Saturday, March 11, 2006
how it all began...
i was lying in bed, all alone, thinking about how much fun sean and i used to have. recently, over the last week, we haven't been able to spend much time together because he has been having a lot of activities going on in his school. mind you, being a teacher is good, it's the school you end up with that determines your stress level.
so anyways, i was thinking about how sean and i got to know each other, which up till now, i still find amazing. haha.
he used to be a trainee teacher at my school, taking our class's geography (and social studies too, i think) lessons. but at that time, he had no clue who i was cos he only had eyes for my good friend. and if you're wondering if i liked him, i won't deny. he is afterall one of the better looking male teachers in our school, and coming from an all girls school, there's hardly many male teachers around. haha.
that same year, after he finished his training at my school, the above-mentioned friend passed away in a road accident, involving a bus at changi interchange, when they were together, returning from a visit at the old changi hospital (yes, it's the old changi hospital). some of you might recall it.
one year later, her family held a mass for her on her death anniversary, which i didn't attend but he did, by then, my memory of him was almost non-existant. i still know his name and that taught us, and that i liked him. hahaha. but that was about it.
another year later, on her 2nd death anniversary, my friends insisted on having a gathering at her family's place cos they couldn't get a priest to hold a mass at the church. so this time, i went. i decided to not stay away like i did for the funeral (i only went on the day she was going to be cremated) and the 1st death anniversary. while i was there, i heard that our mr wong was coming too. i was feeling excited yet depressed.
i won't deny that before the gathering, i was telling everyone how much i hated him and all. citing that it's because he was there when my friend passed away, and not because he noticed her and not me - not that i was as loud and attractive as my friend then. haha. but anyways, my friends were telling me not to hate him cos it's not his fault. but i've heard so many rumours about him by then, i was quite unsure what to believe and what not to. haha.
ok, one thing i have to tell you guys first, i scribbled (or rather stole) his handphone number from another friend's notebook when we were all still in the same class. but i never ever messaged him or called him. haha.
so anyways, we met at the gathering and all he offered pizza to me and my friend, which i thought was a way of redeeming himself. haha. (when i asked him, after we got together, he said he was just trying to help the mother) so anyways, i refused it, and walk to another pizza and took a piece. HAHA. what i bitch i was sia. haha.
so after staying till about 11pm, the mother said we should all go home cos some of us still had school the next day. so she offered to drive all of us home. so we all got out of the house, and while i was waiting for the lift, and the others still wearing their shoes, i heard sean ask "who's that girl?" referring to me. my friends laughed and said "you used to teach her!! she's mabel!" he was obviously embarassed, and i just pretend i didn't hear anything. haha.
walking towards the carpark, i heard my friends talking about his car, asking if he drove or not etc. apparently he drove his car to the mass the year before. but he didn't this year. so he sat in front of the van, while the rest of us packed behind. then before we move off, his mother was checking who stayed where and the route back. somehow, i ended up being the last girl to go home, while sean was the last to be actually dropped off.
so we were talking and all, and one by one everyone went home. by the time it was just sean and i, things were quiet. i can't remember who started the conversation but we started talking about school and i was telling him he should pay more attention to students who are damn quiet. those are the ones that truly needs attention (i.e. the me last time. haha!) and so we talked and all. when we reached my place, the mother kept asking sean to send me up, which was strange cos the mother never asked him to do the same for the other girls! sean turned around to ask me if i wanted him to send me up, then the mother said something like "just send her up!" but i before he could react, i quickly open the door and said bye. closed the door and left. HAHA. by then it was midnight already. haha.
that night, i made used of the number i stole from my friend and sent him a message to tell him that i was "home and he don't have to worry" but he never replied. at first i thought he just didn't want to reply. but after a while, i was feeling a bit irritated cos i always like it when people reply me, even if it's just an "ok". haha!
then i thought maybe i got the wrong number, so i messaged another friend and ask her for sean's number. then i messaged sean, and guess what! he replied! haha. then i told him i was the girl that was the last to be dropped off, and we started sms-ing each other. yes, during school hours, where i'm suppose to study and learn and he's suppose to teach. haha. and started talking at night for like many, many hours before we slept. haha.
oh yah, at that time i was attached, to a guy who abused me, but that's the past now so i don't wish to talk about it. haha. he was also sort of going out with a teacher in his school, at that time.
maybe for the next post, i'll write about how we managed to get together, as boyfriend and girlfriend. and all the meetings we had while we were both seeing someone else. haha.
but yah, this was how we knew each other and got along and started meeting up at places like tampines's long john silver, KFC and bedok princess's mcdonald's. haha.
and if you're wondering, YES. I WAS THE ONE WHO MADE THE FIRST MOVE! and thank god i did! :)
p.s. i think i'll do a post by post of how we decided to take our relationship to the ultimum, getting married. haha. good to record, for memories sake :) but don't expect much of a fairytale thing thing. haha!
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