So... What can I say? I'm really stoked today. I mean, I got to be with Naomi today. I'll start from scratch then.
Basically, for the past few days, I've been asking around for good books to be recommended to me and finally today, I managed to sum up my willpower to go to the library to borrow them (partly also because I took a bath the night before). Amongst the titles were Lexi's recommendation of Jake Wisner's Spanking Shakespeare and Naomi's recommendations of Jonathan Safran Foer's mindfuck books. Good on me.
So on my way there, Naomi texted me asking if I wanted to hang out after her work. It read:
"Eh want to makan not".
I know that these words may not sound like much, but it really meant something to me to be asked out by someone. That's because not many people really welcome me as I can't really communicate with most others. But Naomi? She's different. She's first and foremost a non-typical Singaporean, and secondly, she's the one whom I have an interest in, so obviously it's a big deal.
Despite my initial plans to just get my books and head home to rest, I knew that this was a rare opportunity not to miss, so I seized the chance to meet up with her in town. It was decided that we would meet at 19:15 at Dhoby Ghaut. We met at the MRT station and headed to Kopitiam at Plaza Singapura for dinner and instantly got off to a good start, talking about stuff that most people wouldn't, you know, about politics, people and all. We decided to head off somewhere though, so she suggested LAN gaming. Despite my lack of interest in LAN gaming, I decided to go along as I just wanted to spend time with her. I was somewhat worried about my nausea problem when LAN gaming though, but decided to suppress it. So we decided to play L4D2. Halfway through, I just could not take it anymore. I got a bad headache, and she suggested that I blink more often to offset the constant glare from the screen. Thinking that this is bad for my heroism or whatever you call it, I decided to just persist. Luckily, she called a friend along though. Thye was his name. He's a pretty nice dude, I must say. I did give a terrible first impression, for I was nauseated and couldn't think straight. Both of them were really forgiving though. So we played all the way till the end. Initially, I didn't really care much, as it was merely a game to me. But towards the end, their enthusiasm really rubbed off on me and I got pretty caught up in the game. It's nice to see Naomi at her supposed "true" self because when gaming, she can get pretty rowdy, and I respect that. She's not at all inhibited whatsoever, and I find that really appealing. She's really not like any other girl and that's why she's so special. We kept playing up till nearly 23:30, and finally decided to call it a day. In the meantime, on the way back, we arranged for another "date", if you could call it that, on Sunday to head to Pigeon Hole, where she recommended me to look for a part-time job there. From the way she described it, it sounds pretty interesting and what I'd like in my life.
You know, I think she really knows me well and we seem to really get on easily. She's so intellectual and interesting. I really want to be with you and just have a meaningful and fulfilling relationship, Naomi. Main thing is though, I just want to give us some time to get to know each other better before we rush into anything, unlike what I did with Nicole, and it probably was a good thing that I did rush into it with her, since she's rather different from what I initially thought she would turn out to be. Nonetheless, I'm glad that we at least got to have some time with each other and arrange another day out with each other. Though I'm a little upset about being called "bro", I'm sure that with time, I can change your heart and slowly garner some feelings from you.
Thanks for today. ♥