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Virtual Hi!... ;o))

Hi, my name is Fifi (sometimes Phiphi, Loulou91, froggy.g, swan 19, etc...but, just Fifi for you, my diary :).

I'm 18 years old (17 or 19, even 21, depending who's asking :).

I live in rainy London (UK), Lyon (France), Tallinn (Estonia), in big, crowded Bucharest (Romania) or wherever my imagination takes me :)

I'm about 170 cm high, (165, 180, 175...)... and my hair is blonde (brown, brunette or even pink :)

Today is... MONDAY

"Hey, good morning!" I just logged into one of my favourite chat channels. I said "HI!" to everybody there, and surprise surprise, 2 guys asked for my age...

Oh! I forgot! My nickname today is fifi19g and I'm from France. I'm on a Dutch chat channel, but surprise xD, one of these guys is French.

He's 19 years old (wow...of course, I'm 19 too :))

He asks for my MSN, we exchange e-mail addresses and after a couple of jokes he asks for Fifi's phone number; 5 minutes later my phone starts screaming; 2 seconds later : ROFL (rolling on the floor laughing) xD;

"Zdrastvuite, Tî gavariş po ruski, angliski?" (Hello, Do you speak Russian, English?);

"Non, je ne parle que le francais; mauvais numero peut-etre?" (No, I speak only French; wrong number maybe?);

Liars together. It was nice meeting you, Russian-guy :)

TUESDAY

Today my name is LouLou, I'm 18 and I live in Estonia, near Tallinn. Turning web pages...still turning...stop!

Italian boy, 20 years old (I just moved to Italy :)) and I'm searchin' for a date!.

"Hey," he says, "I'm looking for a one night stand, are you interested? How long are your legs?, What colour is your hair?"

Loulou is thinking... "too superficial..."

"I'm sorry, I'm not keen on that...good luck searchin'!"

WEDNESDAY

Today I'm Swan19 and I'm from the UK; one Spanish chat channel, one Swedish, one Romanian. I'm a bit discouraged and disappointed, but I'm still searching for more people, maybe some friends... unfortunately, I'm battling against one-night adventures, cheating, lying, even stealing (not only identities!)

I won't give up, I still hope there is somebody who I'd like to talk to! Where are you, "somebody"?

THURSDAY

I decided to be honest (I just changed my name; Fifi is back :)), so I'm 18 and I live somewhere in Romania. Today I met a real virtual gentleman, his nickname was Arthur, and I guess he was about 50 by the way he was thinking and talking...

He says he's retired (I don't believe him :).

I asked him why he's chatting instead of going out for a barbecue.

"First of all, if I wasn't here I wouldn't have the chance to talk to you; secondly, I know some people around; thirdly, old time reflex; what about you...tell me your reason :)"

"I'm searching 4 friends :)"

"Even though it's none of my business, I want to tell you that here is not a good place to make friends, and it's not a place for a young lady; this is a place, a refuge for most of the people who spend their time here: they can be here and do what they want with no connection with the reality; good luck searching anyway :)"

Thank you, mister Arthur :)

FRIDAY

New day! HI! I'm froggy_g, I live in Germany and I'm 19 years old; It's so nice to meet you!

Tommy (the most interesting guy I met today) is from Germany, too. He told me a story about him and some of his boss' (now broken!) cars (all BMWs xD) (guess who broke them? :)) He really likes having a great time chatting.

SATURDAY and SUNDAY

I met 2 guys; one from the UK and one from Belgium; both of them were searching for dates, and they weren't interested in one-night stands (of course, this weekend I virtually moved from France to Belgium :))

This is where my one-week chat adventure ends :). Thanks, my sweet diary, for being next to me!

Fifi has to go to sleep now!