What she knows, what I planned, and what happened...

Last week, on the eve of my birthday, I invited Red to go out on a date. This was only our 2nd "official romantic date", since all the other times we hung-out, technically, weren't considered as "dates".

I wanted it to be very special, so I planned that day very carefully.

What she knows:

1. I'll accompany her to buy stuff at Bugis street.

2. We'll have dinner at Taste Restaurant in Ibis Hotel since it's also in Bugis.

3. We'll hang-out at our place 'til 12mn so she'll be the first one to greet me on my birthday.

But I have different things in mind....

What I plan on doing:

1. Book a room in Ibis Hotel.

2. Tell her I'm coming from the office, but instead I'll go to check-in to the hotel room to prepare it for our date.

3. Buy roses, candles, drinks, and grapes (her favorite).

4. Go back to the hotel room to put the rose petals on the bed and set-up the candles in the room.

5. Accompany her to buy stuff at Bugis street "after office".

6. Have dinner together at Taste Restaurant in Ibis Hotel.

7. After dinner, I'll go to the toilet of the restaurant to "set-up" my story for later.

8. Go out of the restaurant and proceed to buy things we'll need for the night.

9. Pretend that I lost the access card to the condo and tell her we should go back to the restaurant.

10. Go back to the restaurant and pretend to look for the access card in the toilet.

11. Talk to the front desk and pretend that they asked me to go to the 13th floor in the "admin office"

12. Leave my wallet with Red in the lobby while I go up to the "admin office".

13. Go to the 13th floor, to the room I booked, and light up the candles, play the playlist I created just for this day in my laptop, close the room lights.

14. Rush back to the lobby and tell her that I need my ID which is in the wallet I gave her (#12) in order to claim the access card I lost.

15. Both of us will take the lift to the 13th floor and then I'll lead her to the "admin office" (aka the room I booked)

16. Once she realizes the surprise, I'll hug her and give an eloquent "speech" on how much I love her.

But this is real life, and not all things will go as planned...

What really happened...

1. Yellow was very sad and asked if me and Red could meet her for dinner. I hesitated a bit, but it seemed that Yellow needed us at that time. So we planned to have the dinner, still at Taste, but this time with Yellow. So much for romantic dinner! -- FAIL!

2. I went to the hotel to book the room.

3. I went to Plaza Singapura to buy a ginormous Tweety stuffed toy, flowers, candles, drinks, and grapes. Unfortunately, I couldn't find the candles I wanted, so I just settled for the tealight candles. The supermarket also didn't have a lighter! -- FAIL!

4. I rushed to the flower shop to buy roses, the guy in front of me was taking forever to talk to the sales lady. I picked up 2 red roses and 1 white. In my haste, I didn't realize that I picked-up plastic flowers!!! -- FAIL!

5. On my way back to the hotel, I received an urgent call from one of our platforms in Australia. I had to rush back to the room to check on the issue! -- FAIL!

6. The hotel internet was acting up, but thankfully I had my mobile internet dongle with me. To make matters worst, there was issue in the VPN access in the platform. Instead of doing the workaround myself, I had to instruct the people onsite, which took forever!!! -- FAIL!

7. It was already getting late, halfway through my issue, I called Red to tell her that I won't be able to make it on time. Red was not very happy about it. -- FAIL!

8. While waiting for the onsite people to confirm the issue as solved, I proceed to get the petals from the roses so that I can scatter the petals in the bed. This is when I discovered that the roses were fake! -- FAIL!

9. I wash the grapes I bought from the supermarket, and realized that they were "seedful!" -- FAIL!

10. I went out of the hotel to find real roses. It was already almost 8.30pm, and there was no flower shop nearby. So I decided to just use the fake rose petals... madilim naman sa room, hopefully, di halata... :P -- FAIL!

11. The issue was almost near being solved, I call Red, and she just doesn't want to go out anymore. Nawala daw sya sa mood. -- FAIL!

12. I call Yellow to tell her that the dinner is cancelled. She didn't sound like she's sad, in fact she sounded pretty bubbly and happy. At this point, I was starting to lose it. -- FAIL!

12. I got the confirmation that the issue is solved. I call Red to tell her I'm already on my way to their place. Ayaw na daw talaga nya. At that point, I just broke-down. -- FAIL!

13. Naawa ata si Red dahil naiiyak na ako, she said that we can have dinner as originally planned. This is where things finally went right for me.

14. I took a cab to Tampines with the huge Tweety stuffed toy with me.

15. Once I reach their place, I apologized for being late, and she apologized for being pissed about it.

16. We got dinner at Taste Restaurant in Ibis Hotel as originally planned, just the two of us.

17. I went to the toilet of the restaurant to "set-up" my "lost access card" story.

18. We got out of the restaurant and proceeded to buy things we'll need for the night.

19. I pretended that I lost the access card to the condo and told her we should go back to the restaurant, because I probably dropped it there.

20. We went back to the restaurant and pretended to look for the access card.

21. I went to the front desk and pretended that they asked me to go to the 13th floor in the "admin office"

22. I left my wallet with Red in the lobby while I went up to the "admin office".

23. I went to the 13th floor, to the room I booked, and lighted up the candles, played the playlist I created just for this day in my laptop, and closed the room lights.

24. I rushed back to the lobby and told her that I needed my ID which is in the wallet I gave her (#22) in order to claim the access card I lost.

25. We took the lift to the 13th floor and then I lead her to the "admin office" (aka the room I booked)

26. The reaction from her face was so priceless that the "speech" I prepared vanished from memory... hanep talaga memory gap ko!

The day was so stressful and so tiring, but the moment I saw the look on her face, it was all worth it! It felt so great that even though a lot of things went wrong and didn't go as planned, in the end, it was still so special because I spent it with her.

She's growing on me...

Our training session last Wednesday finished quite early. I really didn't want to go back home that soon, so I asked Red if she wanted to have dinner.

Red was already on her way home from work. Not wanting to ask her to haul her ass over to the city, I volunteered to go near her place for dinner. She lived all the way in Tampines! From where I live, it's literally at the other end of the island! I took the train and got there in about an hour.

We got Thai food for dinner. (I LOOOOOVE Thai food!!!) The conversation wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. It actually flowed! Hmmnn.... Red's growing on me. :)

After dinner we decided to stay a little longer to talk for a while. We decided to call it a night at around 11pm, since I needed to catch a train all the way back to the other end.

Let's call her Red.

Yesterday, I met-up with another femme I met online. For story-telling purposes, let's call her Red.

I've been chatting with her for about a few days now. We don't talk about much, but it's enough for me to know that we're not a "match", so to speak. I find myself running out of things to talk about when I'm chatting with her. This is almost always not a good sign.

One of my main requirements for a partner is that she has to be someone I can talk with endlessly. Because when you're gray and old, the only thing left to do is to talk. I don't think I can stand being with someone I am not comfortable and happy talking with.

Anyway, given that I have no romantic inclinations towards Red, I invited Yellow to tag along.

I went out of our house early so I can drop-by Yellow's place (hihihi...). I stayed there for a couple of hours, then by 6.30pm, we went out to go to Bugis to meet-up with Red.

We went around Bugis because Red was looking for some cargo pants. After about 30minutes of window shopping, we decided to have dinner. I was suggesting that we have Thai food (I love Thai food!), but apparently Yellow has some issues with spicy food. (tsk...tsk...) We ended up having "western food" in NYDC.

After dinner we stayed for some time to continue our "getting to know each other" session. By 11.30pm, we called it a night, and hopped on the last train back to our respective homes.

The night's summary:
Red means stop. Yellow means slowdown. :)

I slept with a stranger...

... literally SLEEP, JUST SLEEP. (as in TULOG LANG)
(I'm just after a shocking title.. hehehe)

Last Saturday night, I was chatting in a pinoy GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered) chat room which I recently joined a few days back.

A femme comes in and says that she's from Singapore too. We get each other's YM id, and a few minutes later, we're chatting in YM. For story-telling purposes, let's call her Yellow.

Apparently, Yellow and I both live along the MRT Red Line, thus she conceived this insane idea that I come over to her place to have a few drinks. Do note that this was at 10pm!

The idea of meeting a total stranger at her home seems strange and more so, possibly dangerous. For one thing, this stranger could be a serial killer for all I know.

But boredom got the best of me and it was a long weekend anyway, so what the hell! (and fine, she did have a cute picture in her profile and an even cuter voice.. shoot me!)

She gave me her number so we can set out a plan on which station to meet up, so she can fetch me.

I managed to catch a train and in no time both of us met-up in the MRT station near her place. A few minutes of walking and talking, and we reach her place. (I love this country's efficient transport system!)

We finally catch each other's full name (yes, only at this point did we get to know), where we're from, what we do, over Vodka+OJ and Heineken beer, while watching TFC.

We were talking so much that we didn't notice the time. Soon we noticed that the sun was starting to rise! We managed to get some sleep at around 7am. We woke-up at around 12nn (probably out of hunger).

Yellow cooked "breakfast food" for lunch. (don't you just love breakfast food for lunch?). I left her place at around 3pm, because I have a 7pm Pictionary game with my officemates. (which I contemplated on not attending just so I can stay longer in Yellow's place, but then I realize that I was the one who'll bring the Pictionary board game! darn it!)

However, all is not lost, as we will be meeting each other again... :P

i'm back on earth and I have a secret to tell!

Ok, so I've been lazy with doing updates on my blog... I've been pretty "high" lately, thus blogging is the least of my concerns... (ang taray ng bruha!?!)

So what's new with your 2nd-to-the-last favorite blogger?

Well, I just got back from the Philippines last weekend. I conveniently sneaked back into the country to have a few dates with my girlfriend.

Huwaaaaat????

Yes, ladies and gentlemen of the blogsphere...

I have a girlfriend. And I'm not talking about the "hey there, girlfriends!" type of girlfriend you have mani-pedi and hair braiding/curling sessions with.

Yeah, I know. Belated Happy National Coming Out day to you too! :)
(Incidentally, it's the same day as our anniversary... strange, but true!)