In Love With Being In Love with Someone.

In Today's Friday column Maladjusted, the author expressed his disgust for Valentine's Day in his article, "Love In the First Degree". He wrote, "The little blue box from Tiffany & Co. The bed of roses. The fancy dinner. The happily-ever-after. The kiss in the rain. None of this actually has anything to do with love - it has everything to do with being in love with the idea of being in love." "I know we'll never be rid of the cash cow that is VD (admit it, Valentine's Day is as contagious and harder to get rid than crabs)." And he further added, "Valentine's Day is a wonderful way to sieve out the people you shouldn't date. If your boyfriend is dumb enough to spend $600 on a reheated set-dinner for two and a ridiculously tacky bouquet the size of a walrus instead of taking you on vacation, your future child has a 50 per cent chance of not being the brightest bulb in Ikea."

Well, I beg to differ. I think the author can only speak for himself but not for everyone on what people do for Valentine's. All of us have our reasons for buying gifts or spending an obscene amount to make someone happy. In some way, it is similar to other festivals such as Christmas and CNY. Both great opportunities for businessmen to strike their fortune. But do we celebrate because the businessmen say so? Why do we celebrate our birthday or say... National Day on those dates? Well, it is because those dates have some significant meanings attached to them. As much as I agree that Valentine's is a high commercialised occasion, I think it is also a generally accepted occasion for the expression of love. I want to let my wife know that I do love her, especially on this day, because this day generally holds the meaning of I LOVE YOU. Of course, any other day I celebrate it too if I want to. But she deserves to have me celebrating for her on a globally accepted day of Love. As for the price of gifts or having gifts at all, it doesn't matter as long as the giver is comfortable with it in his pocket.

So you would have guessed by now, my wife and I celebrate Valentine's Day. And we did so yesterday, ahead of the actual day to beat the crowd. The special place this time is Sweet Indulgence at Stanley Street. It is located in one of the shop houses off Cecil Street.

I was impressed as it was the second restaurant I ate this week where the food tasted really good. Normally, they are just hyped-up but the food are just so-so. *reminded of the Tofu burger at the Relish again!* urghs.

We had Chicken Wings in Spicy Sauce for starter.

My wife had Chicken Delight for main course.

I had Cajun Pacific Dory.

It is true that good sauces really make the difference, the dory was yum yum! There were slices of brinjals beneath the fish which did not taste like brinjals at all. In fact, they tasted yum yum too - a rare thing for someone who doesn't like brinjals to say! Some may argue why eat it when it doesn't even taste like brinjals? Well I think it is because it tells alot about the cooking skills in the preparation of the dish.

Finally, we had Warm Chocolate Lava Indulgence for dessert.

It is similar to the Sticky Date Pudding at Food for Thought, where there is ice cream and warm chocolate. However, instead of muffin, a thin layer of chocolate cake holds the warm melted dark chocolate. When you take a small bite, the smooth chocolate will ooze out like ...lava! It's exciting for two person share - while one takes a bite on one side, the chocolate oozes out quickly at the other end!

The service was really good too. =) Likewise, I would recommend this place to everyone as well!

I didn't get any gift for my wife this year, but she gave me a big surprise - a Deuter Bag! Thank you! Hee hee.

But who says man will becomes less romantic and love will fizzle out after marriage...? Tada!

I got my wife a bouquet of twelve roses today - Thinking of You Twelves Months A Year! (I gotta thank her colleague for finding out the meaning of twelve stalks) :p

My wife with the flowers and her violin.

She has just started learning violin. I was afraid that she would not be able to carry the violin and flowers. Luckily she managed, but I carried for her anyway.:D

Yes, my wife deserves the admiration of others that her hubby loves her alot and thinks that she should get the most beautiful and biggest bouquet of flowers proportional to her petite size. =)

Happy Valentine's my dear! Yes, I also love this feeling of being in love, with you.