I ran errands with my uncle, grandma, and cousin today.
We went from subway station to subway station transfering here to there.
First girl I saw, a HB10, came down to wait in line behind our group. She gave me AI twice, I didn't open, I felt too out of my element to open during the day. LAter we got on, my uncle told me we're getting off in one stop. That basically motivated me to talk to her. I opened with a situational opener.
GH: You know any colleges around her? (mandarin)
HB10: No, I'm not from around her (MAndarin)
GH: where are you from then? (mandarin)
HB10: LA
GH: Sweet, I can speak english with you, yes!
HB10: hahaha
GH: So What brings you here?
HB10: Music
GH nice you're a musician
HB10: Well i'm a singer.
WE ext exit the MRT as the stop comes up and the double doors mechanically swoosh open. My grandmother, uncle and cousin all help me isolate and wait for me at the other side of the electronic ticket collection stations. I chat her up about being my new friend and ask if she's familiar with Taiwan's fun spots. She tells me she's pretty clueless as well. I reply "great, we'll be tourists together." I later tell her I have to go, my uncle's there waiting for me. I give her my phone and tell her I don't do this often "picking up strangers on MRTs." She laughs and she says she also doesn't do "This." I told her we should exchange info, she declines the phone close, but offers me her Email, saying it's "safer this way."
I tease her and say, " yea, you're never sure if i might be a serial killer." She laughs. I pull out a pen (Yay PUA's are always prepared!), and pull out a $5 bill and she writes her email on the bill supported by my wallet. I said it's a pleasure meeting you, and we shake and part. The hand shake kinda took a while, for as we pulled away, our fingers were still trying to hold on to each other. I might be reading way too much into this, I dunno=P
I emailed her after I got home around 9pm and pretty much qualified her through email saying she's a singular girl with a unique aura and energy, and how I love that she has more going on with her life than her looks. I tell her my interests Ie. museums, art galleries, coffee, meeting people, etc. and tell her to tell me more about herself. I include my myspace link and ask her to give me hers if she has one.
Should I ask her out already. ask her for her phone number? or should I just build more comfort and ask her number. plan a meet up after we cuild some comfort??Girl number 2. On the next MRT train I meet another girl. She got up and gave her seat to my grandmother. I said thanks and noticed she was a HB10 as well!! I get the okay to hit on her by my cousin, she's 18 y/o and she's very picky about who I can hit on=) Anyways, I wait a while and decide to open before our next stop, 15 seconds away!
I open with the same opener. (our conversation is in mandarin)
GH: you go to college? I'm wondering if you know where college kids hang out for fun on weekends.
HB10: (She points out over the buildings to an area where lots of shops are) Over there.
GH: What's there??
HB10: Luxy, etc.
GH: Nah, anywhere else
She later tells me some other places. I get the idea she's trying to shit test me by telling about places where players and playboys love to go. She gives off this very classy vibe, she's considerate, gae her seat to my grandmother, and she speaks with elegance and not like some locals who speak with a very basely cacophonous accent. I tell er i'm into wines and would love to know if she knows any louge bars.
She tells me her buddies like to go to lounges and that she frequents them as well, this one place her buddy owns, it's a coffee shop that turns into a lounge at night. She is very vague and I could tell she knows I have no idea where and what places she's talking about.
She waits for me as the Subways doors open. IOI
. I follow and we continue while my grandmother uncle and cousin follow quietly behind. I luv mi familia. On the escalator, I pull out my phone, but continue talking, and put away my phone. Later I ask her in very bad mandarin, if we could be buddies. I would love to hang out with her. She later asks me where I'm from and I tel her LA. She tells me her friends are from all over, including canada. This is a pre invitation=). I said, great, we should hang out. She pulls out her phone and starts scrolling through it. We're almost getting off the escalator, and she tells me her number while she's looking at her phone. I pull out my phone and punch it in.
I call her and keep taling to her. I asked her for her name, she tells me and then says " I dn't think you'll remember my chinese name." I nod and she slowly pronounces her english name. Beautiful name to match a beautiful face. I Put her name in my phone and we part. I tell her I'll call her and we wave goodbye.
I felt kinda weird and also giddy picking up chicks in front of my family. I feel like I was like this kid going " Hey family look, your GuitarHero is a PUA!! I can pick up chicks, see, there's one, now there's 2, oh boy!!!"
My uncle and my cousin and grandmother tell me how beautiful she is, and they tell me a couple more times later throughout the night. I am stoked. I just kept remembering how APB told me to "have fucking standards" and don't settle for second best chicks. I really feel like I can pick up any chick no matter what the logistics are.
I'm stil trying to see how solid these numbers are. Peopke here don't really pick up on chicks, it's a very collectivist society where conformity is the norm and acting on a whim and picking up hotties indirectly is kind of a rare happening. I think the fact I approached and didn't come off as a sleaze gave me isntant attraction. I almost ran no attraction material. But then again, both these girls gave me AIs first.
I qualified both girls and this could be the key to more solid numbers/emails.
LAter around 8pm after my dad and the fam ate all you can eat bar b Q, I called the second HB10 in the bathroom.
GH: Hey, it's GH, what are you up to?
HB10: just finished singing karaoke, and am now shopping in this shopping area.
I tease her about being a singing addict and talk about how I don't really drink alot, but am down for socializing and meeting people. She tells me she's on vacation until this friday, that's in 4 days. I ask her what she was doing wednesday, she tells me she's not sure yet, and tells me to call her wednesday to see if she's free.
I remember HB10s have all these whimsical plans, they do what they feel like at the moment. I hope she's up for something, and if it's not what I had in mind, which wouldn't matter, this place is foreign to me, then I would go with her to wherever she wants, with or without her buddies. Any suggestions??This has been a great day 1 in Asia. I opened 2 sets, with 2 contact info closes, and kinda set up a Day 2 with one of them. Tomorrow, I'm going to some interviews and exams, AFterwards I hope to see and hit on some more fine lovely ladies.
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