Hazia’s Reflections

My advertising agent wanted to introduce her new designer to me. She asked if I have any new jobs for her company. She said the guy is cute, inteligent, a gentleman, ala-Eurasian and available.

Curious and tempted, I asked if I could just meet him, even if I couldn’t guarantee a new job. She said yes, but not to tell her pet-bro, Mr Coconut, that she introduced another guy to me. Otherwise, she would really get it from him. LOL!

So, we met last Wednesday, late morning. Within 5 minutes, I could see why she didn’t bother to matchmake me with him, like she did with her pet-bro. Don’t get me wrong, he was all that she said, only that I felt that he is a bit soft, can be pushed around and looks young (though he is 3 years older than I am).

After our meeting, she had sneakily arranged a lunch business meeting with Mr Coconut and another man, a government top gun, at the same venue. So, the three of us didn’t move. When Mr Coconut called, she mentioned that she had invited me to join them. She grimaced as he yelled at her over the phone, she cut him short by saying that her prepaid was running low. Obviously he didn’t like the idea, he scolded her for mixing business with pleasure. I was about to take off when the top gun arrived. So, I was stuck. She thought of using her designer to woo me to make her pet brother jealous, but unfortunately, she didn’t get a chance to brief the guy.

Mr Coconut came then. He shook hands with the 2 men but didn’t with his pet sister and I. He sat at the head of the table position, we 2 women sat on one side while the other 2 men sat opposite us. We all talked. He seemed like a different person altogether, chatty on light and entertaining topics. That was a contrast to our date when he jumped from one heavy matter to another. When nobody was looking, he flashed me his wide smile, one I’ve seen several times. I reciprocated his smile. Okay, at least now I’m convinced that he likes me, it wasn’t just his pet sister making it up:)