Saturday, February 9, 2013

Because February is Dating Month

Valentines is again fast approaching. I only have 6 days left to find the perfect date for that Special Day. For the past 24 years of my existence, I have celebrated Hearts day being single and I am perfectly fine with it. I never felt alone since I am surrounded by friends and I always have an event or activity to attend to.

However, as more and more friends starts to get married, and as I gain more godchildren every year, I can feel the pressure of being left out. A number of friends are already engaged, I have attended a number of bridal showers and I am getting a number of invitation for baby showers. And so I end up wondering, I may be missing something wonderful in my life... I am left behind.

People around me are also wondering how come I am still single. I occasionally get date invitations but on those very few that I accepted, most of it failed. I only had a boyfriend once, but it only lasted for 6 days which is the reason why I do not wanna count it at all. I prefer to tell people that I am one of those people who had No Boyfriend Since Birth.

Some friends told me that I should go out more, live my life and meet new people outside the circle that I belong to. This is what I have exactly done on the first week of February. I promised to be open to dating on this love month hoping that I'd finally find someone worth loving. Naks!!!

From February 1 to February 4, I joined a group of Mountain Climbers in the trek going to the top of Mt. Pulag. I only knew one of the members so the 29 other climbers I am going with are complete strangers. On this climb, I got to reach the highest peak of Luzon  and got to see the sea of clouds. But other than that, I got nothing except body pains and bruises. None of the participants were interesting enough for me. I got a couple of men who showed interest on me but I just found out later that both are already in a relationship.

On February 6, I was supposed to have a date with the friend of my office mate. It was cancelled ahead of time due to an event that has to be attended by the guy and also because I am still not rested enough to go out; my face  has wind burns and my legs are still very tired to wear heels due to the prior climb.

However, that afternoon, I got a skype message from a former client who is based in Cebu. He's currently in Manila and he asked me out for dinner. Despite my reason above of not being well rested, I didn't hesitate to say YES. The guy was a really good catch, he's 27 years old, single, general manager and heir of that  hotel in his city. I hurried to leave the office as soon as the clock strike 6pm. I need all the time I can get to change, freshen up and be beautiful on that night. Bad news is while on my way home, he sent me an SMS asking me if we can reschedule it since something important came up. I said ok, but then I was disappointed.

The following day, I decided to spend the evening on this bar in Makati to watch the gig of my client turned friend. He invited me on his gig and I decided to invite office mates as I don't feel comfortable going there alone. Office mates are telling me that I should just date this client since he gives me special attention and they think I am doing the same thing for him. I'm trying to ignore the idea since I am 3 inches taller than this guy when I am on flats. But I can't help it, this guy is the cutest, nicest and most likable among all the men around me. Haha!

Anyway, I'll be posting more info about my series of dates for the month of Feb. I have 2 more scheduled dates next week and we'll see if something exciting will happen.

Love... love... love! :)