At the bar where I sat to watch the Belgium- England match, this dude sitting next to me had placed all his focus on me. I didn't know why and I didn't bother. I made my order; catfish pepper soup and a bottle of my brand and waited for the match to kick off fully. He didn't stop staring and it got me curious so when he saluted me with his bottle, I returned the gesture. Then we took a hefty sips from our cups. Moments into the game he started a conversation. I wasn't ready for any and at the same time I didn't want to be seen as a snub. "I have been looking at you since I came in" he said still fixedly looking at me "I noticed, so why if I may ask" "Its rare to see a girl all by herself in a place like this without the company of a man. I was searching to see if you were waiting for someone. I laughed " Is that it? It's just the way the society makes it look as if girls can't do anything on their own. Sometimes you...