Somewhere a clock is ticking.

As I was walking back to my office to pack up and leave yesterday, I crossed paths with a tall, bespectacled (GOOD LOOKING) Caucasian guy along the corridor (hey, when you work in an environment like mine, any guy can become Brad Pitt). I almost had to do a double take because it felt as if he was some hot martian from outer space who DID NOT fit in with the puzzle that forms our boring, mundane, female-dominated, eye candy parched workplace. Anyway, since I'd never seen him before, I just uttered a soft and polite "Hi" and entered my office.

Moments later he walked past my office along the corridor again, so I asked instinctively, "Are you new?"

In retrospect, I thought of many VERY lame answers to my own question, but I'm glad he did not answer them in any of those ways.

In fact, he'd already walked PAST my office, but upon hearing my question, he backtracked and stopped right in front of my door. We then had a short conversation about who he was and why he was here, where he came from and how long he was going to be here for, blah blah blah...

Post-doctorate, and just one month in this country, he said. One short month. :(

...... I'm shattered. Just when I thought he'd be here to permanently salvage the dire situation of a lack of eye candy at work. Baaaaah.

Oh well, at least he appreciates good film too. I saw a copy of the SIFF program booklet on his desk. :)

I've nicknamed him 'Freddie Meatballs' together with HJ (hmm... private joke). :p

Have heart my dear
We're bound to be afraid
Even if it's just for a few days
Making up for all this mess.

Snow Patrol - Run.

Oh well. If I can't have meatballs, xiaolongbaos tonight would do fine, too! ^_^ Hmm. I think I need lifetime membership at DTF...