LADIDA 6

The smoky air was making me nauseate. I was gasping for air while desperately finding seats in a crowded sea of clutter. Chomp chomp was not a place that made me feel at home. I noticed that every seat was being eyed upon by many like a carcass to vultures. Somehow it made me think of life. I noticed myself sitting down in a corner eyeing on three different tables. I like keeping my options open. Not committing to one.

Every table was like a relationship to me. When the group of people or couple are finishing their meal, you’d see a couple of vultures standing by close to that table. Its like when a couple’s relationship is on the rocks and about to end, you’d see a few vultures just standing by to take the kill. Some seats were more special than others. Arguments or fights could erupt between these vultures over who would be deserving of the table.

I felt somehow alone. That was when ernie came. She was like wingman. A partner. A confidant. We staked out at a table together and finally got a seat after 45 bloody mary minutes!

I learned a valuable lesson from this. Never get personal. Never get too attached. When staking out a table, leave your options open because you’ll be disappointed when that table gets taken by another other than yourself. Someone told me, I’m a better friend than a boyfriend. I guess that’s true. A lot of my friends tell me that i’m a great guy to be with. Described as fun and charismatic. Moral of the story is that, why go to chomp chomp and be in the rat race when you can be at starbucks and enjoy the music of life.

Never get personal.