Three Dozens of Red Roses

I had never had any flowers in my life until February 2006.

I told Justin last year about my lack of flowers life. He said that apparently I dated to less romantic guys. He was amazed actually. He told me that he gives flowers to his girls, anytime, any occasion.

Last February, someone sent me. A huge bouquet of white roses and lilies. It was grand. So huge...difficult to carry. I went back home from campus with that giant bouquet. It boosted my pride....Hey...look at me...I have a giant bouquet...Dee mai??? I went to a shop, and the salesperson asked me how much it was....I said...mai ru ka...a gift na ka. I said that with big smile on my face. Oh yes...Justin saw it when I received it. He said that finally I got one.

On March 7, my birthday. The same person sent me another giant bouquet. It was a bit smaller (I told him how giant it was before), but it was really me. It was simple (only red roses and some wild flowers), but really reflecting who I was. I got (still) huge bouquet of red roses though. More than a dozen of red roses.

There was a hilarious story behind my birthday bouquet. I just started join the UNESCO, hadn't been introduced in a formal way. Basically I just informally said...Hi I am Evie...only my boss knew my real first name.

In a sudden on that Tuesday morning, I got a phonecall from the front office, asked me whether my name was Ervita. It took hours for them to find my real name, they had to open the HR file first to make sure there was any Ervita. Then...the courier, with a huge bouquet, followed by some guards went to my office. My boss was laughing. He pitied the courier, our guards should suspect that bouquet as a bomb, that's why the followed him.

Today...almost a month after my birthday. Three days before my thesis defence day, I got another bouquet. Three dozens of red roses. Justin saw it. He inquired me who it was.

Evie...so who is it?
Where does he live?
How old is he? He's not married, right?
He's not A, right?
What does he do? Is he that chocolate guy?

So J...He's a person that you don't know.
He doesn't live in Bangkok.
He's much older than I am. No...he's not married anymore.
He's not A.
He works for a company. Yes, he's the chocolate guy.

For HP, thank you. Thanks for everything.

Bangkok, 5 April 2006