I remember 10 years ago (part 1)
I received my first bouquet of flowers from an admirer 10 years ago, just around this time that year.
Yea, I, the late bloomer. In school, boys were giving cellophane-wrapped rose stalks to pretty girls since we were in Form 1, and I remember being in Form 2 when I accompanied a classmate to the local gift-shop to purchase a Garfield tea-set to give to this girl from the next class.
In the earlier years I used to scoff at all this 'gift-giving', this 'pointless' dating game that kids in turquoise pinafores and khaki school pants pretended to play. I remember writing to Section Two once, I remember the arrogance in my letter, the one where I said it was silly of teenagers to dabble in the love game.
'What would we know? We can't work, we can't earn a living, and we can't very well afford to give up our studies for love because there's just no future in loving someone at so young an age.'
But the early years soon came to pass, and before long I was envious at my prettier classmates who were being pursued by the older guys. Peer pressure is a strange thing, you know? You start to yearn for things you can actually do without. So it started first, the idea that a boyfriend could give you things you can't afford for yourself. And then the realization that a boyfriend could help you escape early curfews. The rules you could bend yourself around when you have a boyfriend as an excuse.
See when I first started wanting to have a boyfriend, it wasn't because I wanted to be loved, it was because I wanted to break the rules.
Anyway, I had to sit through my entire secondary years before I gained my very first admirer. Unfortunately, he was nothing like the man of my dreams.
To be continued…
February 6th, 2007 at 10:51 am
sui poh! kakaakakaka =P
February 6th, 2007 at 8:16 pm
How late is late? I hear girls bloom before boys. Must have been so exciting, especially the intermediate stage, no longer a girl but not yet a woman. Maybe even Eric wants to know.
February 6th, 2007 at 8:42 pm
I still think that sending flowers, etc is a waste of money, especially when u spent a large amount of hard earned money when you are still asking money from your mom.
However, writing secret admirer letters can be quite exciting during age 13-15
February 6th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
i want a boyfriend to break the rules too. and to make myself feel better. 22 yrs old and still as immature as ever. oh well.
February 7th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
‘What would we know? We can’t work, we can’t earn a living, and we can’t very well afford to give up our studies for love because there’s just no future in loving someone at so young an age.’
Agreed. So write love letters and send it by post.
Or
Fold color papers (those kinds which have perfume on it) to lil stars and put it into a bottle.
Or
Play the guitar, serenading her outside her house (of coz when the parents are not in lar)
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Technology spoils all the fun. Sigh-ness.
Those were the good ol days.
February 7th, 2007 at 6:03 pm
Alvin says:
“Technology spoils all the fun. Sigh-ness.
Those were the good ol days.”
while the statement is true, but it’s not totally accurate, at least to my opinion, i find that
technology can be helpful sometimes…
there are still ways to use the technology to your advantages, especially if ur planning a surprise…
February 8th, 2007 at 7:24 pm
I was over thirty before a girl bought me flowers … or maybe over twenty. I can’t remember that far back. Ten years … that’s like 100 years ago for me!