Strange meetings

In 1975 I employed a young Chinese Girl who left the company after marrying another Chinese person and thought no more of it other than I heard she had left the country Then came a series of strange co-incidents. In 1989 I was in Malaysia working with a company on a privatisation project as technical consultant when I received a fax from another company in Malaysia who had been given my name by someone I had worked with in Singapore in 1976 that had given my name as reference to the Managing Director. I telephoned the company and explained I was in Malaysia on other business. He asked where I was and I said the Hilton. He asked which side and which floor. I explained and he said look out of the window and I will wave to you. We met up and I agreed a contract with the company. I started work and during one of my visits I decided to go downstairs and change some money in the bank that was in the same building. Just as I was about to go the company PA brought me a cup of tea and so I did not go and it was probably 2-3 hours later when I finally went. I was standing in the line waiting to be served and a voice said “Mac W......s”. I turned around and there was my old secretary. So a series of small events led me to meet her again. Co-incident 2 In 1975 I went for the first time to Iran and it was at the time that there was a lot of protest against the Shah. I pressed a button for the lift in the Hotel in Ahwaz and when the doors opened there stood a man I had worked with in 1967. I turned round and talked with him for a while and explained I was waiting for a colleague to arrive from Pasedena USA and where was a good place to eat. He suggested a Mexican Restaurant. My colleague arrived some time later who was a Mexican American and seemed OK with the proposal. We arranged to meet to go to dinner and when I came downstairs he was talking to a person. He hoped I was not offended but this person had suggested that the Indonesian Restaurant was probably a lot better and did I mind changing. No problem as I enjoy both so we went and had a good meal. That night there was a bomb set off in the Mexican restaurant and some people were killed. That was the start of the uprising and I was very glad that I left Iran shortly afterwards.