Somewhere in June 2005
If my memory does not fail me, (it rarely does) My first conversation with her was a few minutes after she shifted to the seat behind me. Although already knowing her name, yet couldn't figure how to begin the conversation, I just turned around and said,
"Your name's ****** right?"
Looking back, it was a lame way to start a conversation, but now we can't stop laughing at it!
When we were having our elections to pick our Monitor, Chairman, and so on, I was feeling rather mischievous, but at the same time, I had the feeling that she has the ability, so I turned around and asked her,
"Do you want to be class Chairman?"
What her reply was didn't really matter as I raised my hand and nominated her. The rest of the class shared the same thoughts as I did, and she won with the highest number of votes.
We had to go to the AVA room next for some presentation for us to watch, and as we walked out, I tried another lame line,
"You need to wear your tie everyday, as Chairlady"
"Oh really?"
That was probably as much as I can handle at that moment.
I've always felt spiritually tortured in Form 6. That was how much I hated it. Somehow, with her sitting behind, me, I felt maybe, just maybe, I could go through this. At that moment, I thought she's single (she had explained that the guy walking with her in Chapter 1 was actually her cousin, Joe). There was a ray of hope in my heart. This was the girl I wanted.
She seemed hardworking, at my first impression, doing Maths in record speed. I stole the chance to get her number when she borrowed my phone to send a message. It was Bio, and the class teacher wanted our parents' IC no. Her mom had passed away when she was 11, and she currently lives with her aunt. She didn't bring her phone to school that time, and had to message her aunt to ask for her IC no. Right after that, I wasted no time in asking her no. I was feeling a feeling of relief and happiness.
I had searched for her friendster profile right after the day we were in our new class. I guess she was pretty impressed at my hastiness in getting to know her better. It was only the beginning.
posted by Mr. Bak at 11:22 AM
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Chapter 1 - Time to get serious
Early June 2005
I might be perceived as someone who did not take my past relationship seriously. Non-commital when it comes to companionship. I was searching my feelings. Did I really love Tennya? Or was I just upset to lose a companion? I guess, in the long run, the answer was the latter, but I was determined that my next relationship would be one which is serious and full of love and responsibility. No more fooling around. I was looking for a girl who really suits me, and not just attractive physically.
3 days had passed. I was in Biology class. Science Three. It was Friday and I had time to kill. I noticed 2 decent girls in my class (fortunately the decent ones are in my class). I noticed her first. She was slim and simple, but not too simple, big beautiful eyes, which doesn't give her the typical Chinese look, had a very sweet smile, and the loveliest hair I've seen. The slight problem is, she was sitting in a very quiet group of girls. It was hard to approach her. The other girl was slightly shorter, black glasses and was from my tuition centre. She was more talkative, and had a rather attractive look as well.
When school ended, I looked around for her. I saw her walking out with another guy. I was cursing myself. How on earth could she have a boyfriend after just a few days in school? A thought struck me. He might have been her boyfriend before she came to this school! Sigh. I was depressed. But not for long. As I turn my sights to my left, I saw the other girl standing there alone and asked her out. I was surprised it was that easy. We went out for a drink.
I might be perceived as someone who did not take my past relationship seriously. Non-commital when it comes to companionship. I was searching my feelings. Did I really love Tennya? Or was I just upset to lose a companion? I guess, in the long run, the answer was the latter, but I was determined that my next relationship would be one which is serious and full of love and responsibility. No more fooling around. I was looking for a girl who really suits me, and not just attractive physically.
3 days had passed. I was in Biology class. Science Three. It was Friday and I had time to kill. I noticed 2 decent girls in my class (fortunately the decent ones are in my class). I noticed her first. She was slim and simple, but not too simple, big beautiful eyes, which doesn't give her the typical Chinese look, had a very sweet smile, and the loveliest hair I've seen. The slight problem is, she was sitting in a very quiet group of girls. It was hard to approach her. The other girl was slightly shorter, black glasses and was from my tuition centre. She was more talkative, and had a rather attractive look as well.
When school ended, I looked around for her. I saw her walking out with another guy. I was cursing myself. How on earth could she have a boyfriend after just a few days in school? A thought struck me. He might have been her boyfriend before she came to this school! Sigh. I was depressed. But not for long. As I turn my sights to my left, I saw the other girl standing there alone and asked her out. I was surprised it was that easy. We went out for a drink.
A few days after that, I got to know the other girl slightly well, and I realised she didn't have exactly the personality that I wanted. Not that I minded though. A week after that, our class was separated into two. The other girl was in the next class, while she remained in mine. I was happy enough. I sat in front, in the middle column (I always like to sit in front for no particular reason). She sat front row too, but at the right column. Suddenly, as fate would put it, she moved place to sit right behind me. (She tells me now that she actually intended to sit elsewhere actually but had no other choice).
Saturday, February 03, 2007
Prolouge
May 2005
Bottom of the list? No, not even in it. Quitting my studies was my last option.
Neither by choice nor by chance, then, was I in Form 6. Great, I thought. Maybe seeing Tennya after school everyday wasn't such a bad thing after all. Maybe I can live with it. Nonetheless, that didn't stop me from checking out other girls who were in Form 6 as well. Much to my disappointment, there wasn't a great deal of variety to look at.
There was a break, a short 9 day break, where I assumed that my relationship with Tennya was growing stronger. How wrong it turned out to be, as the only direction our relationship was heading was down. Thankfully, I thought in my mind, that a new batch of students (girls too) came in after the holidays. One of them was her. She was from Ipoh. She caught my eye and if my hearing didn't fail me, I think I caught her name.
A few days later, another girl came in as well. Not bad looking either. At that point, my relationship with Tennya was at the brink. She was persistent about breaking up and on 15th June 2005, we broke up after 6 months together. Although we weren't really that close, it was a huge blow to me, especially going through form 6 at the same time.
Bottom of the list? No, not even in it. Quitting my studies was my last option.
Neither by choice nor by chance, then, was I in Form 6. Great, I thought. Maybe seeing Tennya after school everyday wasn't such a bad thing after all. Maybe I can live with it. Nonetheless, that didn't stop me from checking out other girls who were in Form 6 as well. Much to my disappointment, there wasn't a great deal of variety to look at.
There was a break, a short 9 day break, where I assumed that my relationship with Tennya was growing stronger. How wrong it turned out to be, as the only direction our relationship was heading was down. Thankfully, I thought in my mind, that a new batch of students (girls too) came in after the holidays. One of them was her. She was from Ipoh. She caught my eye and if my hearing didn't fail me, I think I caught her name.
A few days later, another girl came in as well. Not bad looking either. At that point, my relationship with Tennya was at the brink. She was persistent about breaking up and on 15th June 2005, we broke up after 6 months together. Although we weren't really that close, it was a huge blow to me, especially going through form 6 at the same time.