Ever have people on your MSN contact list that you haven't talked to much, and you forget who they are? One of my contacts messaged me today. His MSN name is just a message in Chinese, no name. His email address doesn't have his name either. So, really, I don't remember who he is. But I still talked to him... for 20 mins during my lunch break. We talked about buses going to Taipei, his recent wedding, and his wife's English name (or picking a name for her). And after all this, I still couldn't put together who he was.

Then, I took a lunchtime nap.

After I awoke, I decided to be clever and see if I could figure it out. I asked him

Me: "What company are you at again? I seem to have no recollection."
Him: "What company ??"

Uh oh. Should I know this? Does he work at my office? But I don't think I have any other coworkers on my MSN list (aside from one I know).

Him: "What company are you at again? --> I don't understand the sentence."

Quick reaction...

Me: "oops, sorry. wrong window. :P"
Him: "Haaa"
Me: "damn, I do that too often." (actually, I don't do it often at all)
Me: "Nothing. Ignore me. Just woke up. Still groggy."
Him: "If you have 2 girlfriends, you'll get into big trouble."
Me: "hehe"

Ok... so that was a failed attempt. I felt like I was quickly losing chances to find out this guy's identity.

Finally, I said:

Me: "Hey, can you do me a favor? Can you email me (_____@____.com) with your contact info? I realized I don't have any... like, cell, primary email, and whatever..."
Me: "I usually keep a contact list, just in case."
Him: "ok"
Me: "I don't think I added you (although I'd have to check)... fanks."

Finally, he MSNs me his contact info, and I realize it was my coworker. And what's funny is that we had these few lines in our MSN conversation:

Him: "I got married at 10/10" <-- Taiwan's National Day
Me: "oh? Congratulations!"
Me: "Was it at the Taipei city hall?"
Him: "thank you"
Him: "Yes"
Me: "ah, ok. My coworker got married there too."

It turns out that HE's the "coworker" I was talking about. And he told me he was getting married that day a while ago, because the Taipei government was holding a big wedding event.

Anyway, I'm a doorknob. But I feel better now knowing who he is.