Another photo incident was plotted at another Microsoft Office party event. And that event took place at Christmas in 1998. That year a younger Chinese man, John, approached me at a Microsoft Toastmasters meeting. That was the perfect opportunity to get in contact with me because we didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t work together, but these informal meetings gave him the opportunity to meet me.<\/p>\n
At the beginning he seemed like a nice guy, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m a person who doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t turn my back on someone who approaches me. I trust people and give them the benefit of doubt until they prove otherwise. As soon I found out that he wanted to get to know me closer, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll made it clear to him that I wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t interested in any close relationship with him, but I kept on talking with him even when he stopped unannounced by my house.<\/p>\n
In the year when I met John, he invited me to the Office Christmas party at a hotel in downtown Seattle. I accepted his offer because I lived by myself, had nothing else planned, and thought it would be fun to attend the Office Christmas party.<\/p>\n
John picked me up at my new house in Redmond. In September that year I had bought a house in Redmond, just around the corner of the main campus from Microsoft. When he picked me up for the party, he showed up with dark roses and a toy-box with a Mercedes car in it. At the time I just thought that these are strange gifts to bring. I had told him already that I wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t interested in any intimate relationship with him therefore I found the roses inappropriate for the occasion and the car toy a very unusual Christmas gift. Now I know that his acts were carefully planned and not only by himself.<\/p>\n
Before we drove to the party, we stopped by his friend\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s house Lucius in Bellevue who accompanied us at the party. Lucius was a German guy working at Microsoft, too, and he was married to a good looking woman from Hawaii. I believe I met Lucius the first time at this occasion. Lucius, his wife and sister-in-law were at the house, and a Christmas tree was set up in the living room.<\/p>\n
When I arrived at Lucius house, the women weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t ready yet and we had to wait a little bit. While waiting Lucius\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 wife asked me for a photo with John in front of their Christmas tree. I wrote already that I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like having photos taken of me and especially not with someone I hardly know, but on that evening I felt compelled to take a photo with John. He had invited me to the Christmas Office party, he had bought me some flowers, and it was Christmas. And I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to snub him on Christmas in front of his friends. Reluctantly I took this photo though I may have smiled. I actually have never seen this photo. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know what they did with it. Later I asked John about the whereabouts of this photo, and he told me that he doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have it. Now I ask myself for what devious plan they used it.<\/p>\n
At the Office party I danced a little bit, John pulled an act like a jealous admirer, and I was glad when this show was over, and I was again at home by myself.<\/p>\n
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not sure whether other pictures were taken of me during that evening, but I can imagine that this has been the case. Now I know that luring me into certain situations had been carefully planned not only once. Therefore I can imagine that more photos of me were taken that evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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