Thursday, December 15. 2005

The Sun Tzu Art of Love (Part 1)

Chapter 1 - The Last Supper that Never Was

Girl A didn't want to see Guy B anymore. And took the pains to tell him so. Mainly because he was always busy building up his own company and they have vastly different priorities in life. Guy B seeing a good thing and didn't want to let it go, made a valiant attempt in getting back into her good graces. They went out for a meal.

"The last supper," Girl A promises herself.

"To new beginnings!" Guy B smiled happily. Here's a chance to prove himself worthy, the go-getter thought to himself. A positive believer of letting no opportunities slip by, he would do whatever it takes to get Girl A on his team. Especially when it was something that he had waited years for.

Girl A must have left her brains at home or something. The conversation inadvertently turned to B's work.

B: Well, A, you see why I have to slog so much? If I want the rewards in life, I have to put in those kind of hours.
A: If you work so hard, won't your health deteriorate?
B: Ah, but I plan to retire early.

Here's the part where A kissed her brains goodbye.

A: But if you retire early, who would take over your business?
B: (looks at A meaningfully) That's where I hope you can help me figure that one out. Hopefully, we can come up with something...

A could have slapped herself for being so stupid. Of course he meant that he would want an heir to inherit his business. What was she thinking?

With B persuading her indirectly to see things his way, she couldn't get a word in edgewise. She looked at his handsome and cheerful face and didn't have the heart to be brutal. But somehow, she has a horrid feeling that more drastic measures must be taken to ward B off.

What should Girl A do?
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*Girl A can tell Guy B under no certain terms its no go. face-to-face. ;-)
#1 Anonymous on 2005-12-15 04:06 (Reply)
*There's always the 'friend' speech.
#2 Anonymous on 2005-12-15 04:20 (Reply)
*tell him PODACI!
#3 Rapunzel on 2005-12-15 04:55 (Reply)
*alamak...looks like I got my genders all mixed up.

Tell him PODAH!

see lah...the effect not there anymore, not as shiok. :-(
#4 Rapunzel on 2005-12-15 05:10 (Reply)
*I prefer podaci, too. Too bad cannot use it in this context hor? :-P
#5 coolcat (Homepage) on 2005-12-15 05:12 (Reply)
*coolcat, i think girl A is seriously falling in love.
#6 BeerBrat (Homepage) on 2005-12-15 09:23 (Reply)
*BB, eh?? Ini macam punya cerita oso u think got happy endings ar? Aiyoyo :-P
#7 Anonymous on 2005-12-15 10:01 (Reply)
*ahhh..beer brat. Men tend to think that if a girl can't muster up the nastiness to say no, she secretly means yes. Actually..it's still a no.

I doubt there is any love from Girl A to Guy B.
#8 Anonymous on 2005-12-16 00:30 (Reply)
*We shall see how the story unfolds, eh? ;-)
#9 coolcat (Homepage) on 2005-12-16 03:15 (Reply)

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