Misfortunes Galore: My Phone Goes Off A Minute Before A Coffee Date With One of the Hottest Women in Nairobi…. This Is How I Handled The Situation. #BeThaAce

I was finally getting to meet meet Kelly over coffee after courting her for a great many days. Chivalry taught me to exercise patience, not to rush her or things, everything would fall into place like loaded dice, at the right time.

We planned our coffee date for a Wednesday night in town after work. Unfortunately for me, working with a media company meant that I stood to break promises every now and then if something came up.

Something did come up! 15 minutes to the planned meeting time- my boss requested to attend an event along Kiambu road which went well into the night, I called Kelly and mumbled an apology.

“Hey boo? Something came up, can we rain check to some other time, please”

“Yeah, it’s whatever, I had a feeling you wouldn’t show up anyway” She replied curtly before hanging up.

Let me spare you the onslaught of trying to tell you how I managed to convince her to meet me again, this this time over ice-cream. We, however, agreed to meet out of town and chose Limuru road as it was a little more convenient for her.

Hours whizzed and the D-day came, I could not even keep still, I would call her incessantly, reminding her of how I had longed to see her wondrous face and drink in her bedazzling smile.

Evening came and she sent me location to which I was to use Google maps “Hey Tony, see the location attached, the place is called Cold Stone, they have awesome Ice-cream. Cant wait to see you xoxo”

The gallant gentleman in me could’nt keep a lady waiting, I left and headed for the ice-cream joint, We all know how crazy traffic can be along Limuru road especially with that hustle and bustle of the nouveau riche leaving their day jobs and making their way home- It was the craziest traffic you had ever seen. It took almost an hour to move a distance of 2 kilometers.

Kelly was already getting restless and there I was, praying that my phone which was on 27 % charge would not go off before I got to Gigiri.

The traffic jam took two hours to ease, two hours of standing up my date for the second time, I was already getting feverish by the time I got to Village market, needless to say that my phone went off immediately I tried calling her to assure her that I was still showing up.

I was without a phone, and I hadn’t quite grasped the directions. When I got to Gigiri, I sought the ice-cream place but Kelly was nowhere to be found- she seemed to have left, It was two hours thirty minutes later anyway.

I sat down and started charging my phone, that is when the messages came in.

“It is a shame that you had to lie to me again, who does that?” read one.
“How hard is it for you to say that you can’t show up rather than keeping me waiting for you? And the worst of all you just switch your phone off”

I was devastated, how was I going to explain that mine was a horrible phone that kept going off at odd hours? When I needed it most?

Did I even tell you that I lost a job because my phone went off and the interviewers couldn’t call me? Anyway, let me not digress.

I decided to let Kelly calm down and call her in the morning. I got home with a resolve, it was time to let go off my old phone. No need to keep holding on to the past anyway.

Early the next morning I walked into a Samsung shop at the Hilton arcade. I didn’t have a lot of money on me but I still needed a phone that would be good on the battery, take awesome photos and still surf the Internet speedily.

An attendant showed me the Samsung J1 Ace, the cheapest, first 4G phone In Kenya, a worthy improvement for people who love watching clips online. Not to mention the Camera that has an f2 shutter that allows you to take clear photos even in low light. The shocker was on the price though, the phone was at the time retailing at 9,999 which meant that I could get two phones with my budget!

I bought the phones and planned a surprise attack for Kelly the following week, she was having a mini birthday at her office and I had the courier deliver the phone and a nice bouquet of flowers.

Later that afternoon, she sent me a message saying:

“Thanks so much T, this is the best gift I have ever received from anyone, can we meet up in town after work? Coffee on me?”

With the J1 Ace in my pocket, this was one date I was not going to miss. Catch up in the next episode, as I tell you how our date went down. Life is good on the J life lane! 

In the meantime, you can check out or buy  the phone that I bought her by clicking here.