hot potato. drop it.

i was half-joking when i casually commented to wormy a mth back abt wanting to meet a girl who fulfilled the following criteria:

1. physically attractive

2. colourful and bubbly personality

3. talks alot. so i can sit back and revel in her beauty and words

4. appears to like me alot and does nice, sweet stuff randomly

5. takes ALOT of initiative

ok i do realise that i'm talking abt the ideal girl for like 99% of the male population if i recall the mindless banter i had with countless guys back in the army and now in uni. 

well the thing is that i actually met one soon thereafter. (xiaobai, zhu: yes, some girls just can't help but have bad taste. haha!) accompanied john one friday to his NTU social dance gathering in which everyone din really know each other. to act as a comfort zone lest he failed to connect and strike up a decent convo with anyone. or simply to help him out with timely prompts & comments to liven up his stories. 

so i met this girl, eve, on this occasion. 

pointedly keeping her attention on me during grp convos (at least what john commented). holding tightly on my hand/shoulder/whatever appendage when walking to the meeting location cos the floor was slippery and she din want to fall or so she claimed. squealing whenever she stepped into a puddle of water. complimenting me randomly and laughing aloud at my unfunny jokes and snide comments.

sent her back to her NTU hall after everything since i was staying the night at my friend's who lived like 5 mins away from there. it was a fun night, i thought then. time well spent in good company. 

so while i was having supper at john's place, watching movies and reminsiscing abt random stuff, she called to check whether i was safely there alr. nice gesture, i commented thereafter. it was merely the tip of the iceberg.

so for the next 2 weeks i received calls at random (ok, mostly ard midnight) and offers to supper or study together (diff schs - troublesome, i told her). and the call duration ranged from 2-3hrs. not that i had alot of time to spare and i really can't multitask whilst talking on the phone, so i decided to just pick up like once every 2/3 days and work out (mindless activity) during the conversation. on the 3rd week it became intense. 2-3 calls a day in addition to v emo msges. taking a cab over to my area from NTU to have suppers at 2am in the morn. and asking if she could stay over after that. of course not. 

no-one is that persistent and my lack of response helped i guess. no point wasting anyone's time if nothing is gg to happen. somehow i din feel any connection and the frequency just wasn't similar enough. well. it doesn't matter. i've always been picky when making friends; wun be changing that anytime soon. 

wormy playfully commented during our weekly supper that it was a pity that i didn't pounce at the opportunity, and i replied wryly that it always felt more more likely that the opportunity would pounce on me. akin to a predator and prey relationship thingy.