Valentine's blues

this is Valentine's.being a guy grants you many privileges.this is what happens in the Middle East.but being a guy also means you've to be responsible for a lot of stuff to your girl/woman.working for your keep and your family's survival is one.then serving in NS too.the Goverment has raised penalties and stiffened rules where dodging draft is concerned,and have placed better family laws that encourages happier and bigger families.then there's Valentine's/aka Friendship Day to us students.If u're a thrifty guy,this is the only time you part with your cherished money.if you're as bigshot as the Saudi King,or Donald or as rich as Roman or Mikhail,it's time for you to lavish gifts on your girl and/or friends.yeah but Valetnine's a big and expensive business,particularly for consumers =(


ok the strafing part happens now


weeks in advance:3505,Val and 2 ppl who i shall not reveal gets arrowed for dedications and roses and everything nice.Val kinda knew about that,but successfully kept that from the two unknowns


Day before tomorrow:mad rush.if getting the guys at choir to change slot is not enough,going on a whirlwind trip to shop gets much worse if you don't want to buy cliched stuff.opted for chocolates at Sins Centrepoint since Godiva was horribly ex and Neuhaus' prices are just as scary as their Belgian cousins.

the 2 boxes had Grand Cru truffles,dark ganaches and something called pick-up-line that has gold lines drawn on the top and XO Cognac inside(knockout punch).Wenz had Baileys(apparently that was milk chocolate with a ganache spiked with Baileys Irish Cream inside) and Leens had a heart shape(still booze.wine n peach next).yeah you sinner,teetotaller's nightmare,thinking they won't get drunk(Wenz would,cuz she'd be sinning by eating in class,boozing before 18 and have a sticky mouth)...hahaha that's an evil plot =) and apparently after 5-7 h they have to be kept in the fridge for up to 3 months.lucky it was just a nip back home and hehe sis,envious?


and speaking of which,AC ppl are damn enterprising.they actually bothered to go to AJC to sell their fun-o-rama tix(btw I'm off for Sat).if blowing $20 on Wenz and Leens' truffles aren't enough,$30 for the ACJC performance theatre looks like a big donation outside ACJC's students.in fact they were begging me to buy ticket no 3,which set me back by a deal.so guilty,I decided to give Malcolm Teowww a ticket.Navin teowww and JJ teowww all also want.then share lor.just a thing.many aj ppl think ac is a money launderer or money eater.yeah Matt I'd love some extras


V DAY(or D Day for guys):apparently waiting for Wenz to be inside the bus didn't work.that's better cuz i tend to show the horse leg(if you play chinese chess you know what that means).then the pretty nerd had her hair tied,just like Leens.Poor Wene was like,searching high and low for the two people who were meant to get roses,so that was first blood.but i kinda bungled the delivery part where those Sins are concerned.Wenz was first,and it went straight on her hands.Leens then got the one with the gold ribbon,but not before the class locked the delivery man outside and Wenz could read my mind.then I was forced to tell Leens that there were chocolates for her inside.if you think strafing the airfield isn't bad enough,the choir later showed up and serenaded them.just to add insult to injury,they apparently used some probability formula to say that I was the only one capable of such a thing...ooh romantic.


1015.the class civics.i didn't expect someone from mdm ng's form class last time(32/04) to show up.and to put it that way,this was a last minute change.that impromptu speech took quite long and as always alot of noise.but the song was sheer magic.that was the only time where there's good support,cuz i doubt the rest would have anyone other than their classmates showing up


oh yeah Wini is up next for a surprise(this means more potent truffles.too bad prestat was out as it's $25).she says she will meet me at 5plus or 6 last night,but then she said she go suntec then orchard at 5 plus and then these are the people I met from Citylink to Orchard during the 3h odyssey that elapsed:


Markus and zhitong's classmate.Melvin and Lindsey.cass,junyi and jee.gary the sexy beast and raine,someone from 3205.elson and 2 ajc ppl who i dunno.another ajc guy who said teowww(obviously one of my teowww brothers taught him that).von.meryl.the farmer.zhihui(ask gary)


Wini's chocolate selections:blew my cash at Godiva's.2 comtesses(dark choc),2 azteques(dark ganache),raisin fine champagne n cerise kirsch n truffe rhum(quite disappointed there were no cognac or dark truffles =( and Sins only had the liquid champagne centre one,none of the ones I bought for Leens or Wenz.and there's a long queue at Royce and nothing at Neuhaus =().perfectly weighs 99g,rounded to 100.$20.50.boozed for 5 of them.and quite ex


waited for her in the starry night and noise of cine for 55mins.Princess Wini struts in with 4 bodyguards and waited for her to show up.of her bodyguards i didn't expect anyone to know me offhand,so they just waited for her while i approached her without my usual swagger.The last thing I'd expect was one of her bodyguards to actually remember how I'd looked like and actually waved at me.met up with her again and becuz there's a long queue for neoprints,the neoprint offer didn't work,or i'll produce living evidence that she's more cuter and elegant than a 6 year old.put it simply,she was thankful for the presents,but she just kinda felt bad about me buying stuff for her.lol any significance would have been debatable.


but amid all the celebratory presents and back patting,poor Pak Tao seems to be missing out on all the fun.and yeah this is a damn crap story happening right outside your friend circle.If all the J2s are sharing presents,or at least trying their best to keep up on their spendings on presents,here's this kinda unfortunate guy who has no friends in J2,and no friends in J1(cuz he retain).If you see his forlorn figure in the canteen,eating all by himself,keeping to himself and looking as if he's got no one to talk to,and maybe pacing up and down the canteen(I sometimes do,but more like a stockbroker at NYSE),you know who i mean.


In fact no one knows his name,save for his ex 2X/05 class.to be sure of that,little is known about this lonely loser,except he didn't even take his promo after missing out on lesson for (you believe it) half a year.no body knows why he's absent for,nobody except himself knows his CCA,and absolutely no one has ever heard of him.so bad,even his class disowned him like a rag-doll.in fact,for all the troubles,some retainees do gravitate back to their old classes or cliques time and again.but this loner have no one to speak to,let alone mug with.slowly I got to know him and I really think he needs to see a psychiatrist(cuz i think he's suffering from depression,if not Aspergers or autism)


Q:you've got any friends in your former class or J2?
A:Jasper(his classmate.I asked him and he apparently told me dun bother with him)
Q:then do you've got any friends in J1?
A:yes
Q:do you talk to them often or it's just a few sentences(I mean,being cold to them)
A:(the latter)
Q:what do you come to AJC for?
A:study
Q:maybe you should consider poly
A:no
Q:you've got any other aims?
A:no


that's like...what the hell...this loser has no life.he has nothing to live for and nothing to cling on.his life revolves around only study and nothing else.even somebody that autistic or with asperger's might try to make himself known and heard,whether through his acts,or through what he says,however educated or retarded it may seem.even such a man could find a few good men to be with,even if he gets misunderstood(or even shut out,if things do get nasty).for which,whatever he does,it had any impact on the world,even if people do forget what he did.he can get laughed at or even scolded at,but once they break past his misunderstandings,they do appreciate him for what he done,even if it were just tacit or even reluctant approval.but that's way better than living a wretched existence,unknown,unheard,and with nothing to contribute.


that told,for a while,spare a bit of love this valentine's for the needy,and the world will be a better place