2485“I was studying in London a couple of years back and I was on a tube trip with friends. I was pondering on some things that had happened to me about causality, love, attraction, how things generally come to you,” says Paulino in his audio commentary.

”As ever on the tube I end up people watching where you can be surrounded by people yet feel alone sometime. I was seated next to this one guy who at first I thought was a bit overbearing and not very friendly, but surprisingly he started talking to me.

”We were talking about how random things could actually become bigger things. He told me there’s a higher probability of finding these experiences if you open yourself up more.

”Whether that’s looking at something differently, or talking to someone randomly, opening the door for someone.

”Who knows, if you keep having this openness more and more each day, then you’ll either make new friends or find out more things about yourself, your surroundings and you might surprise yourself more and more the more you do it.”

Taken in Manila, Philippines during the SOTM World Tour.