Last Friday - Easter Friday to be exact - I decided to take up the offer of having dinner with a guy I hadn't even met. Risky business springs to mind but what is life without a risk and I was on a quest to try some new things in Hong Kong and thought that the worst thing that could happen is that I find a cool new spot for dinner or a new place to hang out.
So dressing up in a casual black dress (slimming of course), and after a few cheeky dutch courages with a friend, I set off, if not a little late - for my 'date'.
Apparently Swiss precision is not the best and twenty minutes later he arrived, not a problem as he had kept in contact and I had the pleasure of an Indian and Pakistan hawkers company. However the first questionable moment came when I recieved a text stating that he was on the MTR and mentioned the station he was passing. It was a station on the island and we were meeting at an MTR station off the island....I had no idea of the area and assummed that he did, as he had suggested it. He also KNEW that I had no idea of the area. Alarm bells were ringing - we are nowhere near where him or I know - is he worried we will bump into people he knows!!!??
SO, when he arrived it was nice, a quick hug,kiss on the cheek and a laugh with the vendors, then we started walking, he then asked if I was hungry and wanted food -
Me (thinking) Well, you did ask me for dinner!!!!
We began to walk in one direction and then he changed his mind and then asked me where I wanted to go, I did not mind (I was up for anything), we turned back again and the first place we past - a Chinese fast food place - he went into.
Me thinking 'Ok, no problem, must be good'
He had no idea of the place and proceeded to whine about the food, the Chinese and on top of that after ordering, when only one drink arrived (we had ordered the same), he immediately took it and started drinking it.
'Ok', I thought, 'I can handle this - it's just me, this is no big deal'
Conversation was ok at is point, a bit of a joke around, he would tell me something quite normal, I would ask a question or comment, and the he would turn around and say he was just joking about the previous statement...hmmm...ok...
The food then arrived and he had ordered a curry. After living in China for so long I was used to the food and didn't think twice about what he had ordered and as Emil had taken me to is place before I knew what was good and ordered what I had last time. I even told him it was good. He tasted his dish, screwed up his nose, complained about the food, and kept going on about it. After I was halfway through my dish, I had had enough and offered him mine. Ofcourse he ate it - thank god.
Meanwhile, the topic of converstation had turned to conquests - I mean really!!! He told me about a girl he had gone on a date with recently, that he didn't know, and how she was really desperate. Also how he lived at a University dorm and that visitors could not come in after 11.
Me (saying out loud) 'Oh well, look at the time, past midnight, how sad!' (It was 9!) Said laughingly of course. He then told me about how he had to go home to a local girls place and how her father had caught them at the door...blah, blah, blah....SERIOUSLY!!!
Previous to this, I had mentioned my brother was coming to town for the holidays and as he had previously mentioned his age, I said that they were the same age.......apparently not:
Me: 'He's 24, like you, right?'
Him: ' No, I'm 26'.
Me 'What, you're kidding, but I thought you said you were 24?'
Him 'Well no, that's because if you are over 24 you can't study overseas...mumble, mumble'
Me: 'Ok'
Him ' I'll show you - he whips out his HK ID card fumbles around with it for awhile and then shows it to me with his fingers strategically covering his birthdate (not year of course), his name first and last.
Me: (totally offended) "Are you covering all of your details? I'm not going to stalk you or anything, you don't have to worry."
Him: Laughs but does not reveal the rest of the information and quickly puts it away.
WHAT THE????
He then proceeded to tell me that he had spent a year of school at his Aunties school in America and that he had got expelled. He told me this high faluting story about a rivalry between his mum and the aunty, ofcourse I didn't believe it and it turned out that the real story was that he had posted a picture on the internet of a girl stripping. Apprently it was only soft porn and she deserved it, she was doing it! RIIIGHGGHHHHTTT!
Talking about my profession, he asked what age I taught and after telling him he proceeded to scoff and say:
'What, so you teach them 1,2,3,4, how easy is that!' After I had proceeded to tell him exactly what it was that I did do and briefly explain the 7 areas of responsibility that I have on top of my teaching 1,2,3,4's he quickly shut up.
As I explained what I had been doing before moving overseas, I talked about the area I had taught in previously.
Him: 'Gangs....there are no gangs...you mean 19 year olds, how can they have kids?'
Me: 'NZ is pretty good but like any country it does have a few areas with interesting characters'
Him: 'Whatever, sure.... gangs...there is no such things as gangs....like drug dealers?....'
Me: 'Ummm, no, not quite like that...' Then I had to go and explain about exactly what Naenae life was like and what had actually happened in the 2 years I had taught there.
Him: (Dumbfounded) '...oh'
Me: 'I thought you had travelled to over 30 countires? You must have seen poor areas or evidence of it?'
Him: 'Well, I mainly go to big cities'.
Me: 'Seriously? I can't believe that...wow! (Thinking: Most of those areas ARE in big cities DUMBASS!!!! Hmmmm....travelled...I think NOT!)
Anyway after all this, giving him the benefit of the doubt, he did pay after all, we continued to an ice cream place he had previously raved about and after sharing an ice cream and me paying, I was ready to head home.
Sharing the MTR home I was happy that I could get off a stop earlier and transfer to another train, as I said I could get off at this stop -
Him: 'Oh, well.....see you later....(he looks up to see my expression)....probably not....probably see you around....but if you know of anyone looking for blah blah blah about looking for a job!!!
YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING!!!!!!
Being who I am and being bought up the way I have been, I gave him a hug goodbye and after laughing my way home, I sent him a message to say thank you for the dinner and it was nice to do something different and good luck with job hunting.
That is what I call, wipe my hands clean, ABSOLUTE CLOSURE!!!!!
The next night, out with the girls, I saw him venturing up LKF having 'no problems with the ladies' (his exact words), and I just laughed!
At least this makes the next date less daunting, however, I think that that may be on the back burner for awhile!
The one thing that I got out of this was at least I could laugh throughout AND after!
Keep laughing....because it really can't be as bad as what this guys next date will have to put up with!
Love RSG! xoxo
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