
all these small stuff, create that image.
