Memory of a 7yr-old past

Was tidying up my inbox and had a hellava revelation in one mail to a close friend of mine. For the sake of future remembrance, I've thought of sharing with you guys.

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Dear roomie (note: my housemate in UK during uni days),


u wouldn't believe what i'm going to tell u later! Goodness! do u remember our friend *David (note:name changed to protect the innocence) has a friend called *Joshua (note:name changed not to protect his innocence, but my friend *David's innocence) whom i sort of know thru icq? I think he's a darn playboy who goes around getting to know other girls till the extend that his gf is suspecting him. And I happened to be ONE of them i guess? She actually called me one nite asking if i have met him, how i know him, what's the relationship between me and him etc. HAIYO! i almost exploded! Thus, i sent her a sms blasting at her terrible attitude.


Later the night, this *Joshua called me saying his gf if picking up a big fuss and asked me not to mind. And the THIRD time they called me! this gf of *Joshua was telling me to beware of him... that he actually has a gf... ya da ya da... Errmm, somehow or another, i think she has the impression that i'm the third party or something!! HELP! i'm so innocent! Ishh, so i told *David about it, think he reprimanded them abit? Okay just thought of telling u about it... hehee, vent it out a lil' or else i'm gonna explode!





... .... (other unrelated contents to the stuff above)


luv,
Roomie.

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Now that this particular email has successfully triggered up my memory, I reflected back to that particular ill-night. Okay, let me brief you on what happened between me and this *Joshua guy.

I met Joshua through my uni friend *David, via ICQ as stated in my email to my dear roomie. The thing is, back when I was young and bubbly, I was VERY friendly with guys. When Joshua saw my picture with David, he was commented to David that he wanted to know me as a friend. So David obliged and I agreed seeing nothing evil can come out from knowing more friends right?

Through chats over ICQ emails and later this Joshua asked for my number, and back then, I did give out my mobile number easily (hence the cause of many arguments with my then ex). Anyway, many would comment that, "hey! you have a bf and this Joshua has a gf, how can you just give your number to this guy knowing that he has an ulterior motive!?"

Yes, even if right now, I would comment the exact same thing when I hear similar story. But don't ask me why, back when I was young, I am sort of notorious for doing things against the norm and loved the cheap thrill of living life on the edge a little.

So Joshua would call me for a chat sometimes. I thought, a simple chat conversation between friends, don't considered as infidelity to my then bf right!

Joshua knew I was attached then, and I knew he had a gf. But we have never met before in reality. So it was some sort of a no-strings attached conversation. Someone whom I kinda enjoyed the company over the phone, but not in real life.

Anyway, that ill-fated night when Joshua's gf called me, I think I was overwhelmed with the drama. That she flipped through Joshua's phone call list and realised he called a number of girls and my phone number happened to be there.

I thought back and remembered she asking me, "Are you the Geo Min from Penang?", which I find now hilarious that there can be many other Geo Min-s from different parts of Malaysia not necessary be me! But anyway, I said, 'I am from Penang, yes?"

Subsequently she reprimanded me for talking to Joshua, a guy who's attached and implied I was being a third party. And that in reality, Joshua loved her only so whatever he claimed towards me was an act-up. And I think then I got bemused and ANGRY.

I sort of yelled back at her, saying, 'If you are so damn impressive or gorgeous, your said bf wouldn't be calling other girls besides even me, so get the hell out of my radar. He was the one who called, and honestly, our conversations was purely platonic on my end. If he had gotten the wrong idea, and thus you got the wrong idea, then I suggest you guys to brighten up and get a good close see at the situation here. I am not interested in Joshua and neither have the decision to meet him. Him coming to penang has nothing to do with me, and clearly may I say again, I am attached. So yes, I am not going to talk to him anymore, just so you guys will leave me alone!"

Or some sorts to that meaning lah.

After the phonecall, I rang up my friend *David and told him what had happened. It was the last straw, I would never entertain the possibility of being accused of being the third party. And now reflecting back, I realised, I have myself to blame.

Really. If I was so 'innocent', for one, I wouldn't have encouraged the phonecall from Joshua. Surely if I have sounded uninterested, he wouldn't be talking to me much. So, theoractically it takes two hands to clap, hence, no wonder my then bf was FURIOUS!

Wait, or am I getting the guys mixed up?