One Fine Friday

It only took several minutes for two people to connect. At least in my experience. It was a fine Friday. I got there pretty early, trying to eliminate the stereotype note that Indonesians are likely to be late. Well, I was on time... mainly because I just got up from the bed and the location was near from my place. I saw him whom I have seen earlier through a picture on the internet. The image in my head was 7 years younger, but there he was, just as I remembered.

We sat, introduce ourselves, and had delish lunch. He was silent at first, sitting there at a distance like any other big guy. "Do you like Indonesian food?" And from there my icebreaker sentence made him talk more. Within less than 5 minutes, I felt that the wall between all of us just fell down, especially between me and him.

Next, I instantly noticed the obvious thing: he did not have a ring. Or not wearing it. I always restrain myself when I am talking to a married man, and it is a good principal of mine. In my eyes, guys are guys, and more often than not, married man would be looser than the single one. However, I felt comfortable talking with him. Plus, he seems to understand my usual English just fine, because he responded very quickly to my every sentence. It just turned me off when talking to someone who took a pause to answer questions or asked, "what?" when he actually just tried to  give himself time to think about the answer (we all know we did that sometimes). But he did not. For me, that is a sign of honesty and clicked chemistry.

Suddenly, I became more "me" and less "journalist". I even missed it when he said "region". After leaving the room, he crossed his legs and had more conversation with me. I smiled and teased him several of times. A sign that I really enjoy his companion. Unfortunately, I did not ask several important questions... such as his phone number.

Oh well. Soon after I departed from the building, I wrote him an email, along with a screen shot of my page. I hope he would not find me (although I highly doubt it). Nowadays, we can search for anyone by typing. 

I did give him my number and tell him to contact me if he ever visit the country again. And he said he hoped so, too. We'll see :)