It all started with a hard disk error.
My laptop was malfunctioning.
I did everything I know to fix the error.
Deleted all my unlicensed software.
Removed all downloaded movies.
Changed the BIOS to default settings.
Etc.
Unfortunately, my Top-top didn’t want to cooperate.
I told my mother about it.
After 2 days, she asked me if the problem is already solved.
I said no.
She said she’s going to ask someone to come and check it.
At the time, I didn’t care who’s gonna fix Top-top.
My only concern was to have it fixed and get back to my normal online life the soonest.
So, my mother brought this man to our house.
No.
It was not “crush” at first sight.
But I must admit, I was stunned when I first saw him.
He is exceptionally good-looking.
I couldn’t believe it.
I mean, my family’s been living in this place for the past 9 years.
All those years, I was clueless of his existence.
How come I didn’t know that somewhere in our small community, there is a handsome prince named A****?
And we actually live in the same barangay???
Seriously?!?
Is this a joke?
What a joke.
So anyway, it wasn’t “crush” at first sight.
He got my attention, alright.
But looks are not enough to keep my attention.
I don’t know him and we’re not friends.
Who knows he might be a criminal.
Or, he might be in a relationship already.
And the hair!
I don’t go for men with shoulder-length hair.
*Shrug*
All the while he was fixing Top-top, I wasn’t talking.
Mom went outside to talk to a neighbor.
We were left alone.
To avoid the awkward moments, I went inside my room thinking “ang tagal naman nya magkumpuni.”
After a while, my mother called me and asked me to talk to him.
Don’t get her wrong. She was not pushing me to flirt or anything like that.
My mother believes that if we have visitors at home “pakiharapan ng maayos.”
To think that I was the one asking for a favor and I didn’t even offer a glass of water!
Am I anti-social or am I just painfully shy?
I don’t know. I think I am somewhere in between.
My mom reprimanded me for the second time so I was forced to go out and sit on a chair near him.
That’s when he started talking to me.
He said he didn’t want to come and check it because it’s Christmas.
Blogmates, the date was December 24!
He said he just couldn’t say no to my mother.
Well, I think that was very gentlemanly for him but somehow I felt like I’m such a big “abala.”
It’s embarrassing.
At least, he couldn’t refuse my mother.
It means a lot.
The silence was killing me.
I didn’t know what to say.
Good thing, Cinderella came up, out of nowhere.
It was such a relief!
She’s very talkative and obviously, she has a huge crush on him.
He was very friendly.
I can hardly remember how it happened but we ended up talking and laughing.
Thanks to Cinderella who broke the ice.
He said he took IT in college. He mentioned that he graduated on year 2007.
I graduated last 2005. I think he’s younger than me. So what? At the time, I didn’t feel anything for him yet.
I also learned that they have a band (he and his friends). I didn’t ask if he is a drummer or a vocalist or what.
But I was dying to know! You see, these musically-inclined men, they intrigue women.
Maybe that’s the reason why his hair is long? And yup, he has earrings.
Cinderella asked him lots of questions.
But each time, his eyes are focused on me and he was smiling at me.
Which I couldn’t stand!
Anyway, he said I had to buy a new hard disk.
But that is not the problem. I finally bought a new hard disk.
Top-top is now okay. It’s now working fine.
The problem is when I saw him again a day before New Year, he just looked at me but didn’t say hello or hi.
Like he doesn’t know me at all!
He doesn’t remember me.
He doesn’t know my name! He never asked for it.
And that is the reason why I was drunk on New Year’s Eve.
I hope you don’t misinterpret. I’m not a professional drunkard. Four shots and I was already sleeping!
And this is the first time that I got drunk because of someone. But 60% of the reason is because I just wanted to drink alone.
I can’t believe it.
He doesn’t remember me.
We were talking for more than an hour.
He was looking straight into my eyes and for a few seconds, I felt like I’m the most beautiful woman in the world.
S = Stupid
He told me to text him if there are problems (with the laptop??).
But he doesn’t remember me.
It’s useless.
Either his memory is short or I’m just so easy to forget.
Customs would surely detect that (?). Thoughts such as mistaken identity worry me. What if it’s not really for me? What if it contains something valuable? I don’t want to be accused of stealing or claiming something that isn’t mine. So all the while, I was just waiting for an email or a call from somebody to say “hey I sent it for you” but there was none.