"Ghost"

So yesterday I ended up selling my 5oz gold. During lunch I thought I'd go out and get some quotes as to what I could get for it, since gold had jumped 2% overnight. I figured if I could get back what I paid for it then I'd be ok, since the purpose was to get it onto my credit card anyway.

I went to one shop that I heard advertising on tv. The guy was the type of slick talker you should be aware of. He said he could give me $7,050, and I said I was hoping for a little more ($7,100). He said they offered 2% below spot price and I said I'd wait for it to go up a bit, and he added it might go down. Pfff.

I decided to go get something to eat when I saw another sign held by someone on the street, advertising for the purchase of gold. I went in there and this place looked a little bit dodgier than the first, but the guy seemed a bit nicer. He was open to negotiate. He checked it out, instantly knew it was 5oz, and asked me what I wanted. I said $7,100 and he asked what the other place offered, and I said $7,050. He offered $7,075 and I said I could come back, but he quickly invited me in and said he'd take it for $7,100 (the shop I originally bought it from was selling it for $7,300 by now).

I went in and there was another customer. The guy told me he was waiting for his partner to come back from the bank with some cash, so I waited while the girl filled out a receipt for me. A while later he counted out $7,100 in cash for me. I don't think I have ever held so much cash in my life. I was watching him carefully as he counted it, as I was afraid he'd try something, but it was all cool.

And so, I sold it. I must admit, I was a bit sad whilst I waited. I looked at my gold and didn't want to sell it. The emotional side of me felt like I was losing something that belonged to me. But the rational and logical side said this was the right thing to do.

After that I went to the bank to deposit the money.

Back at the office, I waited until 2pm to go with Aaron for a warrant. Everything went ok, but after that, back at the office, I had gotten a headache. I'm not really sure from what. Maybe it was the stress of studying. Maybe it was because I was beginning to fear Jin had sent someone after me.

But Ben came to the rescue when at 4pm he asked me if I wanted to go for a drink. I couldn't accept fast enough, and went with him and Paul. Ben got the first round with chips, then Paul got the second round but I hadn't finished my lemonade yet so that excluded me. I did my share by buying the second bowl of chips. Yes, I am very 'Brian-conscious'.

We talked about general stuff, and I asked them if they thought Mob looked a bit teary in the morning meeting, but both said they didn't notice it. I think Paul doesn't like me. I caught him staring at me during a period of silence. I think he must be feeling some resentment towards me, wondering how I could be in a better position than him when I seemingly lacked social skills.

After that I went to DJ's to check out some ties before returning to the office to change. I went to the gym, then went home. I still had a headache and was content to call it a night, but some internet wanderings led me to messaging some parlours, and ended up booking a "mystery girl" from a shop I had never tried before, but had heard of many times.

I went to this apartment block behind KFC in the city and messaged them. Had to wait about 10 minutes and felt dodgy as shit. Later they sent me instructions to buzz my way up there, so found the door and knocked. These were very nice apartments. An older girl opened the door. I think I saw her entering the building before while I was waiting.

I was disappointed, as I was hoping for a really hot girl. But then I thought "should've known". We talked a bit but I was more distracted by how nice the apartment was. It was tiny, but just so nice. She asked me to shower and so I stripped off and went into the bathroom. She watched me and talked to me as I took a piss and showered.

After that she showered, and then we got onto the bed. Started talking and she acted like she didn't really want to do anything. She was talking and teasing me a bit and I thought this was all part of her "girlfriend experience" repertoire, so played along. She said she wanted to watch Wolf of Wall Street and I joked that we'd go see it tomorrow. We had sex, showered together and got changed. I asked if there was time left and she said about 20 minutes.

So we talked on the couch with her sitting on my lap. We somehow got talking about going for ice cream and I thought she was joking but we actually really did end up going. As we left, I was standing in the lift when a thought struck me: "wait, is this part of the service? Am I going to be like, charged $1500 for this shit?"

But then she hadn't said anything. So hmmm.

We went to a yoghurt place on George Street. Had a bit of fun showing her how to do the yoghurt, and we managed to get some decent conversation in despite it being late and me having a headache. Although she said she was Mongolian, I think she really is from Beijing. Still don't know each other's names. We talked about ghosts, and she said her friends had seen some in Thailand, so she never sees ghost movies.

Seems like she has been to a few places, like Japan and Hong Kong. She can speak Japanese and a bit of Korean, in addition to Mandarin.

At times, from some angles, I found her attractive, but at other times, not. I guess I am just trying to fill time. I ended up walking her to her apartment, which was next to my old office. We talked a bit and I wondered if I should kiss her, remembering the time Jin looked like she wanted to kiss. But we just waved goodbye and said we'd see each other tomorrow.