The Meak Muses

Memories... 12 Sep 2006

Met him at bugis after 8pm after work. He came back from block leave & touched down in SG around 7.30am, would go home to freshen before going to work without sleeping off the jet lag. It always take him about 3-4 days to recover, hence when I met him at night, he would hv gone 24hrs without sleep. And always he looked so tired & haggard. Decided to go to Hong Kong café along Liang Seah Street for dinner.. He didn’t like Chinese food but went along with my choice..

We were chatting and catching up with what he did when he went home for block. More often than not, he goes to the beach which is an hr's drive from his family home. And he went baking in the sun the whole day, no sunscreen or any other protection. Sms me every day without fail. 1st day at the beach, he was asked to be a judge for the bikini contest. He asked me whether I allow him to do so, & I told him so long he's only judging & not touching..

The sms came in even when he was driving back & fro. Sms me when he woke up in the morning, & before he went to bad I asked whether his sisters & other relatives asked him how come he's always messaging. He said yes, they teased him quite a bit. And his mum asked how come he's not getting a nice local gal, to which he retorted, he got one already & he divorced her!!

Back at the café, I asked whether or not we are official. He looked at me in puzzlement "of course, we are." He's assuming all the times we hv sms each other during his block leave sealed our status. I went "No, u hv to ask me officially." So he held my hand, and asked "so are we officially together?" I said yes, we select 5 Sep as the official date & the date we met after work before he went on his block and also it is S's bd & easy to remember, or 12 Sep which was this date. He was like anything, so 5 Sep 2006 it is…

Gave me stuff that he bought for me.. A white tailored shirt which fit me perfectly, good eye since he's in the biz. And also a white sweatshirt.. Since I told him I liked milk chocolates with nuts, he also bought 5 blocks of them with hazelnuts. Uninspiringly, I joked I don’t need to hv 5 blocks of the same flavour.. But guess he really didn’t know what else to buy..

posted by Meak Meak @ 1:25 PM