Roslin is my ex-colleague in URA, she always wanted to introduce her cousin to me. During her Chinese New Year family gathering, she and her mum ask him to meet me and he agree.
We set the date on 4th March and suddenly it coincide with Zayden’s Full Month Celebration and Emilie’s 1st Birthday Celebration, had no choice but to turn down both.
The café was reserved by her cousin, as the ladies do not know how to get there, met Roslin and her mum to search together. The café was situated at SMU, since it’s a weekend only the 4 of us were at the café. Sam did not know it was SMU House Open Day, he apologies as it was quite noisy. My first impression of Sam is he’s quite a humble person.
He took our order and went to the counter alone and paid for everything. He collected all the orders, utensils, napkins and plain water to ease our thirst. He scoop the foods for us before he start eating and said if it’s not enough we can order again.
Even though Roslin mum was with us, we chatted till the café closed and really enjoyed the session. 9.30pm the café was closing, so we made our way to the MRT station. Roslin mum told Sam to either send me home or find another café to continue with the conversation. Sam decided to send me home as he afraid it’s quite late. We chat in the train and found some similarity. I found him a nice guy and was waiting for him to ask for my hand phone number but he did not.
Roslin Whatsapp me the next day and ask what is my impression about him. I told her he’s a nice person and can continue to be friend. She asked whether we exchange number, told her no and she found it strange. So she send the number to both of us. After getting the number, there was no action from his side. So I took the courage to Whatsapp him and he took 3 days to response. His reply was “Who are you”? It really hurt me but I still reply him nicely who I am. He say he’s doing reservist now and will chat with me when it’s over, but no message from him at all. Therefore I decided to give up, even though he’s a nice person.
Roslin asked me 1 month later, how things was going between me and Sam. Told her nothing happen. She apologises for Sam behaviour. Told her it’s ok and we just not fated. She told me Sam was hurt twice by his ex-girlfriends and this cause him not to believe in love. Roslin told me Sam was a simple person. His last girlfriend broke up with him and got herself pregnant with another guy, but that guy does not want to take responsible. Sam took care of her until she gave birth and even help her with the confinement. The girl felt bad and told Sam to stop and carry on with his life. Roslin said she thought by introducing me to him will help him in trusting people. She told me he got a HDB flat under Single Scheme, that’s why she knew he totally shut himself.
To Sam: It’s nice meeting you Sam. Hope you can find someone whom you truly trust and love.
To Roslin: Thank you for introducing me to Sam and your mum. I had a great day.
