电梯里的陌生男人（2）

好几天没有Michael的消息，Annbell的心情才开始放松，不然每天上下班，出入家门都要小心翼翼观察四周环境，确保没人跟踪或埋伏，才神速下车锁门冲着走。本来想要买的防狼器提防，Jason却说如果真的有什么冬瓜豆腐的话，你认为还来得及从手提袋里搜出防狼器，打开瓶盖，对准坏人，然后开火吗？Charles又说如果你一直把瓶盖打开，拿在手里，抓紧不放，万一刚巧遇到朋友从你背后一拍，哪他不就遭殃了吗？大家七嘴八舌三心两意九不搭八讨论出来结果还是决定放弃这个念头，

就在大家开始松懈下来的时候，Michael又冒冒然的发来一个短信“我从国外回来，有时间坐下来聊几句吗？”Annabell又开始神经质起来，这人当初明明说他已经不是“single and available” 怎么还有这些闲情来做这种事情？如果说他表明意态来追求的话倒还可以接受，一个单身男人为了自己的终身幸福而做出努力是值得敬佩的；可是一个有了女朋友（也可能是老婆）的男人还要那么明目张胆的到处结识女性朋友，难道不怕被人阎了吗？他不怕被阎，Annabell也怕无端端被陌生女人掌刮。

这次Annabell决定不回复短信，一个小时后，另外一个短信又来了“如果我的鲁莽冒犯了你，请接受我的道歉。”Annabell看了有点心软，自己是不是有一点太无人情味？别人只想要认识你，何必搞的那么清高？可是别人如果真的是有什么不良企图，何必让自己去冒这个险呢？可是如果这次我还是不理睬他的话，应该以后都不会再烦我了吧？Annabell这次没有询问大家的意见，自己硬下心肠不回复短信。

怎知道隔天中午，短信又来了“我刚才碰到你了，想和你打招呼，可是却不知如何开口打招呼。”不是吧？这男人真的太无聊了！Annabell又开始觉得人生收到威胁，人生被敌人侵入，未来被黑暗弥蒙的感觉。Michael可能就在她身边经过，而她并未察觉，就算Michael跟着他进电梯，她也无法发现。这次Annabell毫不客气的回复“见到我怎么不光明正大打个招呼，我真的很讨厌你明我暗的感觉，把你的照片发多媒体短信给我！”

照片进来的时候，Annabell几乎傻眼了。这个男人戴黑框眼睛，个子很大，像电影里头未变身前的超人的男人Vicky的有钱男友吗？这个男人在朋友圈子都很有名气的，他豪爽的给女友一辆宝马代步，人人都在猜他到底是那家太子爷，还是那个臭老头，竟然出手那么阔。Vicky知道自己男友在想办法认识她自己同事吗？Vicky有份参与这个圈套吗？Vicky知道了对付男友还是Annabell？Annabell是否需要提醒Vicky这个男友有点诡异？ 事情好像越来越复杂, Annabell完全不知所措。

How man suffers from PMS

According to the wikipedia, Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a collection of physical, psychological, and emotional symptoms related to a woman's menstrual cycle. While most women of child-bearing age have some premenstrual symptoms, women with PMS have symptoms of "sufficient severity to interfere with some aspects of life". Such symptoms are usually predictable and occur regularly during the two weeks prior to menses.

During this period of time, man on the other hand would become the victims of the following symptoms:

• Anxiety


• Aggression


• Depression


• Insomnia


• Joint or muscle pain


• Headache


• Fatigue


• Trouble concentrating


• Extreme tearfulness

Huh? Was there a typo mistake in the previous paragraph? Man would suffer or woman would suffer from “that time of the month again” symptoms? For man out there who has girlfriend or wife would understand, woman are not the only victim suffering from the PMS (some man called it Pre-Monster Stage, which match perfectly well, during this awful period their loving and caring would turn into hatred and wrath of fire ), hence they also become the second hand victim from the above.

Calvin was so frustrated when every month like clockwork, Jennifer come down with a strange collection of symptoms. She becomes extremely irritable, snapping at Calvin many times without the slightest provocation. One second ago, she was just complaining about how life is bored, and the next second she yelled at him and said “I hate you!” Calvin was stoned and wondering erm… what have I done wrong again this time? Is this for not making enough effort to make her life wonderful? Or just for not giving her the full attention she seeks for when she claims that she is now very depressed? He could never understand why Jennifer always trying to make his life difficult using the lousy PMS excuse.

Daniel on the other hand has done a full research on what is PMS and he fully understands that Rachel can’t control her emotions due to the hormone changes in her body. He could even work out the schedule in the calendar, yup, this is about time of the monster release again. Before the tantrum smack on his face, he would comfort Rachel by saying “ yes, I understand why you are sensitive and over emotional, if you feel better just by throwing the temper to me, I will surely bear with it, I want to go through this with you together” It works almost all the time that the fire in Rachel would put off at least half and she begin to gain consciousness again.

In the British court room, PMS has been widely used as a legal defense for crime since 1980s. Owen, an arsonist whose did the crime during PMS was free given expert opinion, Reynolds, who murdered her mother when suffering PMS and postnatal depression, was freed on appeal. A girl even ran her car into the boyfriend an killed him after a row with her boyfriend, the murder charge was reduced to manslaughter after the doctor testified that her blood sugar had fallen, causing a surge of adrenaline due to severe PMS and not eaten for nine hours.

So man why risk your life when PMS is a temporary condition and it will pass with time. Your girlfriend will likely be back to her normal self within a few days. Just have some patience, If she wants to be by herself, give her some space. If she wants to be with you a lot and is acting clingy, make sure that you are around for her. If she wants to talk, lend her an ear. If she seems like she wants a hug or a kiss, kindly oblige. Let her dictate the relationship during this time.

现代版童话故事

Debbie和Adrian结婚了，在附近一个小镇举行婚礼。身边朋友都为他们感到高兴，虽然其中掺杂着有点不敢相信他们俩结婚的事实。他们的故事就好像现代版童话故事，公主和王子在某某舞会一见锺情，王子在舞会后表达爱意，公主缅甸的点头答应，从此，王子和公主就过着幸福快乐的生活。。

故事大概在一年前开始，Debbie经常在网上结识朋友，她总幻想自己有一天会碰到骑着白马的王子会带她进入神奇的童话故事。几乎每个礼拜都会有一次“新朋友见面”的约会。 有一次Madelyn八卦问她，你们都在那里见面？是不是人潮很多的地方？见面时候有没有带防狼器？有没有注意他有没有跟踪你回家等等。。

结果Debbie瞪大眼睛看着她“朋友见面还要顾忌那么多的吗？我真的没有想过喔”Madelyn几乎当堂昏倒地上。现在社会新闻那么多，每天都有少女被拐，网友被骗的报道，难道Debbie都从来没有看过报纸？小孩子都知道不可以随便和陌生人说话的道理呀。

后来有一次Debbie约会回来以后向大家报告，我终于找到我的白马王子,我从来没有遇过任何一个人向他这么温柔体贴，我觉得他就是我想要嫁的男人。。Candice和Madelyn七嘴八舌苦口婆心劝告Debbie不要妄下定论，才第一次见面，骗子也不会自招告诉你他是骗子啦。

Debbie和Adrian拍拖不久就开始谈婚论嫁，搞到身边朋友要动员召开紧急会议，看看怎么说服她不要一时冲动，不要被爱情冲昏了脑袋。结果他们还是排除万难，从最初的公告天下到双方家长会面到排期注册，证明给全世界看他们不是闹着玩，不是搞激情，而是人生之中寻寻觅觅终于找到携手共老的对象。

在几次朋友聚会Debbie和Adrian都表现的超级恩爱，从头到尾就在卿卿我我，旁人看到都忍不住想把他们俩硬扯开，好让大家眼睛好过一点。从Debbie口中透露Adrian好像还真的是服侍周到，成熟稳重的好男人。这么一来大家心里都踏实很多，在这里要预先恭祝Debbie和Adrian有情人终成眷属，希望他们白头偕老，子孙满堂。（好老套哟，无所谓啦，这样才和他们匹配到他们的童话故事意境嘛）

电梯里的陌生男人

Annabell 今天吃完午饭，无聊起来打算在购物商场好好逛一逛，心里暗想每天饭后步行三十分钟，应该可以把自己还未被发现的小肚腩给去掉。好久没有好好为自己添个鞋子，裤子，裙子，反正女人花钱就是因为衣橱里永远少了一件衣服，不需要其他原因。

在Bodyshop门口盘算着这家店甚么时候打折时，手机短信响了一下，是一个陌生号码 “Annabell， 我曾经几次碰见过你，很想有机会认识你， 不知道我有没有这个荣幸？我也在某某楼办公， Michael”Annabell脑子里第一个反应就联系到电台每天上午的胡闹恶作剧电话，装成什么神秘人物特地把人家搞的超级丢脸，听众最喜欢听到别人的丑事。

可是，电台恶作剧应该是直接打电话啊？怎么会发短信呢？好像不太可能喔。咿，会不会是办公事哪个烂人想开她玩笑？或者有人真的想认识她，会不会是最近经常在茶水间碰到的那个新人？会不会是之前会议期间聊过但有忘了自我介绍的同事？唉，反正这个人那么明目张胆的拿到我电话，肯定就是办公事内搞的鬼。

Annabell挑皮的回了一句“既然你可以把我的电话拿到，要你当天找我打个招呼应该也不难。你在我面前重覆这句话，我们就可以成为朋友啦”心里在暗爽，笨蛋，我只要回办公事通讯录一查，你的身份马上就穿帮了。还要绕一个打圈来认识我吗？怎么不好好在见面的时候来个自我介绍呢？等我找到你的位子，当面质问你真的那么想认识我吗？哈哈，丢脸死了。

回到座位上的Annabell正在烦恼怎么没找到这个人的信息呢？电话响了。“喂，你好！”“喂，我是Michael。。”天呀，他竟然打电话来了。这人好无聊，办公事那么近也不走过来打个招呼。 谈话期间发觉事情好像越来越不对劲。这个Michael不是Annabell的同事，他只在同一栋楼的电梯里碰见过她，而且可以神通八大的查到她的电话，工作地点。

电话挂下以后，Annabell才时觉到实情的严重性，会不会是什么心里变态？连环杀手？惨啦，惨啦，怎么办？怎么办？太可怕了。。这个故事是不是教训我们不到理睬陌生人的短信，多少无知少女就是这样被骗，可是自己左看右看前看后看都不想无知少女。。Annabell的故事，下周揭晓（待续）。

会过期的调味剂

刚才Catherine 走到楼下的时候，看到天空下着毛毛细雨，突然间眼前看到的好像电影情节一样，镜头一转就会到30年前。。还记得有一次天空也是下着毛毛细雨，她和Eason在楼下困着，雨点一小点一小点撇在她身上，Eason用他自己的身躯把娇小的Catherine给包围着，不让雨点沾溼她的身体。

Catherine当时候的感觉就好像反正天空真的要塌下来她也不害怕，因为不管风大雨大都有Eason在她身边保护着她。。就是这种感觉，让她坠落在世界的最底处，因为Eason终于在两年前离开了她，为另外一个女子挡风挡雨去。。

分手并不是一件容易的事，到现在Catherine都不太愿意提起这件事，就算别人诅咒Eason不会有什么好下场的话，她也不愿意听，因为她深信他和Shirley是真心相爱的。就算她这一辈子找不到更爱她的男人，她也祈求他们俩会白头偕老。爱，总比恨一个人来的容易。

Man最近好像也没有什么动态，因为有一次午饭的时候， Catherine很明显的回避Man不和他同桌吃饭。可能Man也感觉到Catherine的不自在，不敢在进一步调查下去，也可能Man认为原来Catherine不值得跟踪，反正她现在已经有了要好的男朋友，没有什么新闻价值可以会去写小报告。

很多朋友都在说Catherine还很依恋从前Eason给她的那种幸福感觉而忽视了身边对她好的男人。幸福真的只是一种感觉吗？幸福就在感觉的基础上建立吗？幸福可以是一辈子吗？女人，往往就是沉醉在自己的梦想世界，忘了生活还需要柴油米饭盐，好的男人不应该只能给你幸福的感觉，好的男人应该给你一辈子的幸福，感觉只是一个会过期的调味剂。

so much time, so little plan..

Do you know what’s your plan tonight? Well, I am not asking you for a date, but I am keen to know if you plan you time in advance? And how much in advanced? The other day I was talking to Rachel saying some of our friends are just so into play by ear, goes with the flow, for they do not like to be constrained by plan made ahead of their time. Rachel smile and said “ That’s only applied to young chaps, for they always think time will never ran out of use”

Erm.. I am not sure about that. Since young I always plan my time, from primary school
having a check book on the daily home work, secondary school having a schedule on the exam revision plan, working life having a diary of all the events through out the years, I just can’t live without a reminder beside me. Even at home I have a notepad near my bedside, just in case I suddenly have things to do the next morning. I couls hardly sleep without knowing what’s the plan for at least tomorrow, if not the few days that follows.

I do not feel secure without knowing what’s coming up next, I can not sleep without knowing exactly what’s the itinerary over the weekend. And I hate it when people just come up with brilliiant ideas like “Why not we do this and that later today or tomorrow morning” Unless it is a superb idea that will turn my world around, these questions are normally met with “ Why can’t you tell me earlier?” I just hate it when somebody screwed up my plan, whether or not I have a plan at all.

Is there anything wrong with me? What part of the brain progrmming is faulty? Some may think I am putting too much pressure on myself to plan for this plan for that, life is no fun when everything is well planned off. Why can’t we “JUST DO IT” like Nike says it. Well, I do not know who can asnwer that, but I don’t see how I can do it for now. Can anyone help?