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Wednesday, 12 September 2007 I had a New York moment in Ayala Ave today.I was with my sister, who's on her way to Katipunan, and right after I hailed a cab for her, I turned around and saw this really cute guy stop in his tracks to smile at me. At which point I had nothing left to do but smile right back. He caught me off guard, see. Normally I would've just dismissed him, thinking I must have something stuck between my teeth to have him smiling at me like that. Wehe. Anyway, he reminded me of Museum guy at the Met. But instead of us going ahead and having coffee right after (or McDonalds as he and I were already standing right in front of Ronald's territory), I hurriedly walked past him because I was already running late for work. We have Time-Ins here so there's no way I'm letting even a cent be deducted from my salary. Or maybe I should have. I'm not being wistful here or anything (just a teeny bit) but sometimes being jaded can be so tiring. Always suspicious of what other people's motives are...no wonder I've gotten too paranoid. On a totally different note, my patience is being tested at the moment. I met this woman writer in Cebu during the event and she's been texting me incessantly. She's a lesbian and I'm not homophobic but she told me she likes me and I already made it clear that I don't swing that way, and she has this tragic story so I try to get past all her lez innuendos to help cheer her up in my own little way but...I want her to at least LESSEN her messages. And invites to go wherever with her. Don't get me wrong. I'm not one to back away from a friend in need. And I love going out with all sorts of people. But I've already made it clear where I stand in the matter and if you still continue barraging me with those "teasing" lesbian messages, I just might disappear for a while. I don't mind people texting me but if it gets to a point where my nerves are tested, that's where I start drawing that imaginary line. Ugh. One of the less than welcome effects of technology? Lack of space. People are literally everywhere every single minute. It's good that there is more openness in terms of communication but sometimes you want to take a break from it all and just spend a couple moments to yourself. Solitude. But you can't because the blasted cell phone's message alert keeps popping up every other second. Hay. Switching my phone to silent mode now.
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