Cindy, the return of
On Friday night I met up with Coco, Yvonne and Wendy.
The original plan was to go to Ivy, but then Yvonne said she had free tickets to the movie The Duff. I wasn't especially keen for a movie, but it was free, so what the hell. I figured we could go to Ivy afterwards.
So I met up with Coco first, then Yvonne arrived. We watched the movie and enjoyed a free choc top. I tried to fall asleep in the movie but couldn't. I guess it was bearable.
After that we met up with Wendy at World Square. I took a brief walk around to look for her and when I returned, Yvonne asked why I deleted Jenny from my facebook friends list. I asked what made her think I deleted her and not her deleting me, and she said "my source". I looked at Coco and she looked away. I didn't say anything and it was a bit awkward for a moment.
Then Wendy arrived. She gave Coco and me a hug, and she shook hands with Yvonne. I could tell Yvonne wasn't very open to meeting Wendy. It was a stark contrast - Wendy was young, flashy, and came from a rich family. Yvonne was ugly, past her prime, and worked for her own money.
We decided to have sushi for dinner, against my suggestion of pizza. Coco suggested Mizuya, but Yvonne didn't want to go to that one because it was too close to her work. So we walked to Chinatown for another Mizuya, yeah, whatever.
Dinner was ok. I found it was me trying to start group conversations at times when it went quiet. I did make a few jokes which made Wendy laugh, which impressed me because she always seems so stoic. Yvonne told us she was meeting a guy on the weekend for bike riding but wouldn't label it as a date, and got defensive when we questioned her about it and called it a date. Why are girls so hesitant to call things a date?
She seemed to be the female version of Shuing that night, being nit picky on small things. Like when I made a joke about personal loans and interest rate being like 5%, she said "they're more like 10%". I mean, who cares?
After dinner we decided on dessert, but Yvonne wanted to go home. Then Wendy, Coco and I wanted to go to Ivy, but in the end we went to get coffee near World Square. I paid for Wendy's ice cream because she got our table and didn't have cash, and I didn't mind, it was only like $6.
We sat there talking about guys and girls really, just showing pictures of people and seeing if they were attractive.
After that we called it a night. I walked Coco to her bus stop and waited with her for the bus.
Saturday
So yetserday I was to meet Cindy for coffee/lunch/dinner. We had agreed on Wechat to meet at 5pm. Then at around noon I sent her a message confirming to meet at 5pm at World Square. I kept myself busy by being in the city. I was supposed to do a bit of work in the office, but most of my time was wasted by looking for a dry cleaner, and I found out the hard way that they have very short hours on Saturdays.
I gave up, grabbed some Macca's and went into the office where I got about an hour's worth of work done. I then went home, and got ready. I still had not received a reply.
So I texted her on Kakaotalk, and the messages were soon read. When I got to the city and parked, she replied saying she was working and apologised. I got angry and asked her why she didn't tell me earlier, adding that I was already there. More texting back and forth, and through her poor English I managed to figure out she was near the fish markets, and that I was supposed to meet her there.
I drove there and turned out she lived in an apartment nearby. At first I saw a girl standing on the street corner and didn't think it was her as she was too tall. Then I realised she was the only one on that street, so I did a u-turn and drove slowly by her and stopped. She looked into my car, and I looked back at her. She walked over and opened the door. I felt like I was picking up a street prostitute.
She got in, and I semi-recognised her. I thought she was shorter, and I thought she was darker. Oh well. I also thought she had better spoken English, but her English was actually quite broken, although still better than Jin's.
I gave her the chcoolate Easter bunny I bought for her, and she started telling me about her work, and how a lot of the girls at the "127 shop" (the one Angel works at) are talking about her. She was talking about how once she left 127, all the girls were talking about her, and how 127 kept asking her for money for her visa, something in the range of $5500.
We went to Broadway for coffee. She seemed to be a bit taken aback by the food court but went with it. I couldn't think of a cafe at that moment. As soon as we got out of the car and walked, I noticed her touching my back and walking close to me.
We found a small cafe store and bought her a mocca, a hot chocolate for myself, and we shared a risotta cake which she didn't like too much. I think I was a bit too eager, asking her out to the Eastershow too soon. She didn't know what it was, and when I showed her photos she didn't seem too keen.
She did seem keen to see me though, but all she could talk about was her work. I did initially kick things off by talking about my HK trip and showing her the photos. I thought work would be the last thing she'd want to talk about in public, but I guess anyone over hearing us wouldn't have figured it out anyway. She told me the following things:
- she lived in the living room of an apartment, and with one girl who works at 127
- she is on a student visa
- she plans to work one year for the money
- after she left 127, she worked at 5 Star for a week, then moved to the 'in call' place she works at now
- this place is run by a guy who organises customers through Wechat, and then sends them to motels either in the city or Ashfield, and she is currently at the Ashfield one
- she said when customers pay $250 at 127, the girls get $140, and here she gets $180
- she said she preferred this motel arrangement over working in a shop
She asked me when was the last time I went to 127, and I lied and said about a month ago, not that she seemed to mind. She did seem to want my business, and asked my friends to go, but I told her my friends don't know about my habit.
She said something about the shop finding out girls meeting customers outside of the shop, and used "you", but I couldn't tell if she meant me specifically or was just using me as an example.
Her phone rang a few times and it was her boss. Despite her earlier messages, she didn't seem to be in too much of a rush, but we did finish up and leave at about 7pm. As we walked off, we talked about dinner and agreed to meet on Tuesday for dinner. She said she was working over the next three days, then would rest on Monday and would have the energy to come out on Tuesday.
She was again touching my back and was now walking even closer, so that her breast was on my arm.
We half joked about me going to see her at the motel later that night, but I didn't say anything when she seemed to take it seriously. She did ask me to visit her next week though.
I dropped her off at her apartment, and she seemed to get really touchy, massaging my shoulder. I was like a rock. I didn't know how to react, AND I wasn't comfortable with getting too physical upon seeing her for the first time in a long time. I told her if she was going to cancel then to tell me earlier, and she just said "kakaotalk".
I left, feeling like she would be a good bandaid for what happened with Jenny. But I couldn't really figure out why she re-initiated contact. Was it for work purposes? But the thing is, we began texting way before she started at this new place. But it was after she left 127. Or does she need help with something else?
I get the feeling she's not after me as a boyfriend. It all seems a bit too easy, and as we all know, nothing comes easily.
The original plan was to go to Ivy, but then Yvonne said she had free tickets to the movie The Duff. I wasn't especially keen for a movie, but it was free, so what the hell. I figured we could go to Ivy afterwards.
So I met up with Coco first, then Yvonne arrived. We watched the movie and enjoyed a free choc top. I tried to fall asleep in the movie but couldn't. I guess it was bearable.
After that we met up with Wendy at World Square. I took a brief walk around to look for her and when I returned, Yvonne asked why I deleted Jenny from my facebook friends list. I asked what made her think I deleted her and not her deleting me, and she said "my source". I looked at Coco and she looked away. I didn't say anything and it was a bit awkward for a moment.
Then Wendy arrived. She gave Coco and me a hug, and she shook hands with Yvonne. I could tell Yvonne wasn't very open to meeting Wendy. It was a stark contrast - Wendy was young, flashy, and came from a rich family. Yvonne was ugly, past her prime, and worked for her own money.
We decided to have sushi for dinner, against my suggestion of pizza. Coco suggested Mizuya, but Yvonne didn't want to go to that one because it was too close to her work. So we walked to Chinatown for another Mizuya, yeah, whatever.
Dinner was ok. I found it was me trying to start group conversations at times when it went quiet. I did make a few jokes which made Wendy laugh, which impressed me because she always seems so stoic. Yvonne told us she was meeting a guy on the weekend for bike riding but wouldn't label it as a date, and got defensive when we questioned her about it and called it a date. Why are girls so hesitant to call things a date?
She seemed to be the female version of Shuing that night, being nit picky on small things. Like when I made a joke about personal loans and interest rate being like 5%, she said "they're more like 10%". I mean, who cares?
After dinner we decided on dessert, but Yvonne wanted to go home. Then Wendy, Coco and I wanted to go to Ivy, but in the end we went to get coffee near World Square. I paid for Wendy's ice cream because she got our table and didn't have cash, and I didn't mind, it was only like $6.
We sat there talking about guys and girls really, just showing pictures of people and seeing if they were attractive.
After that we called it a night. I walked Coco to her bus stop and waited with her for the bus.
Saturday
So yetserday I was to meet Cindy for coffee/lunch/dinner. We had agreed on Wechat to meet at 5pm. Then at around noon I sent her a message confirming to meet at 5pm at World Square. I kept myself busy by being in the city. I was supposed to do a bit of work in the office, but most of my time was wasted by looking for a dry cleaner, and I found out the hard way that they have very short hours on Saturdays.
I gave up, grabbed some Macca's and went into the office where I got about an hour's worth of work done. I then went home, and got ready. I still had not received a reply.
So I texted her on Kakaotalk, and the messages were soon read. When I got to the city and parked, she replied saying she was working and apologised. I got angry and asked her why she didn't tell me earlier, adding that I was already there. More texting back and forth, and through her poor English I managed to figure out she was near the fish markets, and that I was supposed to meet her there.
I drove there and turned out she lived in an apartment nearby. At first I saw a girl standing on the street corner and didn't think it was her as she was too tall. Then I realised she was the only one on that street, so I did a u-turn and drove slowly by her and stopped. She looked into my car, and I looked back at her. She walked over and opened the door. I felt like I was picking up a street prostitute.
She got in, and I semi-recognised her. I thought she was shorter, and I thought she was darker. Oh well. I also thought she had better spoken English, but her English was actually quite broken, although still better than Jin's.
I gave her the chcoolate Easter bunny I bought for her, and she started telling me about her work, and how a lot of the girls at the "127 shop" (the one Angel works at) are talking about her. She was talking about how once she left 127, all the girls were talking about her, and how 127 kept asking her for money for her visa, something in the range of $5500.
We went to Broadway for coffee. She seemed to be a bit taken aback by the food court but went with it. I couldn't think of a cafe at that moment. As soon as we got out of the car and walked, I noticed her touching my back and walking close to me.
We found a small cafe store and bought her a mocca, a hot chocolate for myself, and we shared a risotta cake which she didn't like too much. I think I was a bit too eager, asking her out to the Eastershow too soon. She didn't know what it was, and when I showed her photos she didn't seem too keen.
She did seem keen to see me though, but all she could talk about was her work. I did initially kick things off by talking about my HK trip and showing her the photos. I thought work would be the last thing she'd want to talk about in public, but I guess anyone over hearing us wouldn't have figured it out anyway. She told me the following things:
- she lived in the living room of an apartment, and with one girl who works at 127
- she is on a student visa
- she plans to work one year for the money
- after she left 127, she worked at 5 Star for a week, then moved to the 'in call' place she works at now
- this place is run by a guy who organises customers through Wechat, and then sends them to motels either in the city or Ashfield, and she is currently at the Ashfield one
- she said when customers pay $250 at 127, the girls get $140, and here she gets $180
- she said she preferred this motel arrangement over working in a shop
She asked me when was the last time I went to 127, and I lied and said about a month ago, not that she seemed to mind. She did seem to want my business, and asked my friends to go, but I told her my friends don't know about my habit.
She said something about the shop finding out girls meeting customers outside of the shop, and used "you", but I couldn't tell if she meant me specifically or was just using me as an example.
Her phone rang a few times and it was her boss. Despite her earlier messages, she didn't seem to be in too much of a rush, but we did finish up and leave at about 7pm. As we walked off, we talked about dinner and agreed to meet on Tuesday for dinner. She said she was working over the next three days, then would rest on Monday and would have the energy to come out on Tuesday.
She was again touching my back and was now walking even closer, so that her breast was on my arm.
We half joked about me going to see her at the motel later that night, but I didn't say anything when she seemed to take it seriously. She did ask me to visit her next week though.
I dropped her off at her apartment, and she seemed to get really touchy, massaging my shoulder. I was like a rock. I didn't know how to react, AND I wasn't comfortable with getting too physical upon seeing her for the first time in a long time. I told her if she was going to cancel then to tell me earlier, and she just said "kakaotalk".
I left, feeling like she would be a good bandaid for what happened with Jenny. But I couldn't really figure out why she re-initiated contact. Was it for work purposes? But the thing is, we began texting way before she started at this new place. But it was after she left 127. Or does she need help with something else?
I get the feeling she's not after me as a boyfriend. It all seems a bit too easy, and as we all know, nothing comes easily.
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