Virgo Sun Pisces Moon

I have to tell you about the Law Ball.

You have to tell me about the Law Ball?!

Yes. It’s a funny story. And relatively harmless… I think?

(Puzzled)

I forgot which year it was… but I think it was… 2005?

Oh?

Yeah. I think I was still in my undergrad, and I was lining up for Law Ball tickets with Malaysian Bestie. We felt like we did a good job of it, we got there relatively early. The line was maybe, 10 metres long.

Wait, why was there a line?

This was in 2005 — There wasn’t any digital tickets to be sold! We had to LINE UP to get TICKETS.

Ohhhh… okay, keep going.

So basically we got to the line at about 10 metres long. It was just the two of us. But our responsibility was to get the Law Ball tickets for the entire mutual friends group. It was like 1 or 2 tables of 10 overall. I can’t even remember. Malaysian Bestie had the better brain for that. — The actual “ticket office” hadn’t opened. There was a certain time that was expected for tickets to actually start selling. I don’t remember those exact details. But let’s just say it was something like 9:00 am. So we probably got there at about 8:45 am and the line was 10 metres long. Does that make sense?

Yes… okay… I’m following…

(Smiling) So we were there in line, probably 8:45 am. The line was about 10 metres long. And me and Malaysian Bestie were just having fun standing in line together. We were just chatting about random stuff. I don’t even remember what. Just two girls in line, having a good ol’ chat. And then, all of a sudden, Malaysian Bestie turns to me, her back towards the other side of the room, in a very serious, serious, low voice, “Hey… I don’t want to alarm you… but that guy… over there… he keeps… staring at you…”

“Which guy?”

“Over there… like, look — don’t make it so obvious that you’re looking!!! But… do you see…? Over there…?”

I’m looking in the direction she’s trying to subtlely point at — he was like, not even in line. He was opposite us, like slightly diagonally opposite us? And he was in another corner of the room. This was somehow in a big room kind of area at the uni — I don’t know if I’m describing it correctly.

The point is a random dude was STARING at you?

Yes… okay, so he WAS staring at me… I suddenly realised that too…

“Oh… yeah… he’s… like STARING staring… like what the fuck?!?! He’s not even HIDING it!!!“

Malaysian Bestie starts laughing uncontrollably…

“Why… are you laughing?!”

She has the kind of dry-laugh, I’m not sure if I’m even describing it correctly. Where she’s laughing but there’s no sound coming out. She’s suddenly in this fit of laughter that she can’t control… and I’m like, “What is going on?!?!” And she can’t stop laughing!!!

Why can’t she stop laughing?!?!?!

I don’t know!!! To this day… you’ll have to ASK HER — whyyyyy couldn’t she stop laughing?!?!!

I was even asking, “Are you laughing because this creepy stalker dude is making you NERVOUS for ME or what?!?! Why are you LAUGHING?!!?!” And she has tears streaming down her face, she just CAN’T. STOP. LAUGHING at this RANDOM ASS DUDE in the corner STARING at ME….

And as this is happening, the line for the law ball tickets is getting longer, and longer. The doors for the ticketing office hasn’t actually opened yet.

Then she starts getting pissed, “It’s 9:00 am! Why haven’t they opened yet?!?!?!” Oh, this is getting serious. If you’re advertising ticket sales, you should also advertise the TIME that the ticketing office doors are going to OPEN. “Especially for a LAW Ball — like, how can you advertise ticket sales with FALSE ADVERTISING to a bunch of LAWYERS! Shouldn’t the whole student body SUE themselves for FALSE ADVERTISING?!?!?!!?!”

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…

I know right?!?!?! She was SO PISSED OFF… It was hilarious!!!

What time did the ticket office open?

It was something like… maybe 9:15 am? I’m going to say, it was only slightly later than normal. Something like 9:15 am… we were only in line for about 30 minutes, something like that. It wasn’t THAT long… but the whole time — ever since we noticed there was that guy staring… and he didn’t MOVE. That’s the thing. It was WEIRD.

He just didn’t move from his corner. Everybody else is lining up for the tickets. He was just a WEIRDO in his CORNER — STARING…

At you. He was staring at you. You had him mesmerized and he didn’t move. Not even to line up for law ball tickets, when clearly everyone else was lining up.

Yes… how did you…?

I can see the scene in my mind. It’s really obvious.

Okay… so me and Malaysian Bestie still keep talking and trying to play it cool. We just keep acting like that guy is NOT staring at me — for what is taking almost half an hour — and we just keep talking and giggling about random things.

“Act normal, act normal — do you think he’s cute?”

“Ummm… I can’t actually see his face that well from here.”

“You can’t?!?! Do you need GLASSES or something?!?! I can see him and his exact features from here!!!”

“I can’t… I mean, I haven’t had my eyes tested in a while… maybe I do need glasses?! I can’t see his face?! He just looks like a normal Asian guy. I mean — is he good looking?! Can you see?!”

HAHAHAHAHAHA…. You couldn’t even SEE his FACE from where you were standing?!

WELL — maybe I even needed glasses back then and I didn’t know it! It wasn’t until my mid-20s that I finally had an optometrist tell me that I’ve been slightly short-sighted for a while and that I needed glasses!

(Chuckling)

Anyway — I can’t remember if Malaysian Bestie thought the guy was good looking or not. I think she thought he was “not bad” or something… but then I was like, “Even if he is good looking — why is he STARING like a WEIRDO!?!?!”

“Oh… oh… so you’re not interested? You wouldn’t be interested in him?”

“I… have no idea… who he is… what he’s about… who he’s friends with…?! I can’t even see his FACE… why would I be interested in him?!?!?!”

Then she starts laughing uncontrollably again — the kind of “dry” laughing — no actual sound is coming out!!!

Then, the ticket office doors finally open. Someone comes out to say something, they’re trying to crowd control or something like that, because the line was starting to get, really, really long.

How long?

It was starting to go out the door of whatever that room was, but some people were trying to squeeze in, cut in front…

And they were supposed to be LAWYERS?!

(Nodding) Law students, I guess… (giggles) or they were like me and Malaysian Bestie who weren’t law students, just friends with law students, and trying to get these Law Ball tickets.

Oh, I see…

Anyway. Then — the guy had the WEIRDEST expression on his face. Malaysian Bestie broke into real and uncontrollably laughter — she’s CRYING from laughter.

Why is she crying from laughter?!

She described him as… “flabbergasted” —

Flabbergasted?

(Nodding) She was like, “He’s FLABBERGASTED” — and she couldn’t stop laughing!!!

Why was he flabbergasted?!

Because — according to her — who had an actual clear view of his face and his facial expressions. It’s like he suddenly realised, “OH shit — I’m supposed to be lining up for my friends to get these Law Ball tickets, but I’ve been spending the whole time standing in the corner here staring at this GIRL… and now the line is THIS long?!?!!?!?”

(LOLOLOLOLOLOL)

And she was like, giggling hysterically and saying to me, “Your… BEAUTY…. your… BEAUTY…!!!” And she couldn’t STOP. LAUGHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Smiling) Wow… that’s such a good story.

Is it?!?!?! To this day — I don’t know if I agree. I thought it was just a creepy weirdo in the corner who I couldn’t even see his facial features. Just some random Asian guy staring at me…

I bet Malaysian Bestie is still laughing and giggling if she reads this or if I ask her about this “Law Ball” incident in real life.

(Chuckles) Yeah. I don’t know if she’ll remember this… But it was a hilarious moment between two besties. I just started laughing because SHE was laughing. I was happy because SHE was happy. Her uncontrollable giggles and laughing to the point of tears made ME start giggling and laughing to the point of tears…

Wow… (chuckles) That’s a cute memory.

Yeah… I think it was. Overall — at least, the guy didn’t KEEP stalking me. Whoever he was… so that was alright… it would’ve been weird if he like, started following us back to where we lived or anything like that. Then he would’ve been a real and actual stalker. But no — whoever he was. It was just in that moment… I don’t know, whatever happened… I think he just found his way to the back of the line to get tickets like everybody else…

Your beauty.

(Chuckles) Noooo… I don’t think so…. (shaking my head)

(Nodding) I think so…

(Smiles)