All the Single Ladies (and Guys)

When the Valentine’s Day looms closer, how to spend this “festive” day becomes everyone’s concern (or perhaps anxiety). A friend of mine said he is fed up all with the “how-you-gonna-spend-your-Valentine’s-Day”-questions bombarded by the colleagues in his office. And of course he is single.

Being single can be a special kind of torture. Everyone else seems to have big plans in one of the finest restaurants in the city, whereas yours might involve facebooking or doing your assignments due two months later. You become jealous of all the couples in the world. You list all the possible reasons why the one you have crush on won’t be with you this year too. Then your self-esteem hits rock bottom. And you still feel so fucked up no matter how your friends comfort you.

Yes, it’s dreadful. So how to make your Valentine’s Day more tolerable? Valentine’s Day is supposed to hang with someone you love. Of course, that person is not necessarily your boy- or girl-friend – at least, this year. But there are chances that you aren’t the only one who is not thrilled about holiday! Treat your friends a great dinner. Plan a movie if you wanna kill extra time. Whatever you do except locking yourself at home to minimize the 0.01 possibility that you are going to attempt suicide :)

It may probably be a good idea too to make yourself organized on that day. What if you spend your time planning your calendar again or removing the bed sheet you’ve been using for 3 weeks? Well… it may sound boring (or bit lame), but every time I plan my organizer when the semester starts, I remember how refreshed I have become...

C'mon All Singles! You can be awesome on that fucking Valentine's Day!

最近和一個來自中國的女孩傾計，佢叫雪梅。我地曾經o係紐約街頭訓街排隊買平野，唔知點解，好似特別有緣。佢比我大四年，但剛剛才入了我們UNCG這間大學讀undergraduate。雖然唔好意思，但我最後我都問她：呢兩年你做左o的咩？佢話，佢o係加拿大玩左兩年－簡單o的黎講－hea。

我地講了我們的將來的夢想。她說想開一間咖啡店。我說，我不喜歡喝咖啡，到starbucks，頂多點一杯不倫不類的frappucino，抑或熱朱古力，Espresso？免費都唔飲。

她說：我都不喜歡喝咖啡。我用唔鹹唔淡既普通話問：哪你幹嘛要開咖啡店？

她說：人有時要不唔情願之下，才能發掘事物既好處。

佢呢個話有點深思，我用了幾秒鐘去想。小時候，上鋼琴課，經常講大話唔見左（或者冇帶）某幾本鋼琴書－尤其那類機械式訓練手指的練習曲。到而家，Debussy的幾首prelude，我都會放o係i-Pod－－人好多時因為先入為主，往往就錯過了某些美麗既東西。我初初以為佢係那類有錢敗家女，傾耐左，先知原來佢不喜歡讀書。

佢生活費是自己賺回來的，佢唔鍾意用父母既錢。

而家我唔會特登走去飲咖啡，不過讀起書上黎，一本Mayan Mocha都幾提神　

香港的經濟轉差，不禁令我想起2003年。2003年－一個很特別的年份，由SARS、到張國榮、梅艷芳兩位一代巨星殞落，以至七一遊行、廿三條立法，一段段情節令我覺得，香港人真係好勁。

經濟情勢有多大多糟，現在似還沒有人能作出確切的判斷，不過香港人，一定捱多過。

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