My Valentine's Ditch!

Currently Playing: "Promiscous" by Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland

SPOTTED: F sleeping the entire Valentine's day. No date. Not here. As usual.

Eww! I don't go out for a date on Valentine's day. Ever. But I love going to Valentine concerts, dinner buffets and getting lots of Valentine freebies. I have nothing against celebrating Valentine's day. It's just that it's so-so like a corny of cornfield to be with your significant-other alone.

Until I got a post-valentine invitation for a "coffee-after-movie-after-dinner" from a stranger. Uh-h. Not really a stranger. He's working on the same company I'm with. But hello? It's like he's from KGB and I'm from SD6. There are 1 million employees in the office and that would still make him a stranger.

3 days ago, I received an email from an agent named Levy? Lenny? L..? Oh, I forgot. He was asking if I work for SD6. I did reply to that email. And our email conversation goes like this...

12Feb08

agent L: ei, you from SD6?

me: yes. why?


No reply. So I was left wondering who the hell is this guy. So, I asked A to send me his mugshot and when he did, never mind, I don't recognize the person. I was still left wondering who and why he suddenly emailed me. Scared? No, bothered. And I got paranoid for 11 hours.

Maybe he's one of those one-night bystanders I...

Isn't he the one I kissed in...

I think he's one of the...

Aaaaarrrgggghhh!!!


Until I cleared out my entire twisted memory that I never ever met this guy before.


However, I got his reply on the following day:


13Feb08

agent L: do you have plans for tomorrow night?

me: no. why?

agent L: somebody wants to meet you.

me: huh? who?


Again, he did not reply. Now, I'm wondering what's up with this agent's cashiew nuts? Am I getting a prank-spammer? Is Ashton Kutcher in the office? Oh, I'm meeting Ashton! No more paranoias and I'm no longer bothered. I have a huge feeling that this person is trying to set some punk-jokes. Ah! Valentine joke? Or is it already the April Fool's Day?

Y nada!

I was half-expecting that I'm going to get another email on the following day. I was right. But not from him. It's from another agent looped in to the original email. And the name is Josh.

14Feb08

Josh: Hi! I'm Josh. Are you free tonight?

I know the person but I haven't been introduced to him formally. We've bumped into each other in the office, or brushed elbows in parties, or crossed ways in the field, or got stucked on the same elevator, we already knew each other in the eye (haha! i don't know what to fill in here).

It took me an hour and 2 cups of coffee before I replied to him. Honestly, I was flattered when he popped the question. And I remember Ashton.


me: huh? i'm free. but not tonight. not on valentine's night! :p


Josh: Ok.


I always believe that the word "Ok" at the end of every conversation, be it on email, SMS, phone, transaction, etc., only signifies that it's the "End of the Story" or simply just an all "fine, whatever!" to dot.

But what's "OK" for me is not the "OK" for some other people.

15Feb08

Josh: valentine's over and The Eye's already showing. movie on a Friday night?


If this guy's just playing, then I'll play it harder.

me: sorry, got work tonight. you might wanna push it on Sat night?

Josh: sure! can i have your number?


Hmmm.... careful, careful F.

me: can i have yours instead?

Josh: 09xx-xxx-xxxx. can i expect for your SMS right after your shoot?

me: sure!


So F's got a late Valentine's date?