Thursday, February 14, 2008

Crush

It’s Valentine’s Day. My mission to find me a partner or at the very least a date for VD (no, not Venereal Disease) has failed. I am alone yet again.

Sigh. Whatever. It’s no big. Okay, it’s kinda big. I know people would say that VD is tacky, just a holiday invented by Hallmark to sell more cards etc etc etc. But I feel the need to go out and have a romantic dinner. I am 22 this year (plus 8) and I have not been on a proper VD outing yet. Wait, maybe I have. Once. But that was with a boy who was still questioning so it was not totally a date.

Actually, I have been seeing a couple of guys. Okay, a few guys. But nothing serious yet. Just dinner, and then ‘dessert’. Hehehehe. But either they don’t care about VD or they just did not think I am good enough to warrant a VD outing… sad now…

Anyways, this morning I was sending out Happy VD messages and one of the guys I was seeing responded with this statement, “That’s not our culture…”

Holier than thou much? I hate when people do that. This is all about personal choice right? If you feel no need to celebrate VD or anything else, you don’t need to be all uptight about it. Just say politely that you don’t believe in VD and thank the person for the message anyway. Sigh.

I responded to that message. I said that there are plenty of non-Malay culture thingies that we do every day. He responded with “That’s just how we are, nothing we can do about it. Just don’t get carried away and start celebrating things.”

WTF?? Why does it always have to be about being gay? I was talking about life stuff. Everyday stuff. If you really look at it, almost everything in life is non-Malay. I am talking about my life in general. My work clothes, my everyday casual clothes, not culturally Malay. I don’t go around wearing Baju Melayu. I don’t eat Malay food all the time. I don’t play congkak or batu seremban or wau or wayang kulit. I don’t practice Silat or use the kris. In fact, I’d bet all the money I have that the guy don’t either.

Sigh. Why the need to be all patriotic and stuff when it’s all just a cover and superficial? I don’t like that. My respect and/or liking for him has gone down a couple notches.

Speaking of, did you guys read the news about Aretha being upset at Beyonce? Come on. Just because Beyonce called Tina the Queen? Apparently Aretha IS the Queen, a title bestowed upon her by the industry. Queen of Soul to be exact. Beyonce had a mind of her own and feels that Tina Turner deserves the title of Queen. Plus, egotistical much? Expecting everyone to call her The Queen? Sigh…

5 comments:

savante said...

I hate people who says not our culture. Who are they to speak? Are they the arbiters of culture for the nation? Get over it!

I'm glad you stuck to your guns :)

And aretha was a bit too much. Did she crown herself or what?

huggyteddy said...

I'm with you on this one. Some people are just plain rude. I wished someone on the net "Happy Birthday" the other day and this was the reply i got "thanks. dun mind me saying...i think you should watch your weight". What??!!!! So i said "FU** You!" well...in my head anyway.....

Francis Ford Faggola said...

Paul, yay me! :)

Yeah, I mean, come on! What was that about? If someone say you're a queen, it's okay! But if you expect it, then it's a bit much...

Teddy, you should have asked him 'Is that a new TV show?'

I am funny...

raden putra said...

i know what u mean, i'd want to tell them to f**k off, but i guess i'm too nice...

Malaysia180 said...

Ha ha... it seems like you bring out the worst aspects of the Malaysian male

But dont despair, most of them are selfish and callous, so its not your fault