While I was having dinner with the guys last night, I received a call from a Private Number. My voice has not yet fully recovered by then, so it was a strained conversation. Worse, it was more of a strange conversation.
It went something like this:
Me: Hello?
Private Number: Hello, can I speak to, er, [Zemien]? (Replace Zemien with my real name)
Me: Yes, that's me. Who's this on the line?
Private Number: It's me, Edison. Do I know you?
Me: Er, Edison? I don't know you. Do you know me?
Edison: I don't know. But I was looking through my phone contact's and I came upon someone called [Zemien $!&] (insert my full name here).
Me: Yes, that's me.
Edison: Yea, that's why. I don't recall you at all. Where are you now?
Me: Er.... (a little wary) I'm in Nilai, studying.
Edison: What? I can't here you! (I lost my voice, remember?)
Me: Er... Negeri Sembilan!
Edison: Oh, you're not in Penang? What are you doing there?
Me: (sighs) I'm studying. College.
Edison: What college?
Me: [My college name]
Edison: Oh, in Nilai izzit?
Me: (sighs again) Yes...
Edison: I was studying there last year, but came back already.
Me: What course were you in?
Edison: Computer Science.
Me: Oh... I see. But I don't remember you la.
Edison: Neither do I! But I just wanted to know who this person was. If I can recall back I'll let you know, ok?
Me: Oh, alright. I'll do the same. Bye bye, take care.
Edison: Bye!
Sheesh.... I wish it was Edison Chen calling, but he didn't study in my college, so obviously it's not the Chen variety. But still, I have established a common link (same college and line of study) and yet do not recall him. I asked my peer in Computer Science and she does not remember any Edison at all. Mysteriously, I checked through my own phone's contact list and there is an Edison listed there that I don't remember either! I'm not sure whether it's the same Edison because he called me from a private line.
Either way, I let the matter drop and continued my awful dinner. If we are meant to meet again we will. But I wonder what kind of person he was that made me forget him so fast?
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