Someone tried to pick me up at the bus-stop this evening when I was on my way to tuition.

I took 186 to give tuition this evening at Bukit Timah. As I alighted at a bus-stop along Farrer Road to change bus, I sat there waiting for 174 impatiently. Then out of nowhere, this guy alighted from this bus and sat at the far end of the same bench I was on.

"What's that you are wearing on your wrist?"

Then the conversation started about how the orange band I was wearing on my wrist was a blessing I obtained from the Myanmar Buddhist temple.

The conversation continued into asking me where I worked at (answer: investment bank - I did not not reveal the name of my company), how long I have worked and so on.

Finally, the dreaded question came:

"Can we be friends?"

It has always been a personal policy of mine to reward and encourage brave and out of the ordinary behaviour. So as a point, I always give my number when a guy stranger like this asks even though he may not be very good-looking (granted on the condition that he does not give me the impression that he's a psychopath).

And so I did.

I hope he doesn't call.