Cool On The Exterior, Warm Within
2008 Vibes
Monday, January 14, 2008 @ 1:16 AM
This may sound weird but I'm getting funny vibes from being on the receiving end of frequent smses from a female acquaintance. Bumped into her in a shoe boutique and I've been asked out a couple of times, to East Coast for bowling, over to her place for Christmas among others.. despite tactful declinations.
But well, she might just be the most sociable soul around. Who knows?
I think the fact that it's 2008 has not quite sunk in yet. Having to refer to 2006 as the year before last still doesn't roll off my tongue smoothly and there is more than a certain amount of grief at the thought that I will be turning 23 this year. Where did the years go? :(
Being squashed in the peak-hour train that day brought back my last unpleasant memory before the year ended. It had been exactly a week since I had returned from HK and it was a blessing that I had almost forgotten entirely about the incident. In fact, it hardly came to mind till that instance, when I looked around and found that I was surrounded by male passengers, and hugged my bag to me protectively.
The memory of it makes me shudder. We were in one of the markets browsing through the stalls that afternoon. That sensation of warmth behind me after much jostling in the narrow aisle, which I didn't pay much attention to till I turned around and found him practically spooning me while pretending to browse the goods. I moved away in alarm. But this one was skilled. While we were staring at him accusingly, he ignored our gazes and continued his browsing for another few minutes or so, before he walked off nonchalantly.
Argh. I've never been so blatantly taken advantage of in Sg and this had to happen on the first day of my trip. Thank goodness though, that it didn't mar my holiday mood and we still had a good time nonetheless. Nice HK folks we met told us to beware pickpockets. I say, be more wary of perverts!
