Another One on the Boys

Only because my pastlife twin asked for it, here is an update on the Andies, and then some...

I realized that I haven't dated anyone older than me since coming to China. The reason being people my age are all married. The oldest I'd dated is a month younger than me, and he was rumored to be married. As for the others, they're two or three years younger. Such is China. Thank god I look young for my age. People are always shocked to find out that I'm 26 (they swear I don't look a day older than 20, bless their hearts). We're talking about Philippine age. I'm actually a couple of years older in China so unless people specifically ask what year I was born (the year of the sheep), I just say 26.

As for the dating scene, I will have to report that I haven't been going out much. Andy1 came over last weekend because I promised I'd help him with his English after my HSK. No I didn't have the heart to cancel on him even after the "my teacher's friend" incident. I think I might have just overreacted. He calls a few times a week to say hi and tell me new English sentences he learned. It's cute. It almost feels like I have a son or something.

Andy2 would send me messages asking about my day/my HSK/my Chinese lessons, etc. One time he called and ran out of things to say. Oh well. Andy2 has a lot of fans among my friends but I don't know, there's just nothing--no kilig factor.

And then I have someone to add to my "Cute Chinese Guys List." I'm not sure whether to include Andy1 to the list but I'm feeling generous so okay, he'll be Cute Chinese Guy # 5 so this guy will be Cute Chinese Guy # 6. His name is Edward. The first few times I met him, he was Peter. Last night over dinner he informed us that he changed his name. Such is China. Peter, or er... Edward, is Frank's friend. Frank is a friend from way back when I first came to TieLing. Anyway, let's talk about Edward, shall we? He's cute.

I've probably been to dinner with him (with a group of friends) four times including last night. He likes to stare. I would always ignore him because... I don't know, maybe I've already gotten used to getting stared at and just find it mildly amusing at this point. Plus he's cute so I guess that makes it ok.

After all the staring, he finally talked to me last night. Maybe after observing me over several dinners he had decided that I don't growl nor bite or maybe because he was sitting next to me last night so he thought it would be polite to say something. I was pleasantly surprised that he could speak English. He showed me his phone to let me check if he got my number right. I didn't even know he had my number. It was right but my name was spelled with a "y". While I was telling him how to spell my name, Frank teasingly said that Edward got my number from his phone. I figured as much. Edward punched him playfully. He then called to let me know his number.

After dinner, we (except for Frank who wanted to go home because he had an early class the next day. As if I didn't. Hmp.) went to TianXing Hotel, a disco. Over dinner, I already mentioned that I never dance, I can't dance and I don't like to dance. That didn't stop him from asking me several times to dance while we were in TianXing. Of course I refused. I hope guys don't take it personally when I refuse to dance with them. It's just something that I don't do, like maybe not eating shrimp because one's allergic to it.

When it was time to go home, Edward said he'd "song ni hui jia" (send/accompany me home). I said it was mei shi (no problem), I'd just go home by myself. So I got home and thought of sending him a message. Two no's in a row did not seem very encouraging. But then I thought, he wouldn't give up that easily if he was really interested. So I went to bed and did not think anything about it again until now. For the record, he hasn't called nor sent a message.

Oh, and yes, of course he's younger. What do you expect?