Update in Nanning.
Okay I might be off the market. I met someone tonight through the 608 agency, and my translator Castle might have pulled through. I went into their office today. Castle wasn't there, but she was on her way. Another girl and I sat in the membership office with a second girl. She pulled up the girl's profile. Castle already sent a profile and her Chnlove pictures the day before, so they knew I wanted to see natural pictures. This girl was telling me that Joanna (my girl) was prettier than her pictures. I'm thinking to myself yeah right. They already look good by professional photography. So she showed me natural pics, and she passed the look test on photo. I thought okay that issue seems to be taken care of. She then took me over to the translator office, where they all sit and do their dirty deeds to us guys lol. Bunch of nice young people in their early to mid twenties. All women except for two guys all in the same age bracket. All had smiles and were really nice. Two of the girls were pretty nice looking maybe three, but who's counting lol. I would guess there were a dozen of them. They have more, but work different shifts. They are open 7 days a week. Their office is on the 18th floor, and it isn't the greatest working office. The translator cubicles are tiny as h*** that would challenge the comfort of a chinese body. Really small. The two offices in general were not the cleanest, but I'm sure the lease was a good price. I found out from Castle that Yibang Rose 512 just moved into the same building, so if anyone is going to visit both agencies it will be a piece of cake. Outside of visiting Yibang for business purposes I might be off the market if this works out between Joanna and myself. That includes the Shenzhen agencies I planned on visiting when I return there. I told you my situation was fluid, and timetables could change. This might do it. It is early, but I am hopeful. I'll steal a line from Cam in another thread that Joanna is perfection on legs. Castle and I met her at a restaurant to have dinner. She was sitting on a terrace, and while we walked toward her I could see from 50 yards away she was nice looking. We get to the table she stands up to greet us, and I'm thinking "oh yeah". She's 32 and looks 22. Now we sit down and the first 15 to 20 minutes I was stammering and nervous. I'm thinking to myself get a hold of yourself man lol. The 12 I met in Shenzhen didn't do this to me. For me that is a good sign. Hell it was work again to use chopsticks. That's what this girl was doing to me lol. She has the intelligence to go with the appearance. She teaches business courses in a vocational school in the morning, and in the afternoon goes to her clothing store/shop and runs her business with the help of her mother. The girl has a business mind, and I love that. The downside is she doesn't speak English, or so I thought. Later during the dinner Castle had to do to the bathroom. Joanna starts to speak a little English to my surprise. She knows more than what I thought she did. Could be a confidence issue, or didn't want step on Castle's toes. I don't know. I remember her profile on Chnlove some months ago, and I kept her in my favorites for a long time, but never wrote. She didn't hesitate to put me on the spot and point that out to me. I had to think quick for a reply lol. In truth I have at least 50 women saved in my favorites lol, so I just didn't get to her. I didn't tell her that LOL. In a way though I'm glad I didn't, because it didn't cost me a penny to meet her. Boom go directly there and meet. That is the conclusion I came to in regards to writing letters and getting bled to death financially.
She wanted to know if I wanted to meet again tomorrow, and the reply was obvious to me. Oh by the way I was settled down and relaxed again. I was back in control lol. Got my game face back on. We're going somewhere. Where I don't know yet. I didn't care. Then after some time passes we talked about renting a car and driving over to Beihai (about a 2 hour drive) the day after tomorrow. I was actually the one that wanted to check out real estate there. So the next two days are planned. By then I should have a pretty good idea if this is it for me. We have common interests, and she does have a business mind although she did say that she is not interested in being successful just a good wife. Kind of a contradictory statement, but she might not want to give the impression that money was a driving force in her thinking. She is ready to find someone it appears. I had to ask the question why no guy has taken her. She said she doesn't get that many letters from Chnlove. This is the only area where my past experience kicks in and I'm thinking please the agency would have to be making money on her. I can't be nieve, so I hope it's not a play on me. I will sniff it out if it is. But so far it's looking good.
It has been nice to be here with no rain. The temperature has been 75F. Now that I can venture out without an umbrella like last week I have to say that there are a ton of beautiful women in Nanning. I went to the mall, which is very close to the office, and my jaw was dropping the whole time, and the thing of it is they love western men. Jeez.
Oh when I checked in last night a young guy at the front desk was cool. Spoke English well, as we talked for awhile he wanted to take me to a couple of bars. I asked if one of them is Soho, and his reply was yes and the one next to it called the bird's nest. Reading this Cam? I laughed and said I heard about the Soho, and he said yeah many nice girls there I can introduce you to lol. At the time I said I'm in deal the cards. Now I'm not sure if I will make it, but it sure sounds tempting lol. I have to keep reminding myself I'm not here to play. Anyway I wouldn't envision meeting my future wife in a bar. I can tell you that if the place is anything what I saw at the mall or on the streets then it's got to be a good place. Everyone I've been in contact with are friendly in this city. Is it that they think all westerners are rich and want a piece, or are they just this way? Something to ponder.
