Sunday, July 15, 2007
serendipity
this morning i met up with c to visit chinatown for sunday dimsum and canal street shopping (wink wink). after a satisfying brunch and an equally satisfying retail therapy, we got our asses back to nj by 12:30.
i got back to the apartment, hung-out for a while, showered and got myself back to the city to meet up with r. r was a fellow volunteer for this year's gay pride march in nyc. he was so sweet to wait for me in front of the cruise ship so i won't feel so out of place. i chatted with r(and the some of the crew) over chicken empanadas and a cosmopolitan. i did the signature joffin q and q and found out a bit more about r. after i found out that the cruise would finish by 10:30 pm, i decided to skip the cruise since i was already feeling seasick. luckily, g had the same idea in mind because he is so exhausted after a day of tennis. i asked g if i can walk with him back to the subway station.
g was one of the first friendly faces who spoke to me during the parade. he had an easygoing air about him. he is tall, well-dressed and he is very pleasant. at first i thought he was korean. he thought i was latina. he nudged me on the shoulder and quipped, "i didn't know you smoked!" and we hit it off right away.
back to today, g and i had the usual small talk. on our way to the subway station somewhere in the west village, i recognized a south east asian fusion bistro that i went to with a friend a few years back. he asked if i felt like having a bite to eat.
and what do you know?! over dinner of lechon kawali,lumpiang shanghai and thai iced tea, we exchanged stories of our lives -- almost mirror images of each other. he offered me a couch in his apartment. i offered him my ovaries. i knew i had made another wonderful friend for keeps. we talked about his mom, his past relationship, the opera, wagner, mozart, my past relationship, the MOMA. we scheduled a museum visit for our next date.
he rode the subway with me all the way to port authority.
i got to port authority a little after 10 pm. the bus that took me home was at 11 pm. i sat there patiently mulling over the events that took place this evening.
God has a way of putting people together.
i never had a gay boyfriend in college, but boy are they coming into my life in just the right time.
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