I've finished my week #2 exercises. On Wednesday, I went to a technical workshop down by the beach and initiated conversations with around 10 strangers or so, including about 3 girls. I met a number of cool people and got to know some of the people I work with. Didn't go for any numbers, though.
That night, I was so psyched from all the socializing that I went to a local club. I walked in like I owned the place, and clearly showed that I was having a good time by dancing and smiling. I saw one girl (6) dancing by herself and trying to get her friends (a guy and an 8 girl) to dance and I went up to her. I started dancing a bit, then I made eye contact, smiled, and said, "How come your friends aren't dancing?" I made a little conversation and then gave up since the music was so loud we could hardly hear each other. Then I went back to dancing a bit and wandering around.
Then I saw another chick dancing by herself by the bar. She wasn't that hot and she looked kinda bored, but I decided to try to chat her up anyway for practice. When she walked by me I made eye contact, smiled, and said "Hey, how are you doing?". She stared at me for a second trying to figure out who the hell I was, then she mumbled "how are you doing", shot me a look that said, "get lost", and walked away. Heheh. I just smiled and looked for the first girl again.
I didn't see her, but her 8 friend was sitting down by herself at a table. I confidently sat down next to her and started some conversation using some info I had gotten from her friend. She smiled a lot and even used a bit of kino. She said she was going to work in Beijing. When I told her I was there last month, she gave me a look of surprise and put her hand on my arm. I responded in kind and put my hand on her shoulder for a second. I'm such an idiot though, I didn't even remember her name, and when she said "I love to dance", I should have pulled her out onto the dance floor right then.
There were some pretty good moments, but I need to work on my conversation skills. Anyways her friend came over and dragged us onto the dance floor. I put my arm on her back for a bit but pulled away after a second or two. I touched her a bit on her arms and back while dancing, but I wasn't sure about her response. After dancing a bit they excused themselves to get a drink or something. I kept dancing for a little bit, trying to find other girls. Then it was closing time; the lights came on and the music stopped. I hung around for a bit and went over to talk to her but she was talking with another guy. I waited for him to finish and then she introduced me to him and I said hi and made some small talk. I had just about worked up the nerve to ask for her number when the guy's girlfriend came up to me and introduced herself. While we were talking the other girls left. Oh well.
Anyways I talked a bit to these new people and it was going pretty well; I ended up going to their friend's places and hanging out with them. Too bad there weren't any other girls there, and I didn't want to ask this girl for her number since her boyfriend was right here... heheh. But still, it was a very productive night.
I never could have done this even one week ago; I would have been too chicken to talk to anyone at the club, let alone get invited to someone's house to chill for a few hours!
So in one day, I talked to about 20 strangers including about 6 or 7 girls, and only after one week of boot camp! I'm not sure if I'm ready to start going for numbers yet, though, I think I will practice conversation a little more this week.
[This message has been edited by Dinkum (edited 07-19-2002).]
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