Sachin is from my MBA batch, but to be honest, I have never paid attentions to him until the second semester.
He used to linger around me in class and if I was not seated around with my “sisters” on lectures, he would take every chance to seat beside or behind me. Even he on purpose approached me, he didn’t take the real actions to invite me out or ask my personal email address.
One day on “Human Resource Management” lecture, I was late and had no choice but to seat in front of him. He passed a note inbetween and asked me my email and my Chinese name. I was so curious about his next move and without surprise, we started to play”passing notes” on lectures and “you got a mail” after lectures every now and then.
13th of March, 2003, he at first time invited me out on John's lecture; of course, in terms of written note. “Ok, why not”, I said to myself at full excitement. We met later around 7:00 in the evening, heading for city centre looking for somewhere to seat. We entered R.S.V.P. a typical British bar. It was too early for revelry but perfect for first dating. We chose the second floor, a seat for two against the window. I, on the black coat and red gloves, was quite nervous and uneasy, but I knew subconsciously this night would reverse my life.
He looked anxious too but was brave enough to initiate the conversations; thought we both had to make lots of efforts to make each other understand, we were so enjoying as if we were old friends. The topic was not limited; albeit night was over. He sent me home around 11.Outside was so windy and frigid, but my heart was burning.
We fell in love at 13th of March, 2003 @ R.S,V.P.
p.s.
There was a twist on that night. I have to refer Kim, my love consultant, and truly, her encouragement was a vital tribute to ellasachin.
By coincidence, Kim also had the first night out with a guy on the same day. We made a deal to give each other an “alerting call” in the middle of the date; if the date was in a mess, we had an excuse to take an early leave.
Luckily, this protective mechanism had no roles to play on both of us.
