Coincidence

In life, there can't be too many coincidences. I always say "If something happens once, it's a coincidence. If something happens twice or more, it's never a coincidence. In other words, it's intentional/there's an external force at work. This external force could be ourselves or the universe.

The other day, I was going home on a train and happened to be talking to Em over the hp at the same time. Just then, I heard an announcement over the loudspeaks in Em's background. From the style of the announcement, I guessed Em was on the same line as me. So I asked her "Where are you?" "I'm on the train". "Which stop are you at?" The reply came "I'm going towards Dhoby Ghaut". At that time, my train was pulling away from Dhoby Ghaut. So in 1 of life's coincidences, in those few seconds, we passed by each other on DIFFERENT trains in the SAME line, she going towards city and I away from city. While talking to each other on the phone.

Here is another so-called "coincidence". Yesterday, I didn't leave immediately when KC called. We'd arranged to meet. When I did, it was a good 15min later. So I SMS-ed KC on the train. KC asked"Which stop are you at?" "Orchard" "Going towards Orchard?" "Yea". Whatever else KC said was lost in the babble of the chatter in my background and the screeching of the train in the tunnel. "I can't hear you. I SMS you!" I told KC. Then I received KC's SMS: "We are in the same train". "Which car are you in? I'm towards the end". "I'm in the middle". But we didn't go searching for each other. After we came out from the train, I saw that KC was actually just 1 or 2 cars away from me when we were in the train.