the bachelorette : episode 1

Two weeks since they first have been introduced, Microsoft called and asked her out. She did not pick up, of course, because she did not save his mobile number (on purpose. So that when she sits at home on saturday night, she would not be tempted to call him first, and loses ground.) Rule number one: never call first. Rule number two: never pick up anonymous numbers. (dont ask why and just do it. Trust me!) Wait until the caller sms you to tell who she or he is.

Therefore, when the anon number identify himself to be microsoft, she jumped out of her office chair in excitement. "Damn you!!", she screamed inside her head. She accepted the offer for an afternoon coffee on Sunday. She has always loved a school smart, another point scored when the school smart turns out to be a book lover. When he took her out on Sunday, the book store was their chosen destination before settling down for a cup of cappucinno.

After a brief 30 minutes of wondering around the book store, he picked up a couple of good books from the business and IT session. She picked up a harper bazaar for herself. She, accidentally, looked at the price label of the glossiest book out of his stacks, and her eyes widened. "700 thousand for a book, and he picked up 5 books that would cost probably similar to that one. Damn! i love books but rather spend those amount of money on shoes, or BEBE. The man surely loves to read" So she asked him, "Banyak banget belinya. emang berapa lama ngabisinya?" Then he said "Iya hobby sih. kamu juga kan? Di friendsternya ajah bilang a good book worth more than tiffany's.Enak banget yang jadi pacar kamu, entar ngelamarnya gak usah pake diamond. pake buku aja"

of course he knows that she does not mean that phrase literally, or wait, do you think that if someone says so, you think she would mean she prefers books over diamond literally? ARGH she is so going to edit that phrase before someone would get down of his knees before her and presents her with a john maxwell while asking her to marry him. That would be horrific! Anyway this is a not to all the men out there, just in case the girl you are chasing likes to play with metaphors like her, no matter how low-profile, or intellectual, or insane or even nerdy a girl is, she would not choose book over diamond. Never. til the day when Jesus comes back. Never.

But, just to save her face in front of her super cute and super smart and super nice date of the day, and not letting her ego be thrown in her face, she walked to the corporate aisle and picked up a glossy book which review she had read in Times magazines ages ago (good choice equals good taste equals good conversation topic for their coffee session), which would also cause her to not being able to purchase the TOPSHOP tee that she had been wanting to purchase since last month. NOTE to readers: she's only a normal girl, so she is allowed to be shallow occasionally.

At the end of the day, Microsoft and the bachelorette do have a great time talking about business, books and life over a cup of capuccino and a stawberry cheesecake. They might see each other again for another book shopping, but until then, the bachelorette learnt her lesson. Rule number 3: when caught in a life and death situation, choose life. (whatever it takes, just hang on to your dear life) By the way, the book that she picks up: The alpha male. Turns out to be an execellent reading. It is worth sacrificing a TOPSHOP tee, literally.