PART II
"slorr... what a coincidence ahh..."
"yeh... I m not late."
"ya lor... so qiao.."
Gals are weird, I thought we already had an arrangement, why do I have to pretend that its not.
They must have watched too many movies, and like to think that guys they met due to the thing called 'fate' is the best thing that can happen to their love life.
"slorr.... u talking nonsense lah..."
"NONSENSE??? ok, let me tell u what nonsense... Summer's beach, the guy must be good at running, with broad shoulders, dark complexion with a tint of redness, sparkling eyes and loud laughter.
Then he will call out loud the name of the gal, running towards her, carry her and spin 3 rounds anticlockwisely."
"slorr.... u siao liaoz ahh??"
"I siao? Ok...let's change a location then. Deep in the mountains, the guy must have long hair, gotta have the look of an artist, carries a sketching stand, a few pieces of drawings, and u can see birds stop over at his side, admiring his work. and there will be a gal whose the model....most probably naked."
"slorr.. but these all very romantic mah..."
"ROMANTIC?? hello miss... romance only survive in novels and movies.
In real life, the guy on the beach may step onto broken glass or the gal may be too heavy which tore his arm muscles.
Birds may just clear their waste on top of the guy in the mountains, or he might get a thrashing from the gal because he comments on the excess fats around the waist and hips."
"slorr... u hate romance??.."
"I hate romance? nope, I m just using my knowledge of statistic to get a deduction, that guys must be TALL to be romantic, not HANDSOME!!! some love novels even portrayed the guy as normal looking, but no-one dares to challenge the height of him! I object....because I m not tall."
"slorr.... objection overruled..."
I think I am really outstandingly bo liao, talking to her about these until noon.
"slorr... are u hungry?..."
"ya... u leh??...."
"yesh... guess its time for lunch...slorr.."
"then do u think we should....??"
"slorr... I m just asking... I dun intend to have lunch with u..."
"ok, good.. I m not romantic... neither are u."
I had lunch with Tye, we talk about the conversation with FlyNDance this morning.
"You moron...told her you are not romantic...you siao ah?....you have disgrace we man... how can you make such a big
mistake?....I...I..."
Tye grabbed a chicken wing with chopstick, and I can see the trembling of the hand and the wing.
"There are 3 'don'ts' in chasing a gal... one...don't forget to be romantic... two...don't be too honest... 3...don't be too stingy on the sugar in our speech... noticed number 1, you stupid??
"What rubbish is that? In mandarin we say 'nan ren bu huai, nu ren bu ai', you should know this..."
"This I know, but it has been a controversial topic over centuries. Women aren't really that...cheap... so why would they only falls for 'bad guys' like me??"
"That's because 'bad guys' are usually romantic... Those 'nice guys' are usually...dumdums...so she would rather choose a romantic 'bad guy' rather than any of those dumdums... in Maths we call this 2C1...understand? Dumdum.."
Oh, Tye is talking about Maths!! Now I understand. No wonder I have always been left on the shelf.
"In another words... gals wouldn't mind if you are not tall...if you are not handsome... they can bear with your inconsiderate acts...can forget your stupidity...but they can never forgive if you are not romantic..."
"Come on, this is so exaggerating."
"Hey...most women have a 'knot' for romance...just like most men have a 'knot' for virginity...to women they just can't understand how precious the thin layer of membrane is to men, same thing, men can't imagine how important women treats romance."
"This is bullshit! How come I've never heard of that."
"The key word is 'knot'...if u can untie it... fine.. but how many had actually succeeded in that... practically none..."
"Ok, fine. now I've done it... so what should I do to remedy the situation?"
"Face it...you are hopeless already... I promise you I'll have a drink with you when you and her are over..."
Mid-night. I am trying to concentrate on my Physics notes....
F = ma, v = u + at....
it's really a wonder that nature can be explained by just a few formulas and equations, and this we call science.
then why is astrology and palmistry being labeled as superstitious?
Science should only be one of the ways to explain truth, what can't be explained by Science, it doesn't necessary mean that's its unreal....
Close to 1am. Since I can't get anything into my head, I shall try my luck on net then, maybe she is there...
"slorr...u here"
"finally... good night to u..."
'FINALLY'? Strange word to use it here. What is she doing here at this hour? Must be feeling down again.
"yes... it is fate that brought me to u at this moment..."
I am trying very hard to convince her that I m a bit romantic.
"slorr... nothing to do with fate...I waited 4 u 4 one hour liaoz..."
"sure or not?.. for wat?.."
"talk to u mah...or else I can't sleep..."
"u sick izzit?... go see doctor lah..."
"slorr....let's continue our topic.. wat do u think of relationships began from internet?..."
Oh my god... how should I answer her now?
"it's.. it's very... romantic..."
Indeed I am not a good liar, even my words are shaking now.
"slorr... u bluffing... u not romantic one mah..."
GAME OVER!! I m finished! No choice but to drink with Tye.
"slorr.... u lagging?... or just daoing me?..."
"no... I m wondering y is the sky so chio tonight?.."
"nonono... dun try to shift the topic... slorr..."
Sigh...I give up...I asked for it myself.
"Actually I think relationships started from cyberspace is considered as ROMANTIC, 'coz romance gives pple an impression of unreal, and cyberspace is virtual."
"slorr....that's interesting.."
"surfers keep a safe distance from each other and usually 3 types of pple are produced in this way...
The 1st type.... The 1st type being those who present themselves on net with their 'secondary personality'. Usually all of us consists of multiple personalities, and in everyday life, what we present to the world is the 'primary personality', with the secondary one being suppressed, or maybe we don't even realised this other trait of us deep inside. So internet is the place where this side of us is revealed, both intentionally or without conscious knowledge."
"izzit true?... wat about 2nd type?"
"The 2nd type are those who will transform themselves into the kind of man/woman he/she would want to be. there's bound to be 1 or 2 characteristics that u particularly admire, too bad, sometimes these characteristics are just couldn’t be found in u. cyberspace is the perfect location for this transformation to occur."
"slorr.... u blowing cow izzit?.. type 3 leh?"
"I m not blowing cow, I read it from an article of TIMES mag!! type 3 will be those who transform themselves into characters which are impossible for them to become in real life. for example, if u r a gal, you may act as a man on net. you may even become BATMAN or SUPERMAN if u want."
"hmm.. that’s pretty amazing..."
"the 1st type is the 'faithful' type, 'cos its his own personality that is being presented on net.
the 2nd type is the 'foolish' type, 'cos he knows only how to admire others, always forgets his own strong pts.
the 3rd type is the 'pathetic' type, 'cos he is wishing 4 some impossible."
"slorr.... den u belong to wat type?... me leh?.."
"I dun wish to believe u r type 3, 'cos I m not. I crossed the possibility of type 1 'cos its too common, because I think u r special. being able to attract u, I think I m at least a bit special. So we belong to type 2."
"type2.... den who u wish to become?.. slorr.."
I certainly would like to become a person like Tye, humorous, romantic and eloquent, because these are wat I am lacking of.
"slorr.... wat about me?.."
"U?.. I dun know. U want to FLY and DANCE, probably that means u wish to fully enjoy ur youth while u can. but if this is something u wish yet u can't achieve, den there's 2 possibilities: 1, u r aging, 2, u r leaving the world."
I think I said something wrong, because she didn't sent me anymore msg after this. I began to blame myself for being so perverted, why talk about these things?
I should have discussed with her whether ZOE or FANN, who should be the queen of Caldecott Hill. damn that TIMES mag, poison my mind. Maybe she's lagging. so I waited... and waited. Although it's just a few minutes, but it felt like several hours. I want to apologize, but do not know how to start until she sent me this msg:
"slorr... lets meet..."
Without hesitation, I typed 'O-K'.