| 1530h
Feeling... warm Happiness of the day: good date yesterday Event of the week: going back to malaysia this weekend He is a guy with a mind of his own. Perhaps I won't say he's a smart guy, but he's a thinking guy. And in so many ways, from the guys I've seen so far, a thinking guy is so much more difficult to find. The day actually went off a bad start, because he was late. I called lynn, sms-ed a few people before he turned up, and offered no reasonable explanation. But I guess it was then his retribution that our date was interrupted by sms messages and phone calls for the initial hour. I felt quite rude replying sms messages in front of him, but really, it was his fault. heh. We were supposed to catch a movie at 4pm, but it turned out that he made a mistake with the show times, and we had to watch a 8pm show instead. So we went to a cafe and talked for that 4 hours instead. I wasn't feeling too well, so he did most of the talking, and I found it so amazing that it felt comfortable being just the listener. It seems simple, to just sit there and listen to him. I guess he speaks well. He came from a difficult background, so I guess I shouldn't be so amazed that he seems so sensible, practical and very cynical. He's only 23, but he has to provide for his family members as well as his own education. I don't know how he managed to do that. He made a loss in selling his flat, but he still had enough money to buy another one, just so his sister has a roof over her head when he leaves for the States for his studies. Buying a flat involves an amount of money that's beyond me, so I'm rather impressed. I don't want to gush on and on about his capabilities, because seriously, I may be too easily impressed, or he might have exaggerated, for all I know. But the most admirable thing about him is his curiosity and thirst for knowledge. He's the only other person I know who likes astrophysics as well, and who can describe supernova, black holes, worm holes and all that to me, with such passion and in depth understanding [more in depth than me anyway]. He also told me about his financial market analyses, which of course I don't understand. He talked to me about philosophy, anthropology, morality, blah blah blah....for that whole 4 hours. Maybe I'm a sucker for traditional nice guys, I noticed little things like him pulling me to the safer side of the pavement, like holding the door, like noticing that I was feeling cold in the movie theatre. My god, he actually went out to buy a sweater for me. Extremely touched, but also kinda embarrassed. Ah, it's fun going out once in a while and be pampered by a guy. But of course, it's just a simple date, nothing more. Perhaps it's time for me to fall for another guy? Actually he seems rather ideal. [He's actually quite good looking too, ooh, what am I waiting for?] But nah, call me chicken or what, i don't want to disturb the peace in my heart. Silly me huh. | |