Wolf of Wall Street...with Ghost
On Saturday morning I went to the courts. It was a bit windy and cloudy, but at least it wasn't raining. Given that and it being a long weekend, I wondered how many people would turn up. When I got there, the chubby guard with the beard was already there stretching. I approached him and we chatted a bit, and then people started to slowly show up, although not as many as previously.
Nevertheless, we still managed to get a full court game on. Bo was there again, things are a bit less awkward now. I think we just accept that we'll say hi and bye and nothing more. We didn't play too many games, maybe it was the wind, but people started leaving after about two hours. That Toronto guy invited me out to lunch, but I had to decline as I was "supposed" to study.
Needless to say, I didn't. I went home, and had a nap. I still had a headache from the day before, and had to play basketball with it. Woke up feeling better as the headache dissipated. Then I got ready to meet "Ghost" for Wolf on Wall Street.
She had texted me earlier to confirm, and I joked that I thought it was the next day before confirming. I caught a bus out and got there on time. Didn't see her so I went to collect the tickets I had booked online. Good thing I did, because there was a huge queue. I texted her saying I was there and she asked me to wait. I waited for like 20 minutes, and when she arrived it was 3:45pm - the start time for the movie. She said she didn't think I was coming, so I assume she only got ready when I said I was there.
To be honest, I didn't think I'd recognise her. And I probably wouldn't have had she not waved to me first. I offered my hand out to hold and she kinda awkwardly just shook it. We walked to the end of the queue and waited. I said it was so long, and she said we could wait for the next one. I kinda liked how she wasn't annoyed and was willing to wait. Then I pulled the tickets out of my pocket and showed her lol. We went to get some popcorn and drinks before heading into the cinema.
Got perfect seats, at the back of the front section so I could see without my glasses, and we got a couples seat as well. She was texting a bit on her phone in the beginning which was a bit annoying. I wondered if she was texting her work to say she wouldn't be available.
The movie was pretty good. I had high expectations for it, and although it didn't meet it because I had set it so high, I wasn't really disappointed either. I thought Dicaprio did his usual excellent job, but the script for his motivational speeches probably could've been better. Or maybe that was just how Jordan Belfort remembered them. Anyway, I thought there were three scenes which will go down as classics:
1. The lunch with Mathew McConaughey. The chest beat and the humming was both hilarious and weird at the same time. He did such a wonderful job, can't believe he was only in the movie for five minutes.
2. The scene where Leonardo discovers his home phone is bugged and rushes home under the influence of drugs to stop his friend from talking on the phone. That battle between them to get his friend off the phone had the entire cinema laughing.
3. The exchange on the boat between Leonardo and the FBI agent. I wasn't sure until the very end of that exchange as to whether the FBI agent was seriously contemplating siding with Leo.
What I also liked about her was that when the movie finished, she wasn't in a rush to get up and leave. I always like to stay seated for a bit and let the crowd go first.
When we walked out, she asked me what I was going to do now, and I thought for a moment that maybe she didn't want to spend the rest of the day with me. I asked her if she wanted to go for dinner and she said yes. I suggested Japanese and Spanish and she seemed interested in the latter but when I mentioned pizza she decided on Japanese. Turned out later that she didn't like pizza.
I took her to the Japanese restaurant I had been to with HHH, Bush etc as well as Jim. She actually didn't mind walking and said she sometimes walks along the main street to get to Circular Quay. It was during this walk that I asked for her name, as I told her my name was the same as a department store we had been talking about. She said she'd tell me in five minutes.
She pointed out the Sydney Tower and I asked if she wanted to have dinner there next time and she said yes. She then told me about a rotating restaurant in Beijing. She also said she would like to go to the zoo. I wasn't too keen on that as I had already been relatively recently, and it'd probably bring back memories of Jin. In fact, even throughout the night I sometimes had flashes of thought of Jin.
I asked her how many children she'd want and she said three. This led to a discussion about the one child policy in China and she said it's changed now to allow two.
Once we got to the restaurant, I did the chest beat thing like in the movie which made her laugh. We ordered and ate, and I again asked for her name. She told me it was Xing, and I knew she wasn't lying because that was her name on WeChat.
She told me she had learnt her English in high school whilst in Japan. She said she had two older siblings, I think one sister and one brother. She made it sound like she had been by herself since a very young age. She told me she lived with two room mates, one of whom lived in the lounge. She said she paid like $350 in rent per week. She said she wanted to look for cheaper and I showed her on my phone some places for rent in surrounding suburbs.
She also said she wanted to go to Ikea to get a quilt as it was cold at night, and I said I could drive us there one day.
She didn't seem to eat too much, so I had to finish off the plate of sushi. I suggested going for a walk to Circular Quay, and although she said yes, she later said she wanted to go home as it was cold. As we walked, I asked if she had a boyfriend in Japan, and she said yes for two and a half years. I said that was a long time.
She then asked if I was married or had a girlfriend and I jokingly said yes before saying no. She mentioned something about being my girlfriend and I didn't say anything. She said she wanted to get married so she could get a visa, and said we could get married tomorrow. I played along and said yes, and she said probably in three months, and asked me how to get married. I said I didn't know and she asked me to look into it.
She said something about wanting to get into bed because it was cold, and I joked and said I wanted to get in her bed too, and she said not until after marriage.
Sometimes as we walked she'd walk into me or grab my arm. Just after the restaurant she tried to climb onto my back. But as we neared her apartment, she said she didn't want people to see us as she wouldn't know how to explain it. I walked her to her apartment and then we parted.
Even now, I realise it is too early to start something new again. I am still in love with Jin...
Nevertheless, we still managed to get a full court game on. Bo was there again, things are a bit less awkward now. I think we just accept that we'll say hi and bye and nothing more. We didn't play too many games, maybe it was the wind, but people started leaving after about two hours. That Toronto guy invited me out to lunch, but I had to decline as I was "supposed" to study.
Needless to say, I didn't. I went home, and had a nap. I still had a headache from the day before, and had to play basketball with it. Woke up feeling better as the headache dissipated. Then I got ready to meet "Ghost" for Wolf on Wall Street.
She had texted me earlier to confirm, and I joked that I thought it was the next day before confirming. I caught a bus out and got there on time. Didn't see her so I went to collect the tickets I had booked online. Good thing I did, because there was a huge queue. I texted her saying I was there and she asked me to wait. I waited for like 20 minutes, and when she arrived it was 3:45pm - the start time for the movie. She said she didn't think I was coming, so I assume she only got ready when I said I was there.
To be honest, I didn't think I'd recognise her. And I probably wouldn't have had she not waved to me first. I offered my hand out to hold and she kinda awkwardly just shook it. We walked to the end of the queue and waited. I said it was so long, and she said we could wait for the next one. I kinda liked how she wasn't annoyed and was willing to wait. Then I pulled the tickets out of my pocket and showed her lol. We went to get some popcorn and drinks before heading into the cinema.
Got perfect seats, at the back of the front section so I could see without my glasses, and we got a couples seat as well. She was texting a bit on her phone in the beginning which was a bit annoying. I wondered if she was texting her work to say she wouldn't be available.
The movie was pretty good. I had high expectations for it, and although it didn't meet it because I had set it so high, I wasn't really disappointed either. I thought Dicaprio did his usual excellent job, but the script for his motivational speeches probably could've been better. Or maybe that was just how Jordan Belfort remembered them. Anyway, I thought there were three scenes which will go down as classics:
1. The lunch with Mathew McConaughey. The chest beat and the humming was both hilarious and weird at the same time. He did such a wonderful job, can't believe he was only in the movie for five minutes.
2. The scene where Leonardo discovers his home phone is bugged and rushes home under the influence of drugs to stop his friend from talking on the phone. That battle between them to get his friend off the phone had the entire cinema laughing.
3. The exchange on the boat between Leonardo and the FBI agent. I wasn't sure until the very end of that exchange as to whether the FBI agent was seriously contemplating siding with Leo.
What I also liked about her was that when the movie finished, she wasn't in a rush to get up and leave. I always like to stay seated for a bit and let the crowd go first.
When we walked out, she asked me what I was going to do now, and I thought for a moment that maybe she didn't want to spend the rest of the day with me. I asked her if she wanted to go for dinner and she said yes. I suggested Japanese and Spanish and she seemed interested in the latter but when I mentioned pizza she decided on Japanese. Turned out later that she didn't like pizza.
I took her to the Japanese restaurant I had been to with HHH, Bush etc as well as Jim. She actually didn't mind walking and said she sometimes walks along the main street to get to Circular Quay. It was during this walk that I asked for her name, as I told her my name was the same as a department store we had been talking about. She said she'd tell me in five minutes.
She pointed out the Sydney Tower and I asked if she wanted to have dinner there next time and she said yes. She then told me about a rotating restaurant in Beijing. She also said she would like to go to the zoo. I wasn't too keen on that as I had already been relatively recently, and it'd probably bring back memories of Jin. In fact, even throughout the night I sometimes had flashes of thought of Jin.
I asked her how many children she'd want and she said three. This led to a discussion about the one child policy in China and she said it's changed now to allow two.
Once we got to the restaurant, I did the chest beat thing like in the movie which made her laugh. We ordered and ate, and I again asked for her name. She told me it was Xing, and I knew she wasn't lying because that was her name on WeChat.
She told me she had learnt her English in high school whilst in Japan. She said she had two older siblings, I think one sister and one brother. She made it sound like she had been by herself since a very young age. She told me she lived with two room mates, one of whom lived in the lounge. She said she paid like $350 in rent per week. She said she wanted to look for cheaper and I showed her on my phone some places for rent in surrounding suburbs.
She also said she wanted to go to Ikea to get a quilt as it was cold at night, and I said I could drive us there one day.
She didn't seem to eat too much, so I had to finish off the plate of sushi. I suggested going for a walk to Circular Quay, and although she said yes, she later said she wanted to go home as it was cold. As we walked, I asked if she had a boyfriend in Japan, and she said yes for two and a half years. I said that was a long time.
She then asked if I was married or had a girlfriend and I jokingly said yes before saying no. She mentioned something about being my girlfriend and I didn't say anything. She said she wanted to get married so she could get a visa, and said we could get married tomorrow. I played along and said yes, and she said probably in three months, and asked me how to get married. I said I didn't know and she asked me to look into it.
She said something about wanting to get into bed because it was cold, and I joked and said I wanted to get in her bed too, and she said not until after marriage.
Sometimes as we walked she'd walk into me or grab my arm. Just after the restaurant she tried to climb onto my back. But as we neared her apartment, she said she didn't want people to see us as she wouldn't know how to explain it. I walked her to her apartment and then we parted.
Even now, I realise it is too early to start something new again. I am still in love with Jin...
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