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Assalamualaikum,

No, despite the song I wrote about V-day six years ago, I don't celebrate V-day. I was young and I had a big crush when i wrote that. I was insesitive about cats too, RSPCA might get me into trouble over that song.

14th February is where it all started. BY PURE CHANCE i decided NOT to follow the rest of my class to Orchard rd eventhough I'm already few meters away from the Bus Stop. Maybe If i decided to follow them things would be different, or maybe NOT, if u've watched "Eternal Sunshine of the Spottless Mind".

Meeting Peter after that, our cupid with attitude who figured that i had a crush on elia even when i didn't know that. I was expecting to spend the whole V-day playing pool with Peter at the Gym till I saw her at the other Pool Room. So, a tap on the glass, and I asked her out for a movie, totally oblivious to this V-day wachamacallit-thingy. I still don't know how Peter end up tagging along with us. We watched "The Bachelor". and then Peter left us. Maybe its because we are BORING ... (God knows what made him think that).. aaaaaanyway we decided to go to the National Library after that....

and then sent her home, and of course, the most important thing, we SHOOK HANDS before we part (romantic??)

I went home, wrote her a song about cats, went to Khai's place the next night, and sang it to her over the phone. Khai had the courtesy of leaving me alone in his room when i did that, or maybe it was out of disgust. I was in love even back then, but too stupid to realise that it was love. Still can't pin-point exactly when i started to realise that its more than a crush. We don't even know when we officially started 'dating'. Its just sorta happen. We (Me and Co-founder and owner of 50% share) discussed this issue and finally 'agreed' with 16th of Feb being the 1st official date of establishment. For formality's sake, we picked an anniversary date. In other words, i forgot to pop the "Would you be my girfriend?" question. I totally skipped that part and went to "I think I'm in love with you" few weeks after that. I was that slow. I should write a book "Courtship OF dummies"

I even (almost) forgot to ask about her phone number and did so in the end just before we parted (again) just for the sake of formality. Thinking that if we are going to start some kind of partnership, that its only logical for me to have her phone number. Thus we exchange phone numbers simply out of necessity.

Who would've thought that 6 years later the two nerds still hang around in libraries, borders bookshops, and watch documentaries, miles away in Australia. And I've never been happier in my Life. :)

Thank you elia dear, for the last 6 years and for many many more years to come, I Love you.

Here's a Cat, on its way out the window...