Really. Believe it or not, I know it's fate. Oh come on, I could have:
1) gone for a haircut on a different day
2) reported for my haircut at the designated time
3) just ate at any of the many restaurants at Shaw
4) ventured over to any of the buildings along Orchard
5) proceeded to any other levels of Wheelock at that time
6) decided to queue at any other restaurants
7) decided to pop by the ladies before going to check out Sakae
BUT I:
1) cut my hair at my usual salon today
2) turned up half hr late for my haircut
3) skipped all the restaurants at Shaw
4) skipped all other buildings along Orchard and zeroed in on Wheelock
5) skipped Borders-browsing before dinner
6) fixed my mind on Jap food - so it's sakae sushi or nothing
7) used Shaw's loo earlier, so there's no urgency to use Wheelock's before dinner
And b'coz of this.............................. I suddenly found myself standing behind JL (yups, the long disappeared aussie pal) and his gal pal, in the sakae queue. I only got to notice it one second (i'm not exaggerating) before he and fren suddenly strolled off. I'd like to think that he didn't see me, and they went off b'coz they decided their Jap urge wasn't worth the queue. But the weird thing is, he actually turned back once, sideways 90deg, as they walked away, as if stealing a peek behind. Man! He and his gal fren, walking away. The physical distance, pace, body lang weren't intimate, but weren't perfectly innocent either. Before you start to use the word "paranoid" on me, consider the power of a woman's instinct. =P
Anyways, at that incredulous moment (I still can't believe how precise that timing is), I felt a mix of disappointment and relief. Disappointed coz I wasn't the gal pal with him (haha), relief coz it provided some kind of understanding (no wonder our contact had diminished rather significantly - though i may have contributed somewhat to it too), and also a tinge of indignance (coz i thought he could still have just said hi). Anyways, after 15min of gaping in awe of the perfect coming together of events, I sent him a simple, innocent sms - "Hey! Were u at Wheelock just now? Thought I saw someone who looked like you. =)"
And guess what. It's been 4hrs since, and there was no reply. Aiyoh! Why like that? At wheelock means at wheelock; not at wheelock just say so loh. I don't understand.
Maybe you can help make some light out of this weird incident. (But I'm glad it happened. Like I said, at least somthing has happened and we can try to draw some conclusion out of it and move on).
p.s. Lucky I've gotten my hair nicely cut and styled by then, and am feeling good and confident as I strolled down that fateful aisle and made that fateful left turn to join that Sakae queue. So at least if he had really seen me before I saw him, it would have been a confident, presentable image. Argh.
4 comments:
hey
possible reasons
1) Cosmic: Divine powers want to tell you something hidden about him as a person, you as a person and you two as pals/potential mates
2) Mundane: rational confluence of the various variables you listed
Can see the tug of war between the emotional and rational sides in the entry ... well..perhaps the argh at the end shows which side tipped the balance ...
i hope he has responded to the sms by now at least ... : )
This is life... Some pple in our lives react to us in this manner.. We may also behave in this way to some pple whom we used to cherish. U r not alone, my dear Sunnytears. I face this too & it's almost always the opposite gender who react in this way. No big deal. Dun bother over it & juz move on in life. Juz treat this person as a guo4 ke4 in ur life...
so marly, what do u think the "cosmic" part is trying to tell me? and what is the "mundane" part about? I don't quite understand.
but you are right, there was a tug of war between the emotional and rational sides. and nope, he still hasn't replied (by now, it's 72hrs i guess). i don't think he's ever gg to already. bleh.
swiftdreamz, this is not common occurence for me. maybe in the past, there were instances when ppl felt awkward and avoided me, but I almost always know why. But this time, there is no reason to do so mah. If she is his gf, just be gracious and say hi/intro. If she is not, all the more no reason to just walk away and not reply sms. Super weird. =P bleh bleh.
My dear Sunnytears, there's always a 1st time. In the past, u know y certain pple avoided u but trust me, there r pple who choose to walk out of a frenship w/o giving any reason. U may think there's nothing to hide when u saw him w a gal. He may think otherwise. There r 101 reasons. Dun ponder over it. If he's so heartless, get him out of ur life. The > u persist in finding out the reason, the > he avoids u. Check out my blog one of these days. I'll put up a similar case on it.
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