Lesson 3: Searching for People

"Okay, so that's your next lesson. Searching for people on Twitter. Remind me again whom you're looking for?"

Yi Jeong only gave Woo Bin an exasperated look.

"Is that your final answer, Mr So? I'm not sure how I can type that expression into the search box…"

"Ga Eul! I'm looking for Ga Eul-yang."

"Well, why didn't you say so earlier?" a cheeky Woo Bin winked at a flustered Yi Jeong, "But I can tell you off the bat now that none of us have added her…"

"…And it also seems that her own BFF doesn't follow her either," Ji Hoo added.

F4Casanova paused to contemplate that.

"But then again, that's also what the search function is for!" uttered an unusually cheery Jun Pyo, a bit too loudly, "Quick! Type her name in!"

Yi Jeong hesitated. As much as he wanted to find her on Twitter, he didn't want to make a fool out of himself either.

"But what if the person I add isn't her? There are so many hoax accounts nowadays, and it's hard to tell if the person is whom he or she says he or she is…"

"There will only ever be one way to find out, bro…" Woo Bin shoved Yi Jeong off the seat, perching himself there after taking his place, ready to type away.

Yi Jeong steadied himself against a nearby cupboard just as Woo Bin threw out a question to the other guys.

"So. If you were Ga Eul-yang's username, what would you be?"

"Autumn?" Jun Pyo offered, almost immediately.

Woo Bin shook his head. "Too common."

"Country Bumpkin?" Yi Jeong joked from his corner, stifling a laugh.

"Yah," chided Woo Bin, "That's not a very flattering username for her."

The potter pouted. "Well, it is my nickname for her."

"And she would admit to liking it… why?"

"Because!" Yi Jeong's loud voice suddenly dropping to a mumble, "Uh… because… it's my nickname for her."

Woo Bin turned to glare at his incorrigible best friend. "Right, and she adores it sooooo much that she'd use it as her Twitter username."

"But of course! Hey! Ouch!" Yi Jeong yelped, rubbing the side of his head a second time that day, "What was that for!"

"For being an self-centered idiot!" said Woo Bin to the pouting potter (it was beginning to have a nice ring to it), "I thought you'd changed since meeting Ga Eul-yang. Going to Sweden must have reversed that effect."

Before Yi Jeong could protest and before the nonsensical situation could blow up any further, Ji Hoo (ever the peacemaker and voice of reason) stepped in to intervene.

"A person's username should reflect one's personality, or an identity that best represents himself or herself," exhorted Ji Hoo, "But when all else fails…" he said, as he walked over to the computer to type in a few characters, "There's always the most obvious of options."

The rest of the F4 blinked at the computer screen as the search results came up.

"Gentlemen," Woo Bin grinned, patting Yi Jeong on the back, "The search is on."

…

Meanwhile, the BFFs were having a heart-to-heart talk at Jandi's place.

"It's really worrying me, you know? This 'Twitter' thing," Jan Di said, as she continued to paint Ga Eul's fingernails cotton candy pink, "Goo Jun Pyo's constantly on that thing. I even had to arrange a date with him last week through that darn website."

Ga Eul sighed. "It's not healthy to be so addicted to such social networking platforms, even though it can be fun. I've actually even heard some of my own students talking about it! And they're only six!"

Jan Di painted the last coat of polish on her best friend's pinky. "Jja. All done! What do you think?"

"I think," Ga Eul mused, as she raised her painted fingernails up to admire them, "That I won't be getting a Twitter account anytime soon. But in other news," she grinned at her best friend, "This colour looks great on my nails!"