My inner sanctum.

Monday, March 12, 2007

Giselle reminded me strongly of an impression that was made 4 years ago at Paris. So strong was the familiarity of her presence and speech that I found myself acquainting with her so comfortably upon our first ever meeting. However, I could not pick myself up to reminisce whom she had resembled.

It was the Remembrance Day at November 11th, where an organizational outing took place. So fun and casual were the French that even an Asian like me, did not felt distant from everyone within the group. I was sent a few days back from my regional company headquarters to France for a major Annual Global Meeting that would potentially mould the key strategies and sectors that the company would take and go into in the future. This was an amazing chance for me to prove myself and to elevate my stature within the organization even further. With my aim set at becoming the youngest Director for the Sales & Marketing Division, I went all out to focus my time and energy into a presentation that I would be giving at the meeting.

The outing started out with a fun and entertaining introduction of a newly formed network which links all of the associates of the organization with the same positions together. This network initiative was started out primarily to get the foreign visitors to get acquainted with the locals and also to get them comfortable with their environments. A good initiative for team bonding, the company has emphasized strongly on global network connections as a key value within the global organization itself.

We went to the famous restaurant at Montparnasse, called Le Dome Café for a warm dinner of French Yellow and White Pasta noodles served with Tiger Prawns and a Prawn Bisque and strips of Kurobuta Pork. This dish heavily reminded me of HOKKIEN MEE!!!!! This was after an exciting day in the city with shopping and sightseeing of famous landmarks. At a high-end shopping outlet, I was surprised to see Pure Milk having a retail outlet there. Not losing out, the long defunct pai kia shop of PRISON also has a proud shop set next to the elite ARMANI brand. However, during the course of the day, my brain had significantly twitched each time I saw Giselle, as if it is hinting me something about her. At the restaurant, as we sat down, she had coincidentally sat next to me and shortly, we started off with a small chat about each other’s lives. That was the moment where I got shocked. The things that she said about her past and her ex-beau, matched my personality entirely. Even the name, parents, memories, every single one of them has direct links to mine. A strong thought suddenly stormed into the back of my mind. I was with her before……………. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

However, coming back to the realistic form, if that person was truly me, she would have given me 45389673 slaps to the face and 29845834573495793 kicks to my BALLS. Since I thought to myself the world was so BIG, there may be a coincidence to my personality with someone, which in this case would be with her Ex. Thus, I proceeded to continue with the hearty conversation in a relaxed and calm manner before jumping to conclusions that is based purely on perceptions.

The easy going dinner ended in a success which thoroughly gave us the break that we crucially needed before the big meeting which would take place the next day. We were driven back to our individual hotel rooms by limousine. As Giselle and me coincidentally stayed at the same hotel, we went back together and had a short walk from the hotel entrance to the poolside where we continued our fun chat session… There, the lights were dimmed and the pool was so enchanting, such as the one in Final Fantasy X where Yuna and Tidus made out. It was only a matter of time before the art of seduction instincts came out to from me to mesmerize her.

Just a little bit more of sweet talk before SOMETHING HAPPENED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

damn.. i suddenly felt like writing one on servbot... LOL!

Mesmerized within time...

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