2003

2003 was year crammed full of ups and downs.

It started with a fairly major up, moving to Kili, one of Dave's all time favorite places. Within a day or two of moving in, however, came the first down.

Major toothache, which eventually led to the removal of Dave's two back teeth.

The ups were rather general, the downs more specific and as such seemed to weigh on him more in his quiet times. He enjoyed his nights out, seeing friends, hanging around Uni without actually doing any work.

He hated his job, data entry. He worried about his brother, who had got into some bother. He was hurt by revelations. He was ashamed of himself for getting far too close to a girl he knew nothing about. He was starting to majorly suffer from lonliness.

Although he often tried his best to hide it, and indeed sometimes succesfully forgot about it, there was a cloud growing on his shoulder.

Until one day a ray of light broke through.

"Hello, can I sit here?"

Dave had been sitting outside Uni, waiting for Aline (as usual), when a cute little Chinese girl had approached him. Wait, that can't be right. A girl? Had approached him? That had never happened before. 'Aaahhhh! How to respond?!?!?!'

"I've seen you in class, I just wanted to know your name."

"Dave"

True to her word, that was ALL she wanted, her friend showed up at exactly that moment and she left, without even repaying the favour.

A few days later a class had changed without Dave's knowledge, probably due to a lack of attendence of a previous class. Only one other person showed up. The same cute little Chinese girl. Her name was Jean.

Since they both clearly had an hour free, Dave suggested a quick drink. She accepted, and there began a beautiful friendship.