I had dinner, a walk, and coffee with “I” this past Friday night. I rushed home after work, showered, dressed, beautified and picked out a couple yellow roses from Safeway on the way to her house. Thanks Poh for the flower suggestion. I arrived at her house ON TIME, acted like a gentleman that I am (haha!) and got out of the car to open the car door for her. She thanked me for the flowers… I might have tried a little too hard with that one. Oh well… I drove us steadily and never 10 kms over the speed limit, chatting the whole time.

After circling around downtown for 20 minutes, we found parking. We had dinner at Hapa. I have to say… haven’t been to Hapa in over 4 months… the quality and taste of the food really went down hill. I actually felt bad taking her there. But she said that she enjoyed the food. When it came to pay… she grabbed the bill and insisted that she get it. Wow… unbelievable. I’ve never been treated like this on a second date. Is she a keeper? I don’t know yet…

We briefly walked around downtown in the light rain and stopped at a Blenz for coffee and another long conversation. Twelve thirty rolled around and it was time to call it a night. Drove her home and dropped her off. Waited until she went into the house and another 60 or so seconds (did you guys know that this is standard protocol?!) before driving myself home.

I haven’t had this much fun in ages… she’s such a sweet and kind girl. I hope this friendship grows into something more. We’ll see.