VirtuaLife

after much delay and a bit of bitchiness (on my behalf) i finally got to touch base with shunny, up from Sydney as she was. what a beautiful, lovely girl!

she's just awesome to be around. hence the bitchiness, i guess; where i'd be happy to let other people forget about our appointments and brush myself clean of their... their time wastage?... with shun i felt like i was the one making a loss! meeeeee? rejected? hahaha... you get the idea. I was bordering on socially-induced apoplexy. so I sent off a rather snappy email - tsk tsk, anger - and then just as i was leaving from work last night, got a sheepish reply from her. yay! so i wasn't relegated to dustbin status; not ignored, merely forgotten. wait, is that an improvement at all???

we went to portside@hamilton, to sip on mugs of hot chocolate while immersing ourselves in the casual sophistication sported by other diners and the surrounds. stopping to enquire at a few places, a waiter (can't remember the restaurant name) finally led us to a moodily ambient bar with sevaral tiny alcoves - perfect for a semi-private catch-up. the hot chocolate was great, seeing her was fantastic and hearing what's been happening over the last several months was... wow and waaah in equal proportion ^^. but i'd have to kill you if i told you what we talked about. right?

i love how she thinks. she's completely 'girl', yet with a strong head and a steely determination that many others seem to lack. sure, she has an ice-cream fetish (we were able to walk past movenpick without her blinking, surprisingly) and is about as indecisive as any other girly out there (hehehe sorry shun :)), but that's completely forgivable in her sweet disposition, her sincerity, her openness. can you tell that i respect her? this is the sort of girl i'd drive halfway across town to see, open doors for, plan something impressive, go that extra step to please. i hold it to (all) her boyfriend(s) to do the same! Haha =)

i say this, and yet i think of the very, VERY first time i even noticed her... this quiet tooth fairy who was sitting at the other end of the table surrounded by presumed boyfriends (i later found out that was her brother... oops) who stared at me with sharp, piercing eyes as i goofed around with xhijie and made lots of lame jokes. i would not have even thought of keeping in touch had she not asked for my facebook! or was it msn?? and, even then, i was reluctant to give it to her! who was this little miss tooth fairy, who didn't say much then suddenly asked for MY details. a bit scary, hey? ahhhh! of course, in retrospect, i had no such qualms about giving it out. haha. and even today, I thank God i can call her a friend. there's a special strength in proper friendship.

in this new chapter of my life, with the steady and increasing grind of work, a plague of financial commitments, personal woes, and a plethora of small, antsy annoyances, there should always be time to stop and smell the roses. or, taste the chocolate. thanks, shunny. last night, you were my chocolate ^^

(but don't worry, you don't make me fat)