| Dear Lil’ Jan, but I really like you thanks for igniting that falling in-love feeling which I have lost quite awhile ago |
bank
where grown-ups
specifically the above 35 group
busily running their errands
and
where golden citizens
bump into each other
comfortably conversing in Hokkien dialect
especially so after the invention of
ATM and Deposit Machines
and even online banking
conventional banking
has transformed into
in my option
an aging activity
to the bank on
Monday morning
is definitely not a favorable way
to kick start your week
first of all
you wlll bumped into
this man speaking on phone,
thinking
“just a minute, drop by for a quick deposit”
when 10 people are thinking the same thing
they jointly-contribute to a traffic havoc
there comes another frustrated driver
his car being blocked
pressing the honk
(hopefully) secretly cursing
“who the heck parked his car like this??”
ok back to my own business
glancing around
hustle and bustle all over
oh wait
I saw something totally unique
among the “grown-ups”
a young man
I don’t really know what his post is
front-line staff but not a teller
hanging around the teller counter
once in awhile
talking to the tellers
collecting papers
busy-ing at his own table
there is something
about him that attracted me so
he looks so real like my idol
JAN LAMB!!
the smart-boy eyes
the thick and lively eye-brows
the ready-to-smile face
the almost-crew-cut hair
and yeah,
this young man dyed it dark brown
which goes on perfectly well
with his fair skin
young man
let’s give him a nickname
LJ… Lil’ Jan
and another fabulous thing is
LJ is the well-built version
not that I am staying Jan Lamb
has got lousy built..
he is just the cute type
thank goodness
he is not wearing a blue shirt
otherwise I would have gone crazy
but a red-white stripes
looking pretty sophisticated too
at least it’s still a stripes shirt
the errand we were running
took longer than usual
right there
grandpa’s expired FD slips
was giving a little trouble
bank users of his generation
usually split their savings
into small chunks
and there you go..
different FD
with different maturity terms
expiring on
different dates
and even at
diferent banks
bingo
they don’t have to study economics
to practice risk-minimizing investment
at the other end
I am in a long queue
which didn’t go on smoothly
notes exchanging
the huge notices around
stating
rm 10 notes have completely run out
just rm 5 and rm 1
grandpa said he is fine with rm 5 notes
so I still queued up for it
realizing I have to fill up a mini form
okay…
off I collected the form
and re-queued
till my turn
“is rm 5 notes available?”
the teller pointed to
a miserably small stack of green notes
"just left with these”
“perhaps more will be available soon..
in a few days to come”
damn
I queued up for nothing
but it’s good thing too
carrying 600 pieces of rm 5 notes
must be quite a stressful thing to do
staying in the queue
didn’t mean that my eyes
have to stay straight to the front
my eyes were wandering
round and round
following LJ, of course
you have to pretend
you are not looking
yet keep looking and looking
and look out if he is looking too
if you are looking
and he is looking
there..
you look into each other
just send a nodding smile over
acknowledging the mutual attention
and no more
oh please..
not that electrifying scene in comedy
then back to grandpa
not done yet..
waiting and waiting
LJ was the one who
passed grandpa’s slips to the teller
and turned to pass some ang-pau packets to us…
oh that was the only interaction we had
red angpau packs
I tried my luck with capturing photo
but
but
the most public place under the sun,
Public Bank
*lame*
so many eyes around
how am I suppose to do this
and zooming into the counters
under the surveillance system
is not a very proper thing to do
grandpa was complaining
how come it was taking so long than ever
it just gave me more time
I hate the queue
I hate banking procedures
but LJ just made my day
making my banking experience
a pleasant and memorable one
quoted myself on FB
this is not something accessible
via online banking
heads over heels
just can’t get him out of my mind
banker-Jan
so freaking cute
wondering if
LJ wears baby blue shirt and white sneakers
like Ah Jan does
falling in love
all of a sudden
is such a good thing to do
at least
there is someone to think about
to bring back that smile
and trying hard to preserve the memory
knowing that possibly
you may not see this crush again
no..
I will see LJ again
over and over again
I hope