I met this girl yesterday at a SIFE workshop conducted at SMU. She's from Temasek Polytechnic and had competed in this year's competition. There's something different about her, something special, something fascinating. I can't put my finger on it, but it's just that being in SMU for over a year now, I've yet to meet someone like her who can leave such an instant impression on me.
Let me attempt to describe her:
She wears like 4-inch heels.
She's vocal.
She's "brutally honest" (I quote).
She laughs at herself.
She laughs at me.
She knows what she wants.
But I think it's more than that. It's a perspective she brings that makes her totally unique. This school is full of people pursuing what everyone else is pursuing, it becomes a trend. Being an investment banker, getting a high GPA, running for committee positions (I hate running for power, leadership doesn't require express power, it's all about implied power), etc. I don't know, maybe it's because she's not in SMU, maybe it's because her interests don't lie in finance and banking, maybe it's because she has a mind of her own.
One thing she said struck me.
"I miss the unadulterated freedom."
Freedom. Freedom from not having to account to someone for your actions. Is it so important to girls? I might seem like I'm still hung up on her, but no, it's just something that I never considered and wasn't convinced when she told me this reason those months back. Perhaps, it really is true.
Freedom, how do you give a girl freedom while being in a relationship with her? I mean, wouldn't it just seem like you don't care? How do you achieve that balance of caring but not over-caring? Tough questions, unanswerable. But, whatever.
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She has eyes that sparkle with a fierce intensity.