Sunday, February 16, 2003
Valentine's Day is a joke.
Well I've never celebrated it anyway. Iva didnt believe in it. When we were together, she even made me promise NOT to buy her anything, ESPECIALLY flowers. I thought this year would be different though. I'm no longer with her and since 2 weeks ago I've been hopin that maybe this year I'll be spending it with someone special. Fat hope.
It was Friday and the day before Lily's birthday too. My gift to her is not ready yet, the guy making it is swamped with lots of orders from couples who were rushing for Valentine's. It'll probably be ready by next Monday. Definitely Mr 27216 has given her something. I know Wee Wah did cos Lily showed me what he gave her. A stack of cards and on it were printed quotes from famous people, plus one card full of quotes from her friends. I see Wee Wah's quote and some others, and one from THAT guy. It says "I love you, no matter what." It pierced right through my heart. Well he must have said it in front of Wee Wah for him to know, I quickly put the card away and flipped through the other cards. I smiled, she was smiling from ear to ear and I did not want to spoil her joy.
During lunch time I sent my car for inspection as well as road tax renewal at Sin Ming. Set me back another $200. I swear owning a car is such a waste of money. But I love it.
5pm. I normally would have stayed back to finish up on work but I decided not to. I must leave office on the dot from now onwards! I walked around Toa Payoh and then drove to Orchard. I was feeling depressed. And I felt more down looking at all the couples at Taka, the girls carrying their flowers while their boyfriends hold their hands proudly. Bah. I'm going HOME!
Barely seconds after I got inside the car Merv called and said he's finishing work at 8pm so why not have coffee? I picked him up and we went to Frankel. I decided that since the day was best forgotten, I might as well pig out so I had the same thing Merv had, one big plate of nasi lemak, with extra rice, chicken, fish, eggs, the works. And to top it all off, we had sundaes at Kallang Mac after that!
On Saturday I went to the gym at 3 to burn off all the food I ate the night before, Meech's BodyPump class is always the hardest among all the instructors. Ran the usual after that and again I was lost as to what to do next. Merv SMSed some nonsense and I asked whether he wanna meet and the only reply I got was 'rain like xiao'. I didnt wanna hang at Orchard again so I just started driving, almost ended up at Kallang Mc to just sit and stare at people but I just drove on to Merv's house, since he didnt reply to my SMS except for the 'Rain' thing, I assumed he's stuck at home. But when I got there and and SMSed him that I'm downstairs, he called back and said he's at Ah Lau's house. I really wonder why he didnt just tell me before that. It would have been fine, I can always plan other things.
I walked around Bedok Central, it has been years since I went back there. For 10 years I walked back and forth that area, through secondary school, poly and NS. A lot of things have changed since then, but some remain the same. Murugan Sports and Video, Tokyo Cake Shop, Cathay Driving Centre are all still there. The library has underwent major renovation, even the main entrance has been relocated. A&W is gone! and a big, very busy coffeeshop has replaced it. Orchid Shop, the place where I bought my first G-shock, has been taken over by a swank jewellery place, I think it was Soo Kee or something. Since I was there I called up my Bedokian friends Sofian and KC, and suggested we go see a movie, so Sofian booked 3 tix for Chicago at GV Tampines for 1140pm and invited me to his house to watch the 820pm FA Cup Arsenal - Man U match.
Man U lost 2-0. Hah. Sofian's younger sister Erlina has really grown up. I think a lot of guys would be after her by now, I would if I was her age group. And I finally got to meet Sofian's 'sweetheart' (as his aunt called it), his pet rabbit. After the match ended we picked up KC and went to have supper at Bedok North Ave 4 market. Ah Balling balls have opened up a franchise stall there! I love that stuff. Ate the yam, black sesame and red bean balls.
Chicago was excellent. Renee and Catherine should win in their respective categories, and the movie might just win Best Picture. But I still think Moulin Rouge is better. Drove back home in the rain and still feeling nostalgic, stayed up till 5am looking through all the photos that I took with HDBians over the past 4 years. A lot of photos. A lot of memories. Some best forgotten, some to keep for eternity. I got to organise them tomorrow. I need a new album.
Well I've never celebrated it anyway. Iva didnt believe in it. When we were together, she even made me promise NOT to buy her anything, ESPECIALLY flowers. I thought this year would be different though. I'm no longer with her and since 2 weeks ago I've been hopin that maybe this year I'll be spending it with someone special. Fat hope.
It was Friday and the day before Lily's birthday too. My gift to her is not ready yet, the guy making it is swamped with lots of orders from couples who were rushing for Valentine's. It'll probably be ready by next Monday. Definitely Mr 27216 has given her something. I know Wee Wah did cos Lily showed me what he gave her. A stack of cards and on it were printed quotes from famous people, plus one card full of quotes from her friends. I see Wee Wah's quote and some others, and one from THAT guy. It says "I love you, no matter what." It pierced right through my heart. Well he must have said it in front of Wee Wah for him to know, I quickly put the card away and flipped through the other cards. I smiled, she was smiling from ear to ear and I did not want to spoil her joy.
During lunch time I sent my car for inspection as well as road tax renewal at Sin Ming. Set me back another $200. I swear owning a car is such a waste of money. But I love it.
5pm. I normally would have stayed back to finish up on work but I decided not to. I must leave office on the dot from now onwards! I walked around Toa Payoh and then drove to Orchard. I was feeling depressed. And I felt more down looking at all the couples at Taka, the girls carrying their flowers while their boyfriends hold their hands proudly. Bah. I'm going HOME!
Barely seconds after I got inside the car Merv called and said he's finishing work at 8pm so why not have coffee? I picked him up and we went to Frankel. I decided that since the day was best forgotten, I might as well pig out so I had the same thing Merv had, one big plate of nasi lemak, with extra rice, chicken, fish, eggs, the works. And to top it all off, we had sundaes at Kallang Mac after that!
On Saturday I went to the gym at 3 to burn off all the food I ate the night before, Meech's BodyPump class is always the hardest among all the instructors. Ran the usual after that and again I was lost as to what to do next. Merv SMSed some nonsense and I asked whether he wanna meet and the only reply I got was 'rain like xiao'. I didnt wanna hang at Orchard again so I just started driving, almost ended up at Kallang Mc to just sit and stare at people but I just drove on to Merv's house, since he didnt reply to my SMS except for the 'Rain' thing, I assumed he's stuck at home. But when I got there and and SMSed him that I'm downstairs, he called back and said he's at Ah Lau's house. I really wonder why he didnt just tell me before that. It would have been fine, I can always plan other things.
I walked around Bedok Central, it has been years since I went back there. For 10 years I walked back and forth that area, through secondary school, poly and NS. A lot of things have changed since then, but some remain the same. Murugan Sports and Video, Tokyo Cake Shop, Cathay Driving Centre are all still there. The library has underwent major renovation, even the main entrance has been relocated. A&W is gone! and a big, very busy coffeeshop has replaced it. Orchid Shop, the place where I bought my first G-shock, has been taken over by a swank jewellery place, I think it was Soo Kee or something. Since I was there I called up my Bedokian friends Sofian and KC, and suggested we go see a movie, so Sofian booked 3 tix for Chicago at GV Tampines for 1140pm and invited me to his house to watch the 820pm FA Cup Arsenal - Man U match.
Man U lost 2-0. Hah. Sofian's younger sister Erlina has really grown up. I think a lot of guys would be after her by now, I would if I was her age group. And I finally got to meet Sofian's 'sweetheart' (as his aunt called it), his pet rabbit. After the match ended we picked up KC and went to have supper at Bedok North Ave 4 market. Ah Balling balls have opened up a franchise stall there! I love that stuff. Ate the yam, black sesame and red bean balls.
Chicago was excellent. Renee and Catherine should win in their respective categories, and the movie might just win Best Picture. But I still think Moulin Rouge is better. Drove back home in the rain and still feeling nostalgic, stayed up till 5am looking through all the photos that I took with HDBians over the past 4 years. A lot of photos. A lot of memories. Some best forgotten, some to keep for eternity. I got to organise them tomorrow. I need a new album.
