Excerpt from Diary of a Single Asian Female: Adventures in New York City by Candy C h a n , available on Amazon Kindle and in paperback . “I Won’t Hold it Against You that You are ABC!” Email from Greg, the reluctant suitor: Dear Candy, I don’t know if you remember me, but I met you at Barnes and Noble about a year ago. I spoke to you for a few minutes about a book, and you gave me your email. Then, we emailed each other about the book. I’ve been meaning to write but didn’t know if you were interested. As you can see, I am good in business, but not in other areas, especially matters of the heart. Let me know if you are interested in getting together. Greg I remembered Greg. I was hoping he would call, as he was very polite and good-looking. I can’t believe he didn’t have the confidence to ask me out right after we met. What’s more puzzling is that he still kept my email in his inbox after a whole year (his email today was a reply to my email from a year ag