A story of how guy best friend falls for girl best friend
2006, as a transfer school student in the middle age of 15,Not many friends she has. New and fresh, wanting to start a new life, with a change of new personality too. A once rebel wanna-be foul mouth girl, turn 180 to being a quiet, innocent looking observer. First time she met him, was the first few days when school started. She walked pass , by the bicycle shed towards the school gates waiting for her transport . There she saw him. With tiny eyes, hair flying high , thin and sharp jawed line. She finds him rather macho, the cool bad boy look that every girl her age would drop dead to their knees for. Him keeps staring at her as she walks by. In his mind probably wondering” this girl doesn’t seem like she’s from here”
But the him had a girl beside him. His girlfriend at that time. Her dint bother much, kept walking out thinking oh well he is just another nice looking face to look at sometimes. Not her cup of tea though.. In her heart at that time, it was still achy, aching from the past of someone who hurt her feelings by toying with it. She wasn’t ready for any relationships. Just wanting to adjust to this new school , new life. Him’s gf at that time was She’s classmate, because they hung out, so she got to knew Him personally too. Numbers were exchanged, Him texted her , flirtingly saying she was like a teddy bear to him, nice to hug. That time , Him just broke up with his gf . So him flirted, She felt mesmerized but played along, dint want anything serious. Him asked her if she would love to be his girlfriend. She with her consultation from her bestie, decided to agree to him. It was awkward. Both felt weird being acknowledged as a couple. So they decide to call it quiets and pretended it never happen. Both agreed. They both went back to school like nothing happened.
Everyday after class, She would have to wait for transport at the bus stop outside her school. She would wait along for her seniors to finish class then only the transporter would come. When the seniors finished their class, she was the few left sitting waiting at the bus stop alone. Him and his bunch of friends, who are whacky and funny in nature would come and tease her and play with her.Him, had this fond of taking off her school shoe, and tossing it into the middle of the road, leaving her 1 sided shoeless hopping around. I guessed Him liked watching her hop around shoeless, with pony tail tied up, Him finds She looks cute that way and thus it became a routine basis of throwing shoe. Somehow She played along and sort of enjoy his teasing.
Him was on and off with his gf at that time. Whenever he had problems , family, relationship or just small chats , Him would find She. Him liked chatting with She so much, that Him actually made She his pet sister . Back then pet sisters were a fake sister which u would treat as a younger sister to take care or just to get closer to her. In those days, there were no iphones, the only electronic gadgets there were was handphones. With 1 sen sms each sent to him, they both could chat to about 100 smses daily. The handphone buzzed continuously throughout the day. She enjoyed listening to Him’s problems and giving advice. But She never really thought of him as a boyfriend material.
Things went by and Him graduated from secondary school and moved on to college. She continued her studies. She grew tired of listening to Him’s problems because whenever Him finds She, he would greet her with a msn sad face. It wasn;’t very invinting to start a conversation with a sad face . So She told Him off about it and somehow Him understood, and from then onwards they did not find each other. She dint bother much, led her life. 2 yrs went by She graduated from secondary school. Him contacted She again. This time no more sad face. A proper Hello instead ! She then catched up with him on how is his life now, what is he doing, small chats and so on. She just treated him as normal friend, because of their duration of not staying in contact for so long, they just lost touch with each other. Him invited She out for a drink with his bunch of whacky friends. They met up again face to face. It was a little awkward. She notices Him smoking , but she doesn’t really care much because She wouldn’t consider Him as her boyfriend. Plus she had a love interest , she always had a love crush on people who doesn’t have the same heart for her. She also had admirers whom She wouldn’t wanna accept because she was set on for the guy she wants. She chooses her man. Picky indeed! But she wanted to find the perfect one, so she felt its better she makes a guy she likes fall for her instead of choosing those who wants her but she does not want.
With few more times of outing though not often, She and Him became close again, Him would share whom he likes at the moment stories to She, She would also do the same . They were close again as close friends that was it. Maybe Him thought of going after She during some point, but She was not interested or did not think too much of it. Him has always been there for her as her guy best friend, she could tell anything to him, literally ANYTHING! They hang out a lot ,and they even helped each other on their college projects. Him always flirts with She, saying how nice if She was his gf, she would be so perfect. An independent girls, with responsibilities , confident about herself in someways, seem to always have a positive mindset to things. Him felt she was a miss independent and that made him very interested in her. But Him felt he was not good enough for her, he felt she could do so many things on her own, what can I offer her? Though he flirst with She jokingly everytime asking She to be his gf, She always turns down his offer thinking he is just fooling around. But little did she know that he was half serious and just testing the waters. Since Him owed She a favour because She helped him few times on his project.
The 1 fine day came when She asked him for help to install lightings for her project. She went to Him’s house, She did not feel awkward because She was used to being around guys most of the time, so this was not new to her. She stayed in his room , alone , just both of them. For She , it did not feel awkward, because he dint think of him as a love interest, and she trusted him A LOT!. But Him, had jitters, because She is still a girl, being alone in the room with a girl, is something new for Him. He was afraid he could not control himself and would pounce on her. But in the end Him remained professional and just chit chatted with her all the way. From that 2 nights at Him’s place, Him got to know She pretty well. Things started to spark between the two. Maybe it was due to spending too much alone time together that made things sparks, or it was the both of them feeling so comfortable with each other with no make up , in house clothes .
From there, Him found the courage to really go after her .Him found that though she appears to be strong and independent on the outside, inside she is actually weak and literally lacking of somebody to give her love and care. So Him still continues to tease her asking She to be his girlfriend, She keeps rejecting him , thinking he is fooling around because he had a past of liking to flirt with girls.
She knows she has little feelings for Him too. But She does not wanna give in to that feeling, because she also liked another guy too at that time and she felt that that guy was more worth the try than going for Him who had a past with She’s classmate and She’s classmate used to dislike Him for the playboy personality he had for dumping She’s classmate during secondary school. She had a policy, a no dating friend’s ex policy. So it was forbidden, she tries to put out the feelings for him. She was thinking, Him would probably not continue chasing her after 4 months of unsuccessful chasing , Him might grow tired of the no response from She. But She thought wrong, Him persevered till the 6th Month of chasing. She felt bad, she dint want to play on his feelings, lead him to think that they got a chance, She saw him’s sad face one night when Him sent her to her car after their drinking session. He walked to his car in a disappointed manner. So She decided to tell him the truth about how she felt bout him,but how they could not be together. She then was curious, what did Him liked about her so much that he is not willing to let go? She asked Him, Him then said She was a perfect girl to him , humble, independent, positive minded and not clingy is what that attracted him, plus he felt that though she is so independent ,she would need someone to pamper her, and he would wanna be the one to pamper her and treat her like she is the princess ! She was touched! No one ever ever said she should be pampered, most guys think of her personality as an advantage for them if she becomes their wife next time to just cook and clean , the perfect daughter- in law attributes. Him never saw her that way, he nvr wanted her to be those, he wanted to treat her like if she were a princess, give her all the best, shower her with love, let her not suffer.
It won her heart.! She was still hesitant though with the fact of breaking her no dating ex policy and afraid her friends might hate her too for liking someone whom they disliked. Him told her , they could just try out first, give it a shot, on both of them. See how things go from there. She wanted to remain low bout their relationship, wanted to be like friends with benefits, without the sleeping together scene, but with all the benefits of a couple just that they stick as friends. Him was not so happy with this term, he made a new term, saying they could try as a couple, but not announce to anyone first. Till she is ready to let the world know about them.
1st month went by pretty fast, they loved each other’s company as a couple, it was awkward at first, from your best friend, to calling someone dear, it needed some getting used to. Plus She wasn’t in love for many many years, she forgot how it was like to love, she dint really know how to express her love to him, but she was working on it, Him was being understanding too.
Soon, she gained her courage and told her friend about their relationship, and to her surprise, they actually congratulated her!!! She was happy to the max, living with worry daily that her friends would hate her for being with him, she finally could let that big rock down. What a relief , she said.
From there onwards, She’s love towards Him grew daily, it grew bigger and bigger and she finally saw that he was the right one for her, he really understood her, he knew when she was moody, when she needed to be loved and sweet talk. Only he knows how to love her and make her feel like she is special.
To date, every month that goes by is a blessing for them, a milestone towards the next step, and to be thankful that they did not mention once bout break ups whenever they arguied, they sorted things out on the spot, although it hurt them to say it out, but after saying those things out, they understood each other more. Him’s bad habits of smoking and flirting stopped when Him met a girl whom dumped him and played on his feelings . That time was a low point in Hm’s life, Him was afraid of girls, did not know which girl to trust anymore, but then Him felt the most comfortable with She, and he had also fallen for She, so he knew that he could trust her and she would be the one for him.
P/s touching story :D
YES! Though as tiny excitement as this may seem, i won tickets to URBANSCAPES 2011 ( 4 of it ) each worth Rm40, i’ve not won anything this much before. It was just a fun thing to join this contest that gives you URBANSCAPES tickets if you complete the slogan, “i would wanna go to urbanscapes because …..”
i was trying to make it sound like they link with urbanscapes, so i separated the word URBANSCAPES to URBAN + ESCAPES
i think my slogan went like this
“ because i’m an urban teen seeking to escape into a place with urban cultures "..
something like that , i had forgotten what i wrote, but its pretty catchy and it links 
but in the end i did not go, as i had other plans the night before and was too tired, but ticket did manage to find a rightful owner who wants it and it was well spent for them!
out of curiousity, how did this street in Malacca get it’s name? Were they trying to spell Joker but added an extra “O” in the middle ? O.o!
Or probably it’s named after a well famous portugese sailor who once lived on this street. Right,google can help you with your answers..
I’m just gonna move along to my Nyonya stuff. I had a day trip there following my friend who went to buy “manik” <---tiny bead”s for his mum to make the very rare handmade baba nyonnya shoe.
How rare, i don’t think you can find people still inhibiting this passed down culture. My friend’s mum is of baba nyonnya heritage and she kneads the beads as her pastime hobby.
This bead shop is located on Jonker’s street. it’s a typical sewing/ accessories shop where you could find all sorts of beads to be sewn on clothes, bracelet, necklace ( but i can’t find studs that can be sewn on shoes & clothes 
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After buying those stuff, we had a walk on the streets. It really reminded me of China poor people’s quarters. It’s as if you are frozen and turned back in time.
Tell me, if i’’m wrong 
This is the shop where i ate chicken rice balls , pretty decent price, thought hiked up due to being part of tourist attraction , meal for 2 RM20++ inclusive , chicken + rice + soup + veggie+ 2 drinks..Well, maybe its pretty worth it after all, i hear some of my friends going ot other shops not getting many dishes like us. hehehe
The wood interior is all TEAK WOOD! OMG TIMBER~~~HOW EXPENSIVE that would have been if it were build in the era of Y2k generation. I’d imagine myself living in such a building mixing modern technology with the old chinese style. The olden days concept of chinese houses, had an open air space in between, letting good ventilation flow through. Though, it maybe kind of bad, when u try to go upstairs and it’s raining, no connecting shade area, ( will get wet ) =.=
May i talk bout the rice? yes i will!, i feel i must! ~~~
the texture is rather mushy, somewhere in between porridge and rice texture, once poked with a fork, it tends to stay fixed for a few seconds, then it just breaks into half, a perfect nice half cut ! O.o! i wonder how is that possible.
This is another open airwell concept of the chinese style shophouses, though you may say it’s chinese, but i think it already has a touch f baba Nyonya into it ( note the window gutters, typical malay house style)
p/s , you will see loads of wood being used alot in these shophouses, these wood are so well preserved
the gold engravings are NOT Chinese NOT Malays, hmm must be baba nyonya style ? XD 
mixture of designs in the shophouses, still essence of China remains on the front door part ( wooden doors) reminds me of a small town in China i went to in Gui Lin.
another place you should got is the BaBa Nyonya museum somewhere along this street in the picture above, its a house stayed by a pretty rich baba nyonya family, you should see their designs, rather enlightening, a mix of chinese + malay + european+ lavishly done up! you also get to learn bout their culture =) which i learnt is pretty interesting.
i’ll leave it to you to experience this durian puff stall which is known to be famous in Jonker’s,
texture? the puff is not pastry puff like you expect, its more rubbery 
but the durian cream in the inside, is magnific!!! cold~~ if only the puff were more fluffier like kuih bahulu it would be perfect! Oh well, this is the thing that is famous there , should try
There are laksa stalls nearby too, they serve pretty HUGE bowls..but my tummy cant chow down no more.
Overall, i feel its a pretty interesting place if you would wanna see ancient previous stuffs traditional stuffs GREAT PLACE! whereever you look , you will tend to spot things/ place related to the past! That is if you know how to spot 
( this trip was taken by your storyteller somewhere in August )
For all the fast automobiles lovers out there, i’m pretty sure the word “Ferrari” isn’t foreign to you at all. From young we’ve been brainwashed that the fastest car you could find is A FERRARI!
nowadays, with a little more cash on hand , you could own a Ferrari with just a snap of a finger. What a dream come true! Though first hands may still be a little pricey, but hey! opting for a second hand one is still a pretty lean mean lady magnet 
So , where in Malaysia could you go to buy a Ferrari? Of course , a Ferrari dealer. But do you know, you could now purchase your dream Ferrari car ON LINE! YES! with a click of a mouse.
There is a local site, where Ferrari dealers / owners who would wanna sell their Ferrari upload pictures of their Ferrari car, with specification and price indicated!
So, what are you waiting for? move your mouse cursor ( i know you want to ) to this word here “Ferrari cars” and it will take you to the page itself!
P/S: I did see a Ferrari car going for only Rm500 k ++ no joke! hurry up and click the word and find out more .
