I’ve never been a die-hard fan of Valentine’s Day
In fact
I’ve never been a fan of it at all
It’s just something that *is*

I wrote how i felt about it and was being a bitch about outside Chilli’s in 2005
Complained again and spoofed an exboyfriend on national TV in 2006
In 2007, i bitched about the love songs on radio, got emo and declared fairy kisses to be given out
Last year, i spent Valentine’s Day in Vietnam with Milcah (which was awesome)

So okay fine
If you know me, you’ll know
Joyce
Is
Not
A
Valentine’s
Dinner or Day fan

So now i’m going to tell you how i ended up going for the first Valentine’s dinner since 2004 or something like that
I guess i’m also going to tell you the name of the person i’ve been seeing

(Wow. Public declaration pulak -.-)

FaiTheMai asked me something last weekend during Ash’s birthday, “So. Is he your boyfriend now?”
“No…”
“… Are you in denial?”
“…”

I thought about everything we do together –
I stay over his place more than half the time.
He’s met and hangs out with most of my friends.
We align our plans because now there is expectation involved.
We spend all our weekends with each other.
He’s come for my family dinners during Christmas and Chinese New Year.

I must be in denial.

I just think the term ‘boyfriend’ is just so… done
When i say Man Of The Moment, i mean someone who is my man
And maybe it’ll last for three months, six months, two years, who knows?
All i know is that i love his company and the sex spending time with him
I love how he nags me and makes me take better care of myself
I love his OCD-ness and how making things unaligned or in odd numbers bugs the hell out of him
I love how he recycles everything

Okay i’m going to stop this whole ‘what i love’ list before this really turns into some mushy Valentine’s post
:p

Anyway, b ack to the dinner issue
Last week, he (Okay, his name is Joe. There.) declared that we would have dinner on Friday night
“Why?” i asked, perplexed. We never pre-plan a dinner. We just go whenever.
“Because i’m going for my eye laser operation on Saturday. So I can’t do dinner properly on Saturday night.”
“But why would we have to… Ohhhh… Are we having a Valentine’s dinner on Friday night?!” i almost shrieked.
“Yes.”
“Okay, look. You know how i feel about Valentine’s right? We really don’t have to do this whole dinner thing. Really. Really  really. If you wanted to make it special, you could like, go down on me for ten hours or something.”
” Look, i’m a traditional kind of guy. And there are nice restaurants i’d like to try, and i’d like to try them with you.”
“Aww. And what if i didn’t agree?”
“Well i was counting on my powers of persuasion.”
“And if that didn’t work?”
“I was going to threaten you.”
“HAhaha! Idiot.”

From former incidences, I have learnt that is best to go with plans such as these instead of putting up a fight.

As i stressed and rushed for dinner (because i rarely leave office for any dinner plans!) Wai Kit (who’s Freeform’s new Editorial Director) said something that stuck in my head for two hours after that.
She asked me not to be such a Valentine’s scrooge.

Gasp.

I associate “scrooge” with that grouchy duck in that Disney cartoon about Christmas.

Me? A scrooge? I thought to myself and i
Am i a Valentine’s scrooge?
I guess i am.
But that doesn’t sound very nice!
Well, who asked you to repel against Valentine’s so much.
I don’t know.
Maybe there’s some deep reason for all this dislike for Valentine’s.
Like what?
Some past experience perhaps.
I don’t have any bad Valentine’s experiences oso…
Or maybe because you don’t have any experiences! That’s why you hate it so much.
Oh come on.
It makes sense.
Ok too much thought going into this. Shush.

Then there was just me.

     

Well the nice word would be “postponed” and not canceled.
Apparently she got assaulted by boyfriend Chris Brown and can’t perform this Friday.
Ticket-holders will be told in two weeks time on new date of performance.

DidiBuli was just screaming “Suck Balls!” and “Shit A Brick” in the office.
Damn, now i know where i got that influence from…
I said “suck balls” to someone last week and got a telling off.

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Some pics from my Singapore trip a few weeks ago (YES YES I KNOW I have yet to put up pics from Bangkok and Singapore again after that!)

SarChan and DidiBuli wondered whether i could go it the budget way and stay at a backpackers place with them
I pooh-poohed that i wasn’t (as) diva (as Rudy HAHA) and will have absolutely no qualms with it

We stayed at this rather decent place called The Hive Backpackers

Messing around with the settings on the new digicam i bought.

Picture taken at the quaint Attic – this hidden vintage shop at Far East Plaza
I blogged more about the stores we visited there here

Pre-concert dinner at Flutes At The Fort with KrazyKatKyan, JustinYap, and Zyan

SarChan and DidiBuli giving Katie some love.

I gave everyone who asked me how the Ting Tings were, the same answer –
That i love-love-loved the first half of the show
But it got a bit monotonous for me at the end
Maybe because it’s a two-man show
And there weren’t any special effects
It could just be a personal thing, cos i don’t think SarChan and DidiBuli felt the same way

I found myself surrounded by a bunch of mostly (and quite obviously) high school kids
and said to Kyan, “Oh my god, i feel kinda old here…”
Just-turned-30 him stares at me going, “How do you think *i* feel!?”

KrazyKatKyan’s pimp ride.

We went to Clarke Quay for awhile, walked around, and had chinese food.

The skull lights hanging at the entrance of Zirca

There was a carnival theme going on that night
And i asked a couple of strangers to snap a shot of ’em
Reminds me of It… 0_o
Argh i cannot! *sked*

Justin, Van, me, Richard

Zyan, DidiBuli, SarChan

KrazyKatKyan

I sat outside the guesthouse chilling by myself for awhile
Admired the gorgeous moon
And took a shot of a yellow taxi zooming by yellow walls

Lunch at The White Rabbit the next day
The restaurant used to be a church

Just so happened Van and i were wearing purplish-blue leggings
+ + +
There’s a Sex And The City-themed party this Friday at Club 69!
Ethan aka DJ illKiDD organised it and i think it’s a GREAT THEME
Ok fine, i can’t help it cos i’m SUCH A SATC fan!
We’re all supposed to dress up as our favourite character, fun fun fun!
Playing music for the night will be Ethan, Kevin Yeoh, and SalahWrong (har har)

If you can tell, my blogging is really rushed and half past six at the moment
cos i’m running off to make the man watch SATC
The boys have convinced him to go as Smith and i’m MORE THAN HAPPY to make him watch it with him so he gets the story.

     

Went to get my hair done today with the man.
Was going to dye it a darker colour and let it grow out
But Milcah convinced me (as usual) to bleach it again to make it even whiter than before.

I is liking it
Tho i still get a minishock when i get a glimpse of myself in the mirror

Sorry for lack of pictures on my blog
Haven’t been at home much
And i’m much more comfortable blogging from my own pc with my photoshop and stuff

Line i overheard today that made me laugh out loud – “Dude, you were complaining about her cellulite. Then now you want to go after her?”

Later on.
“Damn, is that what you guys talk about – other girls’ cellulite?!”
“……..”
+ + +

Daddy was asking whether i’ve got rid of the plastic and paper that’s stacked in my car boot which i plan to recycle
“No,” I replied, “I’m gonna drop it off soon.”
“You can’t even save yourself, and you want to save the world.”
“What the hell!!!”

     

RudyLaFaber asked me to watch this ad on YouTube promoting Astro
It’s entertaining, go watch!
Quite Kung Fu Hustle-inspired too i think

I love TV
I MISS TV
I have no time for TV
I did manage to indulge in it a bit when i sat in the bathtub at the hotel and watched BBC Entertainment
I. Heart. BBC Entertainment.

I wish Astro had it.

:p

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