Two days ago I met w/ a girl I like for coffee. She was running late so I killed the time browsing in-shop mags (though how Cebu Pacific's in-flight mag ended up here, who knows).
Finally she arrived and declined my offer to get her coffee, saying she had a late lunch. In hindsight I probably should have insisted of getting at least a cafe latte, but I was feeling more practical than chivalrous and took her for her word. I also didn't want to break our conversation, so I didn't order, either.
During the chat she mentioned Gymboree, and I said my friend from Cotabato (The Contessa) wanted to work there some time ago. When she asked for The Contessa's last name, it turned out she was "very good friends" w/ her older brother. (Competition? wink nudge)
And that wasn't the surreal part yet, small planet that we have. Just a coinkydink.
Cut to yesterday. On YM I relayed this tale to The Contessa. She said that yes, her brother "mentions her a lot" (wink nudge). Coupla minutes later guess who was texting her brother about a un-coffee date? And asking/telling him about me?
What got my attention was two things she mentioned about yesterday (as least what The Contessa's brother said she told him). WARNING: STOP READING NOW if you think this will take a turn for the voyeuristic. Got it? 'Kay, to continue...
One: I was "too observant" about her Facebook page.
Two: I didn't even order her coffee.
Now, two things I learned from that:
1. Gauging what constitutes as "disturbing amount of knowledge" when it comes to someone else's Facebook page info. I can be the curious and resourceful kind, but for her to be a little bamboozled about knowing common acquaintaces that Facebook itself published? It's not like I was hacking into accounts.
This kind of thing happens to me a lot, where it could start from something as odd as people asking me how I knew when their birthday was (school batch directory, etc.) or wondering how I was able to reach them (Uh, you gave me your card...). The amount the personal information my friends place online is not as odd as their callousness in keeping it unprotected
The impression I got was she was perturbed/perplexed by the amount of mutual acquaintances, even though she brought it up. (Her cousin is Jessel Monteverde, who's my batchmate and related to Mother Lily.) The one that genuinely surprised me was that she knew Aimee Uy from her days when she worked at PhilAm. Including Junius and Darwin, that brings the number of batchmates she know to four. (That said, I know her old batchmate Yvette, and by extension DJ and Goldy. Facebook snooping? No. Deductive reasoning? Yes.)
2. Insisted on buying her coffee.
In conclusion: while no fault of my own, hopefully I didn't blow it.
3 comments:
I think you think too much.
And it think she has weird issues.
tell her the world's getting smaller and smaller bec of that larger the life invention called the WORLD WIDE WEB.
if she doesn't get it, answer, "get a life."
...and oh yes, you should have gotten her a cup o' joe, Joe.
Surreal you call it? that is why ... DO EVERYTHING OLD SCHOOL. Nothing is surreal when facebook is involved, Son. Somehow that little devil has it's way of ruining potentials.
Facebook remains a stalking material, where she goes, who she hangs out with and how many stupid application she loads. namsayin? don't bring it up to the real world just yet. Society is still in transition. I know I am. I don't know what the future of facebook will be but if mom joins ... i may move my slutty pictures back to myspace. namsayin?
and I second...um...Cimone. Should had bought that stupid coffee. You guys are in a coffee house after all.
BTW, I see porn on the title. no porn related article?XD
too much comment on FB = observant? what kind of a descrip is that?
and uh, conclusion: when she says she doesn't want coffee, it means she really wants coffee (cue to perplexed frown here). i always told it like it is to the hubby, even he was still a-courting (wink nudge)
Sorry, Luddite here. No FB account, natch!
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