date with the nurse

ok i'm not sure how to start abt this 1st date post but it's sure better than updating thru msn to different pple.

hmm ok a quick runthrough of the itinerary: met at mph along citilink at 1715 (my habit's to meet for early dinner to avoid the queue), wandered ard marina square, settled at waraku for dinner, esplanade for a live performance (not by me of cos), then a long walk along the riverside back to cityhall area, ending with dessert (darkdevotion - thx for the recomm zhu!) at tcc, the only place open at that late hr.

as expected she was more of a channel 8 person, and i tried to switch from 5 but i ended up roughly at channel 6 i think - eh alot of thoughts and ideas v hard to express in chinese one ok! hehh. expended most of my prepared topics by the 2nd hr in the midst of the mutual questioning process, and moved on to food, travel, and lifestyle related stuff after that.

i guess both of us were still figuring each other out and reacting accordingly to avoid outright confrontation at such an early stage. after realising tt she wasn't a beef person, i probed further and yes, the religion isn't a mismatch. i wouldn't want to face that shit again, definitely. and i felt it was a good thing she's not a phone person either - more of sms, msn and meetup which is my style too.

overall it was gg well for a blind date with potential for future development until we started talking abt what my uncle/aunt had told her abt me. amidst all was the comment that i was shy and quiet. and i suddenly lapsed into a shyness attack for like.. 15mins, in which my mind totally blanked out, i lost the power of coherent speech and i couldn't but look helpless despite my best efforts.

i call it the self-fulfilled prophecy syndrome. think it's happened in varied intensities for everyone i've dated thus far. but ok la, i dun think it was tt bad, but definitely not a good thing. ohwells, it's the 1st time, can afford to screw up abit.

hmm and chemistry wise.. i thought the wavelength's quite there, me being an educated beng and all. felt it wasn't as strong a match as once upon a time in a chem lab but it's definitely sufficient to justify a 2nd date. afterall i'm far from a dating maestro who can work wonders on just the 1st date. need time to warm up to pple.

but my choice to take the damn red line from cityhall to woodlands then back to JE did pay off. thought it was a necesssary/minimum gesture and was only expecting friendly, perfunctory conversation after the long night and the fact that she was heading the ICU audit (informed at 10pm by colleague) the next day. but i was proved wrong. in a good way.

on the journey both of us probably felt that the trial was over, and we started to truly relax in the company of each other, indulging in inane chatter (damn amusing, her) and she truly endeared with her bubbly demeanour and v unglam actions, for one, knocking her head on the mrt handlebars whilst walking to sit down. and i felt the natural myself emerging and engaging with her readily and enthusiastically.

after commenting casually abt her transformation from demure to unglam over the course of the evening, she laughed it off with a lame saying 'zhi ran cai shi mei', albeit her slight embarassment. i agreed with her, but then added that it would be advisable to be more 'jing chi' on the 1st date. haha!

ok that's it! maybe 'll go drop by to visit my nephew and her some weekday evening b4 the meetup on sunday. looks good so far, but i always believe it takes at least 3 proper meetups to really have a clear idea of the other party. let's wait and see ba :)