The City Girl's guide to...
when i was in morocco, it was a running joke in our trekking group that i would return to london and either open a michelin-starred restaurant that served sardines on toast and condensed milk on toast or write "The City Girl's Guide to Camping". my camping tips would include mentions of ibruprofen (painkillers good!), kitkat (especially good in the middle of the night when you wake up freezing, a kitkat bar will make you feel nice and warm enough to sleep), blister plasters (they're amazin!!), wet wipes (when you're stuck in the wilderness with no shower facilities) and so on...
but now i've decided that my true calling is to write "The City Girl's guide to shaking off bad dates". i made myself go on a date tonight with a guy i already knew it wasn't going to work out with. (two reasons: he's too innocent/naive, and he's the brother of someone i don't really like and he lives in his brother's shadow) but i figured i could do with the practice and was maybe hoping that i could be persuaded to change my mind about him. dinner was good, the conversation came freely and easily. but my initial opinion never changed and in fact, i became more convinced of my opinion. after dinner, we were meant to go to a club where his friends were and then on to a birthday party which his brother and other singaporeans (including the ex) would be. i figured i would cut my losses and leave early. so i pretended that my friend was super upset about some fight with her boyfriend and i had to go over to queen's park immediately to take care of her. it was such a blatant lie! and i feel really bad for telling such a lie, but i'm so glad that i'm home typing this right now.
another good excuse for shaking off bad dates is my work. "i pulled an all-nighter last night, i think i need to go home to catch some sleep now. i'm so sorry..." jet lag is also good - "i'm still jet-lagged from my trip to singapore 2 weeks ago, i'm really sorry..." try this one as you're leaving the restaurant/bar, "which way are you headed? oh, that's a shame coz i'm headed in the other direction!"
so here i am, alone at home on a saturday night, and getting ready to curl up in bed with my book, rather than a cute guy. but i can't stop grinning coz i'm still amused by my own creativity. ;P
but now i've decided that my true calling is to write "The City Girl's guide to shaking off bad dates". i made myself go on a date tonight with a guy i already knew it wasn't going to work out with. (two reasons: he's too innocent/naive, and he's the brother of someone i don't really like and he lives in his brother's shadow) but i figured i could do with the practice and was maybe hoping that i could be persuaded to change my mind about him. dinner was good, the conversation came freely and easily. but my initial opinion never changed and in fact, i became more convinced of my opinion. after dinner, we were meant to go to a club where his friends were and then on to a birthday party which his brother and other singaporeans (including the ex) would be. i figured i would cut my losses and leave early. so i pretended that my friend was super upset about some fight with her boyfriend and i had to go over to queen's park immediately to take care of her. it was such a blatant lie! and i feel really bad for telling such a lie, but i'm so glad that i'm home typing this right now.
another good excuse for shaking off bad dates is my work. "i pulled an all-nighter last night, i think i need to go home to catch some sleep now. i'm so sorry..." jet lag is also good - "i'm still jet-lagged from my trip to singapore 2 weeks ago, i'm really sorry..." try this one as you're leaving the restaurant/bar, "which way are you headed? oh, that's a shame coz i'm headed in the other direction!"
so here i am, alone at home on a saturday night, and getting ready to curl up in bed with my book, rather than a cute guy. but i can't stop grinning coz i'm still amused by my own creativity. ;P