The weird (?) dream

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I had a really weird dream yesterday. I was in a random supermarket and when I went to the self-checkout, a guy helped me scan all my items (which is highly unlikely in real life). However, he miscounted them and the machine showed an absurdly high charge. I pointed out the mistake and yelled at him (something I would never do in real life), but he didn’t seem to care at all.

I had no choice but to find the manager and explain everything that had happened. The manager was reasonable and allowed me (so weird!) to correct the count. After that, I happily went back to pick out some new items with the guy who had miscounted them (Yes, that’s how dreams work 😂 — they make no sense at all).

But the weirdest part isn’t any of that. When I woke up, I realised that everything that had happened in my dream had been in English. For context, my native language is Mandarin. Until last night, I had only ever dreamt in my native language.

Pretty insane, isn’t it?

This is my third year in Ireland. I suppose that’s just the power of the environment.