Three frogs and an ex-Danish boyfriend

ser·en·dip·i·ty the lucky tendency to find interesting or valuable things by chance (Cambridge dictionary)


Maybe you've seen the movie 'Serendipty' (with John Cusack ...yum;-)) or maybe you haven't but at least you know the meaning of the word or even better, maybe you've actually gone to the restaurant in New York (where you wait for freaking 2 hours but it's worth it, trust me) and had their amazing desserts! Either way, this entry is truly 'serendipitous' so try and stay with me.
Ok, it starts off like this: a friend of mine from India came to stay with me for a couple of days. Since it was her last night here in Copenhagen, my friends and I decided to get some Indian food for dinner. We found this tinyyyy Indian take out place called 'Jonathan.' Anyway, my friends and I go in and find a Danish gossip mag. In case you don't know me that well, I'm a sucker for celeb goss. Anyway, while my friends and I are talking loudly (as usual), discussing what an ugly dress Teri Hatcher wore to the Emmy's, this blonde Danish guy turns around and looks at us. I see him from the corner of my eye and I'm thinking, "oh, random Danish guy who probably thinks we're too loud or something." Well, it doesn't stop there. This dude comes up to me, smiles and says, "hey, don't you recognize me?" ???? It took me a few seconds but I finally got who he was...my 'ex' Danish boyfriend from middle school who I hadn't seen for 8 years... yeah, I know, totally surreal.

Well, we got each other's phone numbers and are planning to 'catch up' over a cup of joe sometime this weekend. I was dumbfounded though and still am a little bit. He doesn't even live in the area yet he was craving for some real Desi khanna (he did grow up in India for part of his life which is when we met in school...ha! 'Puppy love' or whatever you want to call it) and decided to come over to my neighbourhood for some takeout. I asked him how he knew it was me and he said, "I recognized your voice."

We finally parted, me with my butter chicken and him with his palak paneer (of course, how could I forget, he's Buddhist and vegetarian), still a little stunned with our newly added cell phone numbers.
Oh yeah, the first part of the title refers to the fact that I saw 3 frogs on 3 different occasions that same day. Some people say it's good luck to see frogs ;-)