So much Johanna...
So much has happened over the last week or so, I'm not sure if I can recall everything but I will try.
Sunday 12/7/15
I know I had promised myself not to contact her and to just disappear after returning to Japan, which would also mean forfeiting my $5,000 but something happened that meant I couldn't resist.
She had called me from a landline number, probably to see if I had blocked her number or something since my old phone is mostly switched off. Anyway, I googled this number and surprise surprise, it told me the name of the person it belonged to AND the address. Wow, I wasn't expecting that.
It was some Asian name, and I called it and a man answered. I did a search on facebook and got the profile of some older, fatter Asian bloke posing in a sports car in some sort of car show. That was enough of a circumstantial case for me. I was pretty sure now that when I had previously dropped her off at the Crows Nest address, that it was a man, and not a woman.
I sent her a photo of the bloke and went to bed.
Monday 13/7/15
In the morning I sent her a few quick and blunt messages, saying I wanted my money back by Friday. Not really sure why I was doing it, because I was pretty sure I wasn't going to get it back anyway. Worst thing was, this felt like the whole Jin saga all over again. Only a re-visit now truly gave me an appreciation of how stressful the whole thing was, and that was part of my earlier decision to just forget about it.
At night we texted each other. Basically she wanted to meet up and explain, but said she would give me my money back. I wanted to meet up there and then, but she said she was sick. I eventually pushed her to agree to meet, and I drove out to Burwood, but in the end she said she didn't want to come out.
I sat in my car and we had this long phone conversation, with me basically yelling and scolding her for cheating on me. She tried to explain it away, saying the guy was nice to her, and how she had met him last year, and that she enjoyed spending time with his son. Anyway, we agreed to meet the next day for her to give me my money back.
Tuesday 14/7/15
I met her at lunch time in Martin Place outside the Channel 7 building. I had been trying to think of a strategic route to take back to the office so she couldn't follow me, and I also wanted to wait from a distance to see if she'd actually come.
She was there. I saw her walking by herself. I crossed the road and met her. The first thing I asked was where was the money. I felt like a triad member. She said she would transfer it on her phone there and then, and asked if I wanted to hear an explanation. I just said I wanted the money. She began logging in and asked me to input my bank details, which I did.
She tried to explain and talk, and asked me how much I knew, and I said I knew enough. She finished the transfer and showed me. I logged into my account on my phone and saw that indeed the transfer went through. I started to walk away when she grabbed my arm and started crying. I was conscious of people watching and went up close to her and told her not to cry. She turned her face away and sobbed. I told her this was all her fault and her doing. She didn't want me to leave so I just said we'd talk later.
I walked back to work, going through various buildings and various paths, through to Woolies where I got something to eat, and then went back to the office.
It felt weird to have my money back, but lose her. I felt...empty. It was almost like I didn't even want the money, I just wanted her and I wanted everything to be alright. Was this a realisation that money doesn't buy happiness?
I started feeling sad because I had lost her. At the end of the day I texted her telling her she needed to choose between him and me. That night, the balance of power had shifted - it was almost as if I was begging her to come back.
Wednesday 15/7/15
At lunch I went to the casino, mainly because I just felt like it. It was a bit quiet and not many people were playing at the $10 tables. I didn't want to play because of that, but ended up playing anyway. It was dangerous, because not only was I by myself, but I wasn't in the best emotional state.
I went to a table where the dealer was a bit of an old guy, and looking back, he may have been a supervisor acting down as a dealer. We had a bit of a chat, mainly because he was talkative, and then there was a dealer change where the younger guy was even more talkative. I told him I broke up with my girlfriend the night before, and he probably thought I was there to dump all my emotions out on the table, which I probably was.
But I still had enough sense to leave with a bit of gain.
I could see Julie working at the computer roulette. It seemed like we were both just looking at each other from a long distance. It was a good reminder that not only were there other girls out there, but girls who seemed much more suitable to my personality.
After work, I went home, got my original stash of $2000 and headed back to the casino. I won a bit again and then decided to go for a punt after finding someone on Wechat. Turned out to be another dud, an older lady using photos of a younger girl. What a waste of $250.
Friday 17/715
Bush cancelled the dinner in the morning, which kinda freed up my evening.
In the end, I met up with Johanna. I was planning to drive her to Bankstown to eat buffet, but on the way we were talking, and I asked if she wanted to be together, and she said she wanted to be alone. I turned around and dropped her off at Burwood where I picked her up.
In the car, she sat there and said she would be going back to China in two days. I said it didn't matter anymore, and then she left. As I drove off, I saw her standing at the corner looking at her phone, seeming a bit lost. I felt sorry for her.
I had driven more than halfway back before thinking too much and calling her. I asked if she was really going back and she said in a few weeks. We ended up meeting again as I drove back to take her up on her offer to buy me something to eat.
We had Meet Fresh. I showed her my photos from Japan and it seemed like we had lots of laughs. I walked her back to her place, and she said she didn't want to have to introduce me to her friend she was staying with, so I left before her friend came down to get her.
Saturday 18/7/15
In the morning I went to the city for a shoe raffle. I didn't get the red pair of 11Lab4, and with the Jordan 7 I got picked at the very end and there were only size 12s left, si I didn't buy anything.
I went to the casino and won $500. I went back home to sleep, and then played basketball at night. For some reason my legs felt really jumpy, I even touched the backboard a few times and grabbed a really high rebound over Tristian.
Sunday 19/7/15
I went to the casino in the morning before basketball. I think it is a sign of desperation for the casino, but they only had the $5 tables open and the $25 table open. No $10 tables open, so people were forced to play either $5 or $25. Rationally speaking, there is no incentive to play the $25 table as the $10 table already has the single zero and so playing the $25 has no added benefit. Further, the maximum bet on a $25 table is $250, whereas the maximum on $10 table is $200, so it limits to potential to martingale the shit out of it.
I gave in anyway and played the $25 table. Boy did I play tight. Sat out a lot of spins, and pretty much won most spins, I was up $900 and then decided to leave.
In the afternoon I met up with Shuing, Elle, Eva and Colin for a talk about property investment with Elle's friend Ardella. It was pretty interesting, even if it was just to know how you needed someone on the inside to make good money.
After that we went to a restaurant for dinner. For some reason nights out with Colin always end up with him swearing - loudly.
Sunday 12/7/15
I know I had promised myself not to contact her and to just disappear after returning to Japan, which would also mean forfeiting my $5,000 but something happened that meant I couldn't resist.
She had called me from a landline number, probably to see if I had blocked her number or something since my old phone is mostly switched off. Anyway, I googled this number and surprise surprise, it told me the name of the person it belonged to AND the address. Wow, I wasn't expecting that.
It was some Asian name, and I called it and a man answered. I did a search on facebook and got the profile of some older, fatter Asian bloke posing in a sports car in some sort of car show. That was enough of a circumstantial case for me. I was pretty sure now that when I had previously dropped her off at the Crows Nest address, that it was a man, and not a woman.
I sent her a photo of the bloke and went to bed.
Monday 13/7/15
In the morning I sent her a few quick and blunt messages, saying I wanted my money back by Friday. Not really sure why I was doing it, because I was pretty sure I wasn't going to get it back anyway. Worst thing was, this felt like the whole Jin saga all over again. Only a re-visit now truly gave me an appreciation of how stressful the whole thing was, and that was part of my earlier decision to just forget about it.
At night we texted each other. Basically she wanted to meet up and explain, but said she would give me my money back. I wanted to meet up there and then, but she said she was sick. I eventually pushed her to agree to meet, and I drove out to Burwood, but in the end she said she didn't want to come out.
I sat in my car and we had this long phone conversation, with me basically yelling and scolding her for cheating on me. She tried to explain it away, saying the guy was nice to her, and how she had met him last year, and that she enjoyed spending time with his son. Anyway, we agreed to meet the next day for her to give me my money back.
Tuesday 14/7/15
I met her at lunch time in Martin Place outside the Channel 7 building. I had been trying to think of a strategic route to take back to the office so she couldn't follow me, and I also wanted to wait from a distance to see if she'd actually come.
She was there. I saw her walking by herself. I crossed the road and met her. The first thing I asked was where was the money. I felt like a triad member. She said she would transfer it on her phone there and then, and asked if I wanted to hear an explanation. I just said I wanted the money. She began logging in and asked me to input my bank details, which I did.
She tried to explain and talk, and asked me how much I knew, and I said I knew enough. She finished the transfer and showed me. I logged into my account on my phone and saw that indeed the transfer went through. I started to walk away when she grabbed my arm and started crying. I was conscious of people watching and went up close to her and told her not to cry. She turned her face away and sobbed. I told her this was all her fault and her doing. She didn't want me to leave so I just said we'd talk later.
I walked back to work, going through various buildings and various paths, through to Woolies where I got something to eat, and then went back to the office.
It felt weird to have my money back, but lose her. I felt...empty. It was almost like I didn't even want the money, I just wanted her and I wanted everything to be alright. Was this a realisation that money doesn't buy happiness?
I started feeling sad because I had lost her. At the end of the day I texted her telling her she needed to choose between him and me. That night, the balance of power had shifted - it was almost as if I was begging her to come back.
Wednesday 15/7/15
At lunch I went to the casino, mainly because I just felt like it. It was a bit quiet and not many people were playing at the $10 tables. I didn't want to play because of that, but ended up playing anyway. It was dangerous, because not only was I by myself, but I wasn't in the best emotional state.
I went to a table where the dealer was a bit of an old guy, and looking back, he may have been a supervisor acting down as a dealer. We had a bit of a chat, mainly because he was talkative, and then there was a dealer change where the younger guy was even more talkative. I told him I broke up with my girlfriend the night before, and he probably thought I was there to dump all my emotions out on the table, which I probably was.
But I still had enough sense to leave with a bit of gain.
I could see Julie working at the computer roulette. It seemed like we were both just looking at each other from a long distance. It was a good reminder that not only were there other girls out there, but girls who seemed much more suitable to my personality.
After work, I went home, got my original stash of $2000 and headed back to the casino. I won a bit again and then decided to go for a punt after finding someone on Wechat. Turned out to be another dud, an older lady using photos of a younger girl. What a waste of $250.
Friday 17/715
Bush cancelled the dinner in the morning, which kinda freed up my evening.
In the end, I met up with Johanna. I was planning to drive her to Bankstown to eat buffet, but on the way we were talking, and I asked if she wanted to be together, and she said she wanted to be alone. I turned around and dropped her off at Burwood where I picked her up.
In the car, she sat there and said she would be going back to China in two days. I said it didn't matter anymore, and then she left. As I drove off, I saw her standing at the corner looking at her phone, seeming a bit lost. I felt sorry for her.
I had driven more than halfway back before thinking too much and calling her. I asked if she was really going back and she said in a few weeks. We ended up meeting again as I drove back to take her up on her offer to buy me something to eat.
We had Meet Fresh. I showed her my photos from Japan and it seemed like we had lots of laughs. I walked her back to her place, and she said she didn't want to have to introduce me to her friend she was staying with, so I left before her friend came down to get her.
Saturday 18/7/15
In the morning I went to the city for a shoe raffle. I didn't get the red pair of 11Lab4, and with the Jordan 7 I got picked at the very end and there were only size 12s left, si I didn't buy anything.
I went to the casino and won $500. I went back home to sleep, and then played basketball at night. For some reason my legs felt really jumpy, I even touched the backboard a few times and grabbed a really high rebound over Tristian.
Sunday 19/7/15
I went to the casino in the morning before basketball. I think it is a sign of desperation for the casino, but they only had the $5 tables open and the $25 table open. No $10 tables open, so people were forced to play either $5 or $25. Rationally speaking, there is no incentive to play the $25 table as the $10 table already has the single zero and so playing the $25 has no added benefit. Further, the maximum bet on a $25 table is $250, whereas the maximum on $10 table is $200, so it limits to potential to martingale the shit out of it.
I gave in anyway and played the $25 table. Boy did I play tight. Sat out a lot of spins, and pretty much won most spins, I was up $900 and then decided to leave.
In the afternoon I met up with Shuing, Elle, Eva and Colin for a talk about property investment with Elle's friend Ardella. It was pretty interesting, even if it was just to know how you needed someone on the inside to make good money.
After that we went to a restaurant for dinner. For some reason nights out with Colin always end up with him swearing - loudly.
