This story dates back
to December 2011. A boy, named Trip created a Twitter account and shared
details about it on his Facebook page. Then a girl commented, her name was Kushboo, a random friend add that Trip had made 6 months ago. She followed
him on twitter and he followed back.
Kushboo caught the
attention of one of Trip’s friend who added her and asked for Trip’s help to
get her number.
Trip wasn’t really
interested in because he thought she was a clubber type who loved to go out and
so he agreed to help his friend. He facebook chatted her on a Saturday morning
and started a convo with her. He then told her about his friend. She freaked
out and refused to give her number. After a bit of convincing, she agreed to
give Trip her number only if she doesn’t give it to his friend. Trip agreed.
They started texting
that same day. Kushboo told Trip that she was going out with her crush for a
movie and dinner. Trip told her about his crush who he had been going after for
8 months but still couldn’t get her number.
After days and nights
of texting, Trip realised that he was interested in this girl and she was nice.
But there was a problem, he had never seen her before in his life and how would
she react if he asked her out. Trip had low self-esteem but he mustered the
courage to ask her out.
He said in a text message:
“Hey, I would like to ask you something, if you have a bit of time to spare, a
little bit of nonsense to tolerate, would you like to be my girlfriend?”
He anxiously waited for
a reply and then it came “Yes I would”
It was the 4th
of December when he popped the question but the first time they met was on the
7th of January 2012 and during this period, they had fought and
broken up hundreds of times without even meeting each other.
They were supposed to
meet at 1.30pm at Chinatown MRT. Trip was nervous; he had never done this before.
He lied to her that he would be late. He didn’t know if he should go.
He stood in a corner of
the station and texted her saying he was there. Soon he saw a girl walking
towards him, holding a red blackberry. She was beautiful. He panicked and
turned around to call a friend. She walked there and put her hand on his
shoulder, he turned around. She was smiling away.
They introduced
themselves and took a train to Outram Park and then changing trains to Aljunied
and then a bus to Shaw Towers along Beach road. One of the first things Trip
noticed was her habit of checking in on Foursquare. Everywhere she went she
checked in. They bought the 3.30pm couple seat show tickets for Players. Trip
was nervous because he had never been on a couple seats. They went for lunch at
a nearby food court and Trip didn’t eat because he was worried whether 90
dollars would be enough for Movie tickets and Dinner. Well it was Trip’s First
time out with a girl. She was his first girlfriend.
After lunch, they
walked to the cinema and settle into their seats. She turned and kissed his
lips and soon they started kissing. He gave a neck kiss which turned into a
love bite. They kissed so much during the movie that they had to try and figure
out what was the movie about.
The movie ended and
Trip thought that after a movie date you go home but Kushboo wanted to have
dinner. So after walking around for a while, Trip suggested going to KFC near
his place for dinner. Kushboo agreed but when they got there, it was crowded.
So they bought their meals and headed up to Trip’s place to eat. They had a
dinner and made out after dinner. Soon it was 8pm, and Kushboo had to go home.
Trip walked her to the taxi stand and sent her off. Trip realised that he had a
great time and he liked this girl. She was nice and pleasant. He didn’t care if
she was of a different race.
He wanted to see her
again and he asked her out the following Monday. This time Trip was worried about
money again and he went around digging out every dollar he could find so that
he could have enough money to make the date go well. He picked her up from work
at 6pm and they went to the Singapore flyer and took a ride around it. They
were hoping to have a personal cabin but however they had company, 2 white
guys. Nonetheless, they spent some good quality time together and saw Singapore
from a different perspective. The ride was also Kushboo’s first time on the flyer.
After the ride, they
bought Popeye’s and had dinner by the sea and then walked to Marina Square for
Haagan Daz ice cream. Trip gave a chipmunk bear. They took a cab home
after that and he sent her home. She texted him and said that she had a good
time.
