Ikea with Jim / White Party / Jin
5 April 2015
On Sunday I helped Jim move...or tried to anyway. He asked me to go to Ikea with him so we could take some furniture back to his new place in Glebe (he finally moved out). He was a bit too optimistic, thinking we would fit a desk, a bed and chairs into both our cars. And he only gave in to reality right at the very end when he saw the actual size of the packaged products.
Initially, in the beginning, being there brought back memories of Jenny. I even told Jim just as much. But it began to fade as the trip went on. As we browsed through the furniture, I kept thinking about two things: 1) how unhappy most of the men there seemed to be, shopping with their girlfriends or wives; and 2) how much more fun this trip was with Jim than with Jenny.
I just felt like with Jenny I couldn't afford to make a mistake and had to watch everything I said or did, but with Jim, everything was free flowing - I could swear, I could say anything, and we had so many laughs. I remember at one stage we were both laughing so much that we probably looked like two high school kids mucking around.
It was a long day, especially at the end when we struggled with getting the stuff onto the trolley and out to the cashier. Jim had to pay for delivery because most of it wouldn't fit into our cars.
He decided to shout me lunch for my assistance, and I didn't want to eat an expensive meal so we went for KFC out in the city. After that I just went home feeling totally exhausted.
10 April 2015
On Friday after work, I went home to get my car, changed, and went to meet Coco for the white party at the casino.
It turned out to be quite an enjoyable night. When we first got in we decided to line up for drinks. I spotted Justin and he came over and talked for a bit. I was a little disappointed that Coco made no effort to talk at all, and it reminded me of what Jenny had said about how Coco didn't like white people. But the other thing was, Justin really, really stunk. It got to a point where I just wanted to walk away. I always thought it was just at basketball, but apparently he smells even at a networking function like this. He was here because he had just broken up with his girlfriend of five years, poor guy.
Coco introduced me to Claudia, who I had met a few years ago but she probably didn't remember me. I found her to be a bit snobbish, not really wanting to talk to me. I heard from Coco that she's another one of those girls who only cares about money.
I lost Coco for a bit and went in search for her. It was pretty hard, since most people there were wearing white, and there were heaps of Asian girls wearing white. While I was walking around, a girl from a group just suddenly walked up to me and started talking. I was totally not prepared for it and may have come off as stand off-ish when I told her I was looking for a female friend. She soon ended the conversation (in a friendly way) and left me to my own devices.
When I found Coco we got something to eat and joined a table and started talking to them. We met a guy called Yaz, and I was really impressed with his social skills. He wasn't over bearing, but I could tell he was trying to avoid awkward silences. He seemed like a nice guy too.
The girl next to me was Chinese and an assistant in a real estate company. I thought she was decent looking, but she soon mentioned her boyfriend so that was the end of that.
Coco and I left the table after a while and walked around. She approached two girls for me and we talked for a bit, but when she said she would go get some food, I followed her and she said she was trying to leave me alone with them. Damn. One of them was pretty good looking.
I tried to help her approach two guys she said were good looking, but they were already engaged in conversation.
We saw Ferris there and had a brief conversation. I wanted to go to the toilet towards the end and we went there but when we saw Jenny coming out we both looked away and Coco urged me to walk away so we did.
Afterwards we left the party and met up with G. We went to the pie shop near his house to eat a pie. Coco shouted me, which I felt guilty about. I drove Coco home.
Saturday and Sunday
I was a good boy and worked on the weekend, in preparation for my hearing tomorrow :)
Today
I woke up today and checked Kakaotalk on my old phone, to see Jin had changed her profile picture. When I had messaged her before, she changed it to the sunset photo shortly after, but today she had changed it to four pictures of her with short hair.
Although I always find girls to be more attractive with long hair, I thought she actually looked pretty good with short hair. She looked much more mature.
I miss her...
On Sunday I helped Jim move...or tried to anyway. He asked me to go to Ikea with him so we could take some furniture back to his new place in Glebe (he finally moved out). He was a bit too optimistic, thinking we would fit a desk, a bed and chairs into both our cars. And he only gave in to reality right at the very end when he saw the actual size of the packaged products.
Initially, in the beginning, being there brought back memories of Jenny. I even told Jim just as much. But it began to fade as the trip went on. As we browsed through the furniture, I kept thinking about two things: 1) how unhappy most of the men there seemed to be, shopping with their girlfriends or wives; and 2) how much more fun this trip was with Jim than with Jenny.
I just felt like with Jenny I couldn't afford to make a mistake and had to watch everything I said or did, but with Jim, everything was free flowing - I could swear, I could say anything, and we had so many laughs. I remember at one stage we were both laughing so much that we probably looked like two high school kids mucking around.
It was a long day, especially at the end when we struggled with getting the stuff onto the trolley and out to the cashier. Jim had to pay for delivery because most of it wouldn't fit into our cars.
He decided to shout me lunch for my assistance, and I didn't want to eat an expensive meal so we went for KFC out in the city. After that I just went home feeling totally exhausted.
10 April 2015
On Friday after work, I went home to get my car, changed, and went to meet Coco for the white party at the casino.
It turned out to be quite an enjoyable night. When we first got in we decided to line up for drinks. I spotted Justin and he came over and talked for a bit. I was a little disappointed that Coco made no effort to talk at all, and it reminded me of what Jenny had said about how Coco didn't like white people. But the other thing was, Justin really, really stunk. It got to a point where I just wanted to walk away. I always thought it was just at basketball, but apparently he smells even at a networking function like this. He was here because he had just broken up with his girlfriend of five years, poor guy.
Coco introduced me to Claudia, who I had met a few years ago but she probably didn't remember me. I found her to be a bit snobbish, not really wanting to talk to me. I heard from Coco that she's another one of those girls who only cares about money.
I lost Coco for a bit and went in search for her. It was pretty hard, since most people there were wearing white, and there were heaps of Asian girls wearing white. While I was walking around, a girl from a group just suddenly walked up to me and started talking. I was totally not prepared for it and may have come off as stand off-ish when I told her I was looking for a female friend. She soon ended the conversation (in a friendly way) and left me to my own devices.
When I found Coco we got something to eat and joined a table and started talking to them. We met a guy called Yaz, and I was really impressed with his social skills. He wasn't over bearing, but I could tell he was trying to avoid awkward silences. He seemed like a nice guy too.
The girl next to me was Chinese and an assistant in a real estate company. I thought she was decent looking, but she soon mentioned her boyfriend so that was the end of that.
Coco and I left the table after a while and walked around. She approached two girls for me and we talked for a bit, but when she said she would go get some food, I followed her and she said she was trying to leave me alone with them. Damn. One of them was pretty good looking.
I tried to help her approach two guys she said were good looking, but they were already engaged in conversation.
We saw Ferris there and had a brief conversation. I wanted to go to the toilet towards the end and we went there but when we saw Jenny coming out we both looked away and Coco urged me to walk away so we did.
Afterwards we left the party and met up with G. We went to the pie shop near his house to eat a pie. Coco shouted me, which I felt guilty about. I drove Coco home.
Saturday and Sunday
I was a good boy and worked on the weekend, in preparation for my hearing tomorrow :)
Today
I woke up today and checked Kakaotalk on my old phone, to see Jin had changed her profile picture. When I had messaged her before, she changed it to the sunset photo shortly after, but today she had changed it to four pictures of her with short hair.
Although I always find girls to be more attractive with long hair, I thought she actually looked pretty good with short hair. She looked much more mature.
I miss her...
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