The Valentine Grouch!

It's back to work for me today and I'm not liking it one bit! After the nice long holiday I had, which in true fact was never enough, I just can't seem to get back into the groove of working just yet. And the fact that I have not much to do at the moment doesn't make things all that much easier.

To say I had nothing to do would be a little unfair. I had some stuff to do this morning when I first came in, but that didn't require too much brain power to do. After finishing that it was about time for lunch. Well, not really lunch time yet, but I was a little bored doing nothing so I bummed off for lunch a little earlier. And now that I'm back in the office, I have absolutely nothing to do.

Sitting here staring at the screen and yawning the day away sure feels like a great thing to do. Not! I guess I shouldn't be complaining so much. At least the lack of work at the moment should help get me back in the working groove slowly. I know I have a couple of projects coming up soon cos and when they do come in, I'm going to be pretty busy and then I'll complain that I'm too overworked and need more free time.

'Gee, there is no pleasing you is there, Nick?'

Nope, I guess not, I'm the perennial complainer remember and getting older just makes me better at being a grouch ... LOL! I'm sure wifey is relived a little that I'm back at work cos I've been perpetually harassing her at home with my antics ... hehehe ... The whole time I was home for the holidays she couldn't do any of her stuff cos I was practically by her side all day and she knows with me around at home, she can't concentrate on doing her stuff like updating the household accounts, etc, etc, etc. At least you can get them done today, right honey?

So, Valentine's day is just a few hours away, about 9 hours to be specific. I hope for your sakes you'd have already bought your loved ones something or there'll be hell to pay tomorrow! LOL! I'm know I'm in the clear cos I already got wifey her Valentine gift. Thank god, so no rushing around looking for some hiked up Valentine present and making someone else all that much richer by capitalizing on the occasion.

Valentine's day has become so commercialized these days. I guess things have to change with the times but I'm a pretty old fashioned fellow and I don't just believe in showing your loved one how much you love her on just one particular day. It just seems so fake to me. I believe if you love someone, why not show it every single day? And before you tell me to put my money where my mouth is, let me tell you that I surprise wifey with little home made love notes every now and then which I hide all over the room for her to find.

And she doesn't know when or where I'll hide them that sometimes, on days when I don't leave those little notes, she'll still be searching for them ... hehehe ... It's something that I used to do for her ages ago but for some reason I myself cannot fathom stopped for long while but have started leaving those love notes for her again. And I love the look on her face when she discovers them. Makes my effort of creating the notes seem all the more worthwhile. And the best thing is she never knows when or where I'll leave them. Sometimes she gets them everyday for a whole week and then there are time when I don't leave any for a couple of days even ...

That's why I'm not too keen on celebrating Valentine's these days. Maybe in the old days yes, but back then I was a young, brash and naive lad who didn't know much. I'd save up all my money just to buy whomever I had a crush on back then a rose that would cost RM15.00 which on a normal day would cost RM1.50 or even some expensive gift that I could hardly afford just to show how much I loved that person on that particular day but for the rest of the 364 days, I'd do nothing much. As if that one day would really show anyone how much they really mean to me. If you love someone that much, you'd show it to them every single day and you tell them that everyday not just on Valentine's day.

I'm sorry if I've ruined anyones perception on Valentine's day or maybe you think I'm just being a cheapskate or anything like that, but I'm just being my normal expressive self. I'm really not interested in making anyone richer than they already are with all the hiked up Valentine promo's out there. I work in an Ad Agency and I know how we use copywriters to write sweet words to make an ad sound like you must have or get what they're offering for your loved ones cos it's special and he/she will remember it for ages to come but in true fact, all we're doing is suckering you in making someone else richer by spending more than what the item is worth! LOL!

Ok, I think I'd better stop with the negative Valentine bashing or you guys are all probably going to hate me soon for being so unromantic on this special day. For all of you who are doing something special for your loved one on Valentine's days, have loads of fun, ok? :D As for me, I think I'll make a few more love notes for wifey to find :)