Drawing
Daniel Walter
It's so boring in the office. I have finished all the reports needed as well as the blue prints for all my projects. I've got to say that it's amazing to see the designs I have made into reality. Since I'm this bored, I decided to draw my dream girl. Yes, I have that too. I never had a girlfriend because I really wanted to have my first as my future wife too. No woman has ever made my heart really skip a beat. So I drew her today.
I imagine her long time ago. Long brown hair, Asian eyes (I'm not sure if I would like a Korean or Chinese or even Japanese eyes, but I have a thing for East Asian eyes, not too small and not too big, and not green or blue in color), bright smile like what you see on Korean Dramas. Well, my sister watched those dramas so I tend to see some actors there and I like how their eyes really say something to me and lastly her skinny figure. I have been here in California my whole life so seeing girls in bikinis is quite normal. Honestly? I'm not attracted to those girls. I mean I was raised by a quite conservative Filipino mom.
Yep, I'm half-American.
My dad's British actually. But we moved here to California because of work and ever since, we've been living here. I know how to speak Filipino because I studied college there. After college, I went back to Los Angeles and work here ever since. My older sister, Daniella works as an Engineer and she's living in Italy now. She has a kid, but she never told us about the dad. Well, I let her be. I'm just praying always that she'll be okay all the time. I guess she's okay since we always do facetime weekly. My parents are not here in LA so I'm practically alone. Like a real bachelor.
So let's go back to my dream girl. I finished drawing her and my God! I'm loving her now. I don't know if I'll meet her but I'm excited if this person is real. And if she is, I might not be able to speak immediately because I might be too star struck. Drawing her today is the best thing I did. I might draw our dream house soon. Well, once I find her first that is. Will I be able to find her for real? We'll see.
Jillian Lee
Travel. I have a love-hate relationship with this. I hate being in a long flight especially when it's just an interstate flight. I also hate that my dad pushed me to work on his business while I do my tour. I would have to tell my personal assistant that I would need a really nice rest and relaxation in LA after the concert but I guess I won't be able to get it since my dad wants me to meet his investor. Sometimes I hate being Asian and raised in a western country. It's a good thing that I really love my other career, being a violinist. I love performing and I love that my parents pushed me to learn this instrument when I was a kid. Dreadful practice hours and having strict schedule. That's my life basically. I never dated. Well, once. But my dad doesn't like that guy. He was my boyfriend for like 5 years. That long. We ended our relationship because I caught him cheating. I hate him. You know? When you pour your love and thought that was it but it wasn't. Five years wasted. So I just focused on my tour, practice and my dad's hotel business worldwide. You guessed it, I'm a chaebol. Well I'm a part of that semi-crazy-rich Asians. I opt to fly business class over my dad's private jet, because I still want to meet people and have a social life. I think.
So when we arrived at LAX, I'm partly excited. I love the beach. Not like the beach I went in the Philippines, that was the best beach I went to. But vitamin sea is still vitamin sea. I just hope I get the R&R I requested from the touring team.
My concert will be tomorrow night. I wonder how will it go? I'm still nervous every time I tour. Well, it's not like the regular musicians' gig that I did when I was in college. Being a professional and concert violinist is another level of performance. I still wish I'm a normal musician but this path is where I was lead to. When I arrived at the hotel, I immediately got my violin and warmed up all my heart out. It's sound-proofed and it's actually my room here in LA. My dad owns this hotel so I have a dedicated room for my practice. After I did two-hour warm up, I'm so tired. But I still need to polish some parts of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto so I guess I still have to go back to practicing. My mind is telling me to go out and socialize for a little bit. I guess an hour of walk in the beach won't hurt my routine. I went out in my hotel room wearing my usual jeans and oversized white shirt. It's only 4:00 PM in LA and I think visiting the beach would be good for me.
Daniel's POV
I clocked out early at work. Why? I want to visit the beach. I told my boss that I was done with my work around 2:30PM and I can't think of what to do. Good thing he's so considerate so he let me clock out around 4:00PM. There's a coffee shop nearby there and I want to grab my coffee before heading out to the beach. While buying my favorite black unsweetened coffee, the next customer beside me looks very familiar. She's wearing a white oversized top and jeans. Pretty normal for any Asian girls in this city, but I froze when I saw her removed her shades. I literally froze up to the point that she's talking to me.
"Excuse me sir, I think I'm next in line?"
I can't say a word but I was really, REALLY surprised. I'm actually looking at my dream girl. Is this real? Am I dreaming?