Valentine's Day Massacre

Here I am at home (alone again..naturally) on Valentine's Day.

Worked in the morning. A fairly uneventful morning. Even had time for breakfast in between appointments. Helped out in the office when I got back. All in all a good morning.

Met Joyce at Causeway Point. She turned up late again...(naturally?). Interesting that this week I am meeting Joyce for 3 consecutive days. Met her at Suntec yesterday purportedly to go to church but ended up shopping. Just like what happened last week with Lyn!

Anyway Joyce and I went to Causeway Point to buy stuff for tomorrows HeartKids Day Party organised by Club Rainbow. I bought a Lego set and a set of pillows of which I gave one (of the pillows...not the Lego set) to Joyce. Joyce is bringing a UNO set. The idea is to 'babysit' the kids whilst the parents are away for talks. I love kids and most kids (smart ones anyway :P) love me. Gonna be a fun afternoon tomorrow.

Joyce and I made a reservation at the Rice Table at Cuppage for dinner tomorrow. Hmm...I wonder what this is leading to....

This being Valentine's Day, the official day of love the world round, I have decided to give my two cents on matters of the heart. It seems that everyone has this impression that I have my fingers in too many pies when it come to romance. The names that roll off the tongue of my friends. Niki... Carolyn..... Angeline... Stephanie.... Jackie...... Meicheng..... Gloria ...... Maybel.... and of course my beloved Joyce.The list goes on. It may appear that I am some sort of playboy or something. But when you come down to it, to paraphrase Julia Roberts in Notting Hill, 'I am just a boy looking at a girl asking her to love him.' Sure there have been more misses than hits thus far, had more than a few hairy incidents (get your mind out of the gutter!) and I have been blessed to have met a few nice girls along the way.

I guess the hard part of being me is that I am too earnest with the details of the goings-ons of my life. Anyone in my inner circle of friends probably has more than an inkling of who I am going out with on any particular night. Some people feel that I have more than I can handle right now. All I can say to that is that to catch a good fish that you sometimes have to cast a wide net. That is all I am doing. I am not a playboy or promiscious by any means. All I am looking for is someone who will love me for me. *sigh*

The other issue I wish to address is the relationship between Joyce and I. Some of my friends have expressed surprise, disapproval or even shock that the two of us remain close even after breaking up. The opinion is that the less we see of one another the better. I do not know about other people but I have never approached relationships like other people. I guess that Joyce is the proverbial 'platonic female friend' or 'sister' that all these other girls have been to me over the years. Of course Joyce is different.... a lot different actually from my relationships elsewhere. She and I have been through lots together over the years and it is only natural that the dynamics of the relationship are different from all the others. We know each other almost as well as any husband and wife. Ten years can do that to you. So there is this in-built set of rules already in place as to what can and cannot be done. It is all both very new yet old all at once. No idea what that means but I think that I can safely say that we both have lots to learn on how to act in the presence of one another. It feels so natural to me at least to hold hands, hug or even kiss. We have never actually verbalised the so-called rules but I think history has set the precedent for platonic relationships for us. Tricky...tread with caution.....making it up as we go along....