Saturday, October 06, 2007; 12:11 PM
I was being stalked!!!
Evelyn and I were discussing about the 10%-off-storewide discount when we just stepped foot into ESPRIT when a frantic, seemed-to-be-searching-for-someone looking man came up to us. I thought he wanted to ask for directions, so we slowed our pace.
But he blurted out that he wanted to get to know me. Zzz!!!
Of course I was startled but walked on pulling the equally startled Evelyn and waved my hands repeatedly, chanting NO NO NO.
This time while walking out of the store, that man tapped my shoulders and held out a small piece of white paper with his contact number on it, telling me that he sincerely wants to be friends with me and demanded me to at least take that paper.
I took it, and he walked away.
As a matter of fact, most people would had felt disgusted and annoyed with such encounter but frankly speaking, I did not felt that way then. My heart felt for him instead. I can't exactly explain why.
Commiserated with him being a lonely man having to resort to going up to people to make friends.
Exactly like how I can't set my eyes on poor old ah mas or ah peks collecting old cans or going around asking for cigs from tables to tables. :(
