I called back the missed call number in my phone...
"Hello?"
"Yeah, someone gave me a missed call?"
"Who is this?"
"This is Jean."
"Where are you from?"
"Huh? No, someone left me a miss call. I'm returning the miss call."
"What number is this?"
(Said my phone number)
"No, this number belongs to my colleague. I called my colleague."
"What? That's impossible, I've had this number for years."
"Wait, where are you from?"
"Singapore?"
(Duh. What planet are you from?)
"What company?"
"I'm not working."
"Which part of Singapore are you at?"
"East."
"Oh my colleague also in the east, maybe mixed up. What is the number you called?"
(Said the phone number of the missed call, internally cursing my phone company for yet another stupid wrong number.)
"Yeah, that's me. But I was calling my colleague. I spoke to her just earlier today!"
"Think, you dialed wrongly. You should check with your colleague her number again."
"Wait uh, I'll try to call her. See if the phone number works. What's your name?"
"Jean."
"Gin? Genie? Genie in a bottle?"
(Oh please... how many times have I heard THAT before. But I decided to act dumb.)
"Huh?"
"You know? The song? Uh. By Britney Spears?"
(Actually it's Christina Aguilera... but my patience was running out.)
"Yah."
"Okay, I call okay? If you get you pick up okay?"
"Right."
(Seconds later the phone rings)
"Hello?"
"Hello? Jean?"
"Yeah. You got me. Think you should check with your colleague her number again."
"Anyway, I think it's fate uh. Somehow maybe God wanted us to meet."
"Ha. Ha. Anyway I've got to go."
"Okay, thank you, byebye."
My friend says I'm too nice to have stayed on the phone for so long. I agree. Need to be wiser in the future.
