valentine’s day? drink beer instead!

Posted at February 12, 2009

I’ve said it before (countless times) and I will say it again (probably for the rest of my life) — Valentine’s Day is for suckers.

I was reading Oli’s blog post on the upcoming Valentine’s Day. She was listening to a radio station where the DJs were on the topic, and some chicks called in to the station to give their 2 sen worth. The consensus was that couples should make V-day a big deal — roses, romantic dinner for two, candles, presents, surprises… all those stuff that apparently cannot be done on all the other 364 days. Instead, all that love in a relationship should be bundled up and let loose on one single February 14th where traders and restaurateurs triple their charges and welcome you with wide open arms. If you are lucky, they might slip in a ‘delightful surprise’ for your lady — a single rose stalk that costs next to nothing if you buy them in a HUGE bundle in advance. I know the drill — I worked at a hotel cafe during V-Day once.

Look, unless it’s your birthday or your wedding anniversary (who the hell gets married on February 14th any more?!) then you have no right to celebrate. If you really want to please your lady, skip the commercialisation and… I don’t know, be creative! 99 or 999 or 9,999 roses in a single bouquet is not creative, piss off.

But honestly, it’s not the men’s fault as much as it’s the women’s. Oli reported that one of the women who called up the station was bemoaning her partner’s lack of perceived romanticism. Since he’s not, she feels as if she’s missing out on something. No shit. Why the fuck are you talking on national radio to a bunch of strangers then? The person you should be talking to is your partner, wtf! Then you should probably realise that he will never change, because people don’t change themselves for other people. Most likely after the talk that you should be having with your partner, he would take you out, splurge, whatever. Then he will go back to his unromantic self and you will start bitching about how he used to do this and how he used to do that, bla bla bla. Goddamn. Why are some situations so predictable.

If you want to be romantic, take her out for a picnic lah. Put your house in her name. That’s romantic. Open a joint current account, sign all the cheques and give her the cheque book. That’s really fucking romantic.

Or how about this — love him or her as much as you do, with or without Valentine’s Day?

I blame it all on those Korean dramas that give women unrealistic expectations and ridiculous ideas on what and how their partners should be. Hello, look at yourself first lah. You are not [insert name of famous Korean actress with doe eyes and can tear up on demand] so you have absolutely no business expecting a [insert name of famous Korean actor with hair like Zac Efron and can look at you longingly throughout 120 episodes but is too chicken shit to say anything].

So what do you do with the extra money that you’ve saved up for Valentine’s Day? Spend it lah, since I assume that it’s within your budget. It’s your money, you earned it so you spend it however you want. Buy some votes for all I care. Heck, I volunteer myself to spend it for you, though I doubt that will happen, heh.

Or you can take a leaf out of Kim’s book and order a box of macarons from Sunny of Big Boys Oven. RM50 for 15 ridiculously awesome macarons in a box, and I can honestly say that they are fantastically delicious because I tried one. Kim’s planning on eating them all by herself, but I have other plans for her plan :P

Or you can go for BEERCamP, happening this Saturday evening till early Sunday morning. RM70 for free-flow beer or Coke*, finger food** and the opportunity to meet fun people… what’s there not to like?! Seriously, if your choice of poison is beer, you are most likely to be okay in my book.

Anyway, BEERCamP will be at Ali Yaa @ Bkt Damansara. If you register and pay by tomorrow, it will cost you only RM50. For more info, check out the Facebook event.

Last thought: Q: What was the most romantic thing that Ike Turner and Chris Brown had done for Tina Turner and Rihanna on Valentine’s Day? A: Not beat them up***.

Bwahahahaha, I am so funny.

* till stocks last
** ditto
*** seriously, domestic abuse is not funny. please talk to someone

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