Thursday, June 01, 2006
Geraldine
Geraldine has been here for the fourth day. Let us welcome her.
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As we grow older, we realise things are never simple. It gets so complicated that sometimes we just want to throw our arms in the sky and yell. Many of us are still learning to define what is love, and how we would know if he/she is The One. Some of us loses faith and grabs whoever comes along. There are also some of us who still choose to believe in fate: If he/she is The One, he/she would come back one day.
I have introduced Geraldine as my first girlfriend since the beginning of this blog. But what I have failed to do is to introduce her as my present girlfriend. Took us ten years to come back to what we were before.
I was 15 then; she 14. Daniel was at my place one day and was talking to Geraldine on the phone. I ended up talking to her also, and that weekend, I met her. In church. We dated and soon after, we were together. Time spent, however, was limited. It was usually near her school or in church. I didn't mind skipping school just to meet her for lunch. I could still remember the other time we were at Bugis Swensens' with one of her girlfriends, HQ and Alex. How and why we broke up was quite unfortunate but I would choose not to dwell on it.
Over the past 10 years,we had only met up once, again at Bugis. It was a lazy Sunday and we had coffee at CB, together with HQ and Kian Boon. I thought she looked really classy with the white shirt and a pair of black skirt.
10 years seem like a very long period of time. Things happened, circumstances changed us. We met different people. Eventually, she went to Australia to study, while I was enlisted into the army. In fact, we lost contact. The only form of contact was her testimonial in Friendster.
"Hey... who said we've lost contact? i wonder who's the busy one man! nah jus kidding... did think of you at times... wondering how've u been... if ur leading a great life n stuff... ya know what? i'm glad for ya right nw that ur in army... chill it man... hear me out... coz the best part is always the after army person... hee... a better man ya know! *grins* All i have to say is take care of urself during ur serving in army k!"
This was dated way back in November 2003.
And the next time she 'contacted' me was in October 2005.
'Cat' - a nick that I've been using on him ever since I met him. Well.. he has always been a romantic guy under my impression or at least amongst my guy frenz. A guy surrounded by lotsa women (hey im not implying you are a flirt alrite!) and looks forever 18! (fine! im jus feeling sourish..) Nways.. have fun in the meanwhile & we'll meet up soon ya?
ciao
It's funny how things work. It took one msn chat and we met up again. Had to wait for hours for her that day while she did her $400 haircut. I went, "$400 can get me a LV!" Strangely, the meet-up went off unexpectedly well. It was like as if those 10 years did not exist at all.
Many things have happened over these 10 years. And now that she's back, I would want to make it up for the absence. I may not have been there for her for these years, had never celebrated her successes in life, had never picked her up when she fell nor guide her when things went wrong.
We may have lost 10 years, but if we share the same faith and determination, we would have the next 60 years to rediscover each other. For now, I'm happy our love is as innocent as 10 years back. That deep inside, we know who we really are and that we have not really changed.
To Geraldine, I love you. Happy 1st month.
Purple and gold are colours of royalty: You're precious.
The next time you look at the watch, know that our relationship is timeless.
The next time you put on the necklace, know that I'm here for you.
The next time you put on the diamond earrings, know that I'll always be your listening ear.
The next time you put on the diamond ring, know that I'm yours.