Sep 3 - It's On

Today was his first day back to school. With me being back to school too since yesterday, here we welcomed a new challenge: inability to text each other for hours. This ain't gonna be pretty, but I hope we're gonna make it.

Anyway, while he was at school, I decided it was time to get to know his sister Ana. He gave me her number two days back but I hadn't made a move until now. I was sick to my stomach for being so nervous about her reaction towards my approach. This is soooo weird, introducing yourself to your beau's sister via texts! He told me Ana knows about me already, but how the hell should it help me!

I can't express my relief when I found out that Ana is a total sweetheart. She was at school but she made time to hold a decent, relaxed conversation with me. She even gave out a secret behind him being sweet to her, including when he would go to the supermarket and get her a croissant and fresh juices while she was still asleep, hahaha. At the end of the chat we agreed to be friends on Facebook. I am really happy she accepts my presence. And to know that, according to her, he talks about me all the time. I blushed.

All Hail September

The international conference I was organizing was held on September 25-28, it's the Asia Pacific Student Forum 2013 by my organization Universal Youth Alliance. Being a Director of Delegates Relations, I was in charge to make sure all the participants' needs were accommodated, so imagine how crazy it was about a week prior to the event that people were starting to come hence the coordination with the Liaison Officers, treasurer, and accommodation/transportation staffs. During the very same week, I found out that the competition my friends and I were aiming for, Investment Research Challenge by CFA Institute, had kicked off and we only had not more than one week to make an investment analysis that was, guess what, due on September 25. 

I admit the past weeks had been hell for Luis and I. One day we could not even text each other in the same time: I left him messages, he left me messages, but not in one frame of time. Most of the days were depressing as I missed him so much and I know he did too, then I felt even worse cause it felt really guilty not making him my top priority. Hats off to the most amazing boyfriend who stayed with me and never ceased to treat me like a princess. Never once did he complain about my lack of attention, my lack of reply to his always thoughful messages, and my lack of ability to tell him how great he is. 

The conference was definitely the highlight of my year (to date) and our team made it to the top 10 national, ready to compete in Indonesia level. I couldn't have done it without his support, regardless of how meaningless he thinks it was to me.

Managed to have scrolled the WhatsApp chats to the very top of September, I planned on catching up with everything today. Several things might be biased for now my feelings towards him have got much stronger, but I will try my best to position myself at where I was back then. Prepare for a serious amount of posts! :)

Laggard

There is just so much to write! Unfortunately my days have been unbelievably hectic lately, making it impossible to retell the stories sequentially from the last point, September 2. I realize I'm still three weeks behind the actual timeline, but I'm hoping to catch up as soon as the CCC (competition & conference chaos) ends. Stay positive, and in the wise words of Glee, "Don't stop believing."

Yes, you may puke now.

Sep 2 - The Player Handbook

Imagine your girlfriend being a thousand miles away from you. She just got a new haircut and sent you one of the pictures she took of the new hair, automatically the one she thinks she looks best in. The least you could do is give her compliments, right? Right?

No. After the picture finished sending, he only responded to it with, "It's nice Honey. (heart)" and went talking about something else. Unbelievable!

I also can't help but notice that he barely calls me with cute names. He uses Princess every now and then, but it's really every now and then, it's rarer than the variety of remaining source of non-renewable energy left in the world. My everyday terms of endearments are 'teasy', 'spoily', 'meanie', 'smartass', and even 'crazy'.

Last but not least, he never begs to call me on LINE. Firstly he said it was because of he was afraid of his English, but even after discovering that we talk just fine on the phone, he still is not in any rush to call me again.

Oh, and he hasn't said the L-word. If our discussion accidentally brings something related to love, he will always say, "I will love you (blablabla)". That's the euphemism of "Well, I don't love you, at least not yet." :P

The more I think about this, the more I realize: I find myself being attracted to him because he's not trying hard to get my attention. He plays hard to get and I just want to take this challenge to capture his heart, unlike those guys who I don't need to chase at all. Usually it's the guys who find the chasing part enjoyable, in this case it's me.

I swear this must be listed on his Player Handbook.

Aug 31 - Echo

I was out all day for a church gathering (imagine having a service in TMII with 1300 other people) and a dinner in Pizza e Birra Plaza Indonesia afterwards (Stephanie, Sharon, Laura, their parents, Christopher, Veronica, and Irene). We didn't talk much because I off-ed my internet connection to save the battery, but every now and then I would be reminded of our phone call yesterday and it would make me smile.

At the dinner, I finally texted him because Irene and Stephanie were asking a lot, especially because they just found out he now has LINE and they wanted to "ask him about diet tips". Yeah, sure, hahaha. The three talked for sometime but not long after, he had to go to Ryan's swimming lesson. To this, Irene reacted, "I'm so glad he is a family guy, cause he's not dating you, Kak, he's practically dating the whole family." Hmm, that's actually true. :D

August was really a great month for us. We've learnt so much about each other, either it's through normal chats, questions, confessions, or fights, either it's something we like about/in each other or we find annoying. If it's up to me, I really hope we'll go a long way..