There was I, browsing through books in a pretty quiet corner at Kinokuniya, KLCC. All of a sudden, I heard a voice, "Hi. How are you?"
My first thought was: "Mr. Galy???" (My behavioural science lecturer in IMU)
I turned to my right, and there I saw a tall man. African alright, but it was not who I thought.
A complete stranger....*gulp*
He said he wanted to be my friend and tried asking me a lot of questions: What is my name?Where do I live? Am I a Chinese or Malay? (and he claimed I was 'good-looking') *sweats*
*alarm bells ringing*
And there I stood - frozen, thinking, "Good lord, this happened to my sister before when she was alone at a corner (in the very same bookshop) a few months back!!! What does HE want???"
But when that happened to sis, Dad was not too far away....
Help....
How can I get out of this? My sister was nowhere in sight (yes, she was somewhere in Kinokuniya too), and Dad was at Speedy's browsing VCDs....
I quickly flipped my cellphone open (it's 'clam-shell'), pretended to look at my inbox, mumbled that my Dad was waiting for me outside.....and hastenly walked out of the 'one-way' conversation......(he was still trying to exchange numbers with me!! Of all the nerve...)
Once I was at the exit, I made a dash to Petrosains entrance (which is opposite the bookshop, quite far away). Yes, I was THAT frightened, even though the incident was in public. And then there was sis.....what if that man get to her? *hyperventilating*
I tried calling her. Reception was so bad that she could not hear me at all. Dang! I SMSed, pleading her to get out of the bookshop immediately. Called Dad after that....and thank goodness the network was alright already.....
Boy, was I so relieved to see both of them a short while later. Was quite shaken after what happened.
Never had I felt so afraid before. I do not think I am never going to read/browse books alone at Kinokuniya anymore.....
