He was a bit giddy when we first met in Megamall at 6pm. It was my first time to meet somebody from MTC and I was nervous as he was. He was a lot older than I am, I was 24 and he was 40, maybe married too and yet keen to meet a young lady. We walked to a chinese restaurant and we talked about work. He’ sells Volvos he says and owns his house he says, ‘ matagal ko din pinagipunan ang bahay ko, I just installed a new a/c”. He kept on talking about his family,his ex wife and kids and wanted a girlfriend. I was just nodding my head and smiled and looking at my watch constantly. Obviously, he’s not my type. Then he proposed. “ tara, punta tayo somewhere private”. “ baket po?”. “ para yakapin kita sa pribadong lugar” with that twinkle in his eye and smiling at me. At that time, I was flabbergasted and naive, AND i was being polite listening to his boring stories so I have to split “Um, CR muna ako, please wait here okay?”. I walked out fast. I felt my body was so light as a feather as i walked out of the restaurant and never looked back.