I saw a recent spike of viewers from yesterday and I'm guessing it's the same people who saw my tweets about a new date, huh?
Yeah you're right. I'm definitely gonna post about him. And I'm gonna do that now. On a weeknight. At 2am. When I'm supposed to be sleeping because work tomorrow. But for you all... Okay lah. :')
So anyway, let's start from the very beginning.
I was talking to Luqman, a personality people know as Mak Jah on social media and he was telling me to use Tinder to make new friends because who knows, one of those new friends could be someone I'm supposed to meet in life, much like fate, you know? I was a huge skeptic, because I was afraid of all those weird creepers and mats and bengs chatting me up if we get a match and then annoying the hell out of me. But I gave it a shot anyway, so I downloaded the app the next day, set up my profile and tried getting use to the left and right. I swept left for a lot of people and right for some qtpais and got a few matches.
It was like 7 or 8 matches then I got bored and just left the app. But then someone sent me a "Hello" and to which, I responded back. You know, just test water first. Then he asked if I was his mum's ex-student because he saw his mum on my mutual friends and I just burst out laughing because yes I was, then it felt momentarily awkward but we started talking. I told him I had seen him around SP campus before because he looked really familiar. Then we talked about our work and stuff and he told me he had been patrolling RWS too, which was weird because then I remembered I was admiring this cute police officer while eating McD and waiting for my dad and it was probably him. Hahaha, talk about fate right?
So then we exchanged numbers, within one day of conversing within Tinder itself. I trusted him because he was my ex-primary school teacher's son and that teacher was really nice so I assumed her son was great too. And I was right. He was adorable. We were exchanging cute texts and offering to take each other to places. But it was all rated G, no NSFW stuff. I told Luqman about this and he advised to meet up as soon as possible, because online friendship usually fades off into the abyss after a period of not talking, and then the meet up will never happen. So while talking about certain places, "date" kept coming up and we both were mentioning it.
He finally gave a day we could go out and it was the Sunday in the same week we first talked. We were keen on cafe-hopping and trying new things, so we made that our goal. We initially wanted to go to Gardens By The Bay, but then we changed our plans.
On Sunday, 21 Feb 2016, we finally met at the busy Jurong East MRT. He was cuter in real life, with cheeks I'd love to cup in my palms all the time, a smile that warmed my heart and height that would match Jensen Ackles (I would say Jared Padalecki but Jared's a giant). We started talking, gradually becoming more and more comfortable with each other. My stomach had butterflies the whole time, and it was too damn long since I last felt that way while with a guy. My heart swelled. I felt my smile growing wider and wider as he told his stories and let out that adorable laugh. I realized I was actually liking this guy.
We were headed to Bugis because we wanted to try the steak at The Royals Steakhouse. We reached the restaurant at 11:40 but it wasn't open yet, so we went to Zam Zam and had ice teh 'o' while getting to know a little bit more about each other. He was funny, he made me laugh till my cheeks hurt. Haven't had that in a while.
An hour after ice teh 'o', we headed back to the steakhouse for our lunch. The place was great. It had a chill atmosphere, beautiful decor and a pretty costly menu, like seriously pricey. But I had a great view so I didn't really care. ;)
After a great, fulfilling lunch, we intended to go play some video games at Bugis+ but apparently, the shop isn't there anymore so we had to travel to The Cathay. We went over, still rambling on about our lives and our interests, laughing with each other a tad too much. I think I really like this guy.
We got to St Games at The Cathay and we got the 1-hour slot. We intended to play Halo but then the controller was spoilt in some way so we changed to Rock Band and rocked out on the guitar and took turns to sing. I did well, he didn't so well but because he was so fucking adorable, I let him off. ;)
So, after that, we decided to go to Zulos in Clementi so we took the train to Buona and then to the cafe. Along the way, there were comfortable silence. Mainly because we were both exhausted and still full from the steak. But half the time, I felt like it was so comfortable.
We reached Zulos, had some nice waffles and churros and talked a little bit more. I realized just then how often I was gazing at him. He wasn't as handsome as Jensen Ackles but he was handsome enough to make my heart skip beats. When he smiles, a piece of my heart fixes itself from the broken past. I was falling for a stranger I had only met once.
After having dessert, we headed home. He had night shift work that night so he had to get home to get his stuff then leave again. We took 188 together, since he lived just three bus stops away from me.
Thanks for the great first date, Aziz.
Looking forward to our next adventure together, insya'Allah.
P/s: We're still texting and he definitely knows how to make me blush.