It's Valentine's day today and boy oh boy, was he an excited fellow
that morning. He had dedicated a post to all his female friends and the
joy he had looking at the comments and hearts of those he had touched
that day, leaves him smiling almost endlessly!
As much as he
was enjoying himself, he was wondering about the flowers and cookies
that he had arranged for her. Since she's seeing someone
else already, the gifts might seemed a little inappropriate. But he
couldn't do anything about it, as everything was pre-arranged a month
before the date. Yeah he seemed to have things pre-planned and worked
out before the event actually happened. Since it cannot be changed, he
just left it as it is, hoping she won't be able to tell who it is from.
Pretty slim chance of that happening, because it was pretty obvious from
the way he wrote the message.
She had received it and only
thanked him for flowers and gifts. He didn't respond much and just said
he was glad she liked them. Thereafter, he just continued his work. By
end of the day, he had completed nearly all his office tasks. He had a
dinner appointment with his old time buddies. Knowing that would be
another evening of red packet collection and good food, he went there
with an empty stomach.
Filled himself with lots of cookies and
dried meat, he was contented. The whole bunch were chit chatting the
whole evening, no one was bothered to play card games. He sat in to
listen and occasionally jump in with a couple of stories himself.
Then it was time to head back to sleep! It's another working day for him, the following day.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Day #43
It's back to work for him! Fortunately, he wasn't feeling blue about
it. Rather he felt enthusiastic about going to work that particular
morning, because he had a couple of things arranged at office - Meeting
clients, working out some plans and settling some backlogs.
He managed to arrive at workplace early despite leaving the house pretty late, 'cause traffic was unbelievably smooth - the perks of a festive celebration where hardly anyone is in town *snickers*
Though got work started with a rather slow engine that morning, things picked up pretty quickly. By the time he realized it, it was half way through the day. Thankfully, there weren't exactly much to do when most of his colleagues and clients are away on holiday. So it was pretty much a leisure at office.
After work, he picked up his mother and he took for a dinner to somewhat celebrate her birthday in advance, only because his mother's birthday actually falls on a special occasion in which he would not be able to bring his mother to a good dinner. They had a simple dinner, but a good chat and then went walking around the mall together - good mother and son bonding time.
Got back home, cleaned the house a little, and he had to clear up some stuffs from his room. A good couple of hours to re-arrange some items in his room, he managed to make a lot of space for himself. All those effort exhausted him completely and he went to bed rather early that night.
He managed to arrive at workplace early despite leaving the house pretty late, 'cause traffic was unbelievably smooth - the perks of a festive celebration where hardly anyone is in town *snickers*
Though got work started with a rather slow engine that morning, things picked up pretty quickly. By the time he realized it, it was half way through the day. Thankfully, there weren't exactly much to do when most of his colleagues and clients are away on holiday. So it was pretty much a leisure at office.
After work, he picked up his mother and he took for a dinner to somewhat celebrate her birthday in advance, only because his mother's birthday actually falls on a special occasion in which he would not be able to bring his mother to a good dinner. They had a simple dinner, but a good chat and then went walking around the mall together - good mother and son bonding time.
Got back home, cleaned the house a little, and he had to clear up some stuffs from his room. A good couple of hours to re-arrange some items in his room, he managed to make a lot of space for himself. All those effort exhausted him completely and he went to bed rather early that night.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Day #42
Waking up in the middle of the day, he saw a message from his
ex-college mate who invited him to a gathering over at his place. He
chilled out most of the time, enjoying himself on the couch flipping the
channels. What a blissful time it was for him, as he had not been able
to do that in a long while.
Got ready and head over to his ex-college mate's place after a dinner with his family. Reached the place, he was immediately called to feast on another set of dinner - there were so much food - Fried Chicken, Rojak, Cookies, Noodles, etc. He could not decline the kind offer of his ex-college mate's mother's request to help finish the food. Also, he could not resist such tempting food displayed there.
Helped himself to several servings, he then saw a couple of familiar faces - of some people whom he got to know through a public dance event. Chit chat, joke, drink and play card game - that became the routine of the night, and it went on for hours until it was finally time to call it a night for him.
Unfortunately, the following morning was a working day for him, so he had to call it in early to get back and rest. Reluctant to move out, he knew if he didn't do it any sooner, he most probably would end up like a zombie the next morning.
Headed home, cleaned up, did some simple facial and then turned off the lights.
Got ready and head over to his ex-college mate's place after a dinner with his family. Reached the place, he was immediately called to feast on another set of dinner - there were so much food - Fried Chicken, Rojak, Cookies, Noodles, etc. He could not decline the kind offer of his ex-college mate's mother's request to help finish the food. Also, he could not resist such tempting food displayed there.
Helped himself to several servings, he then saw a couple of familiar faces - of some people whom he got to know through a public dance event. Chit chat, joke, drink and play card game - that became the routine of the night, and it went on for hours until it was finally time to call it a night for him.
Unfortunately, the following morning was a working day for him, so he had to call it in early to get back and rest. Reluctant to move out, he knew if he didn't do it any sooner, he most probably would end up like a zombie the next morning.
Headed home, cleaned up, did some simple facial and then turned off the lights.
Day #41
He visited his friends' place to eat, play cards and of course to
collect some red packets. He had almost the entire day planned out from
one house to another and of course not to forget he had some friends
coming over to his place.
The amount of cookies he had that day was unbelievable! If he had counted the calories and carbs that he had consumed, he'd probably be head banging on the wall. *facepalm* But since it's a once in a year thing, and one can rarely find those sort of cookies out of the Chinese festive celebration, he turned a blind eye to them.
His pals came over to visit and they had a good few hours of catching up, before he rushed off to meet his long time old buddy who has just is back for holidays from Australia. They were out for dinner and then a rather drink to catch up on things. However, most of their time were spent on playing card games as well as dominos. Guess that's how guys would catch up with each other? *laughs*
By the time he reached home, it was nearly midnight. Feeling all satisfied, he slides into bed, recalling what happened the whole day and slept through the good memories.
The amount of cookies he had that day was unbelievable! If he had counted the calories and carbs that he had consumed, he'd probably be head banging on the wall. *facepalm* But since it's a once in a year thing, and one can rarely find those sort of cookies out of the Chinese festive celebration, he turned a blind eye to them.
His pals came over to visit and they had a good few hours of catching up, before he rushed off to meet his long time old buddy who has just is back for holidays from Australia. They were out for dinner and then a rather drink to catch up on things. However, most of their time were spent on playing card games as well as dominos. Guess that's how guys would catch up with each other? *laughs*
By the time he reached home, it was nearly midnight. Feeling all satisfied, he slides into bed, recalling what happened the whole day and slept through the good memories.
Monday, February 18, 2013
Day #40
It's the day! - The 1st day of the Chinese festive celebration. He woke
up excited, put on his new clothes and off he went for his first visit.
It was his relative's place in which they will have breakfast together
every year. As usually he and his family were there earliest. They were
greeted warmly and invited to breakfast tradition which was one of the
best he had ever tasted. He wondered how
long the tradition had been going and decided to ask one of his
cousins. His cousin weren't sure exactly how long it has been going, but
told him that it started at least 2 decades ago. He was fascinated by
how they managed to keep it together despite the many changes in the
world and also to their family.
Soon, the other relatives arrived one after another. His red packet collection started then. Happily collecting one by one, he noticed that the number of red packets he had received were lesser than the years before. He knew by then a number of relatives didn't turn up that morning.
After the breakfast get together, he went off for yet another last minute shopping for tees. Since he was getting the clothes, he might as well just look at some new shoes for himself. Search from one shop to another, he couldn't find a pair of shoes that was affordable, to his liking and fitting size. He gave it a thought and figured it could wait till another time.
Then it was dinner time at another relative's place. His family and him was presented with more titbits and some beer - well surely, since he didn't know any family that served beer for breakfast. Toasting and eating, he was just eager for everyone to "open table" and start with card games. Unfortunately, 2 hours passed by, and there were only chit chats and more tit bits. He knew it was going to be a boring night, but was rather contented that he was still receiving red packets by then.
Went back home after a whole lot food, he was ready to slide into bed and sleep. Then he received a message from her, replying to his previous night's festive message. But it was more than that, she also told him that she was seeing someone else and that someone else would be there during a dinner later that week. He was stupefied. That very moment he knew that it was pretty much game over. Didn't know how else to react, he told her that everything's cool and he'll see her and the someone else soon.
What a buzz kill it is for him. Nevertheless, he should have expected that since there were a number of guys ahead of him who are better than him. That night just felt super long.
Soon, the other relatives arrived one after another. His red packet collection started then. Happily collecting one by one, he noticed that the number of red packets he had received were lesser than the years before. He knew by then a number of relatives didn't turn up that morning.
After the breakfast get together, he went off for yet another last minute shopping for tees. Since he was getting the clothes, he might as well just look at some new shoes for himself. Search from one shop to another, he couldn't find a pair of shoes that was affordable, to his liking and fitting size. He gave it a thought and figured it could wait till another time.
Then it was dinner time at another relative's place. His family and him was presented with more titbits and some beer - well surely, since he didn't know any family that served beer for breakfast. Toasting and eating, he was just eager for everyone to "open table" and start with card games. Unfortunately, 2 hours passed by, and there were only chit chats and more tit bits. He knew it was going to be a boring night, but was rather contented that he was still receiving red packets by then.
Went back home after a whole lot food, he was ready to slide into bed and sleep. Then he received a message from her, replying to his previous night's festive message. But it was more than that, she also told him that she was seeing someone else and that someone else would be there during a dinner later that week. He was stupefied. That very moment he knew that it was pretty much game over. Didn't know how else to react, he told her that everything's cool and he'll see her and the someone else soon.
What a buzz kill it is for him. Nevertheless, he should have expected that since there were a number of guys ahead of him who are better than him. That night just felt super long.
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