Final Farewell...

Ah, the joys of singlehood! Can save money, save effort, save time. All the more to study, study, study and occasionally swim (anyone interested in swimming?) You can still go out with your buddies and still have a great time, talking about all the rumours about your batch and the senior batch(s).

Why stay single? I would usually just answer this question with " WHY NOT?" For one, being committed to someone else means devoting part of your time, part of your mind, and most importantly, part of your life to another being, in the hopes that he/ she will reciprocate his or her emotions and feelings and dedicate themselves to you.

Yes, I will be the first one to admit, IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE IN LOVE! Butterflies flurries in the stomach, the sweet faint light-headedness when one sees the love of his life, talking into the night over the sleepless phone... Sigh, most of us had, have and are still enjoying those moments of wonder. What heavenly joy it is to hold close a soul-mate, who feels and thinks of you just as wonderfully as you think of her. And when ...... but I disgress.

As shown, it is painlessly easy to be sucked into the festive air of love and passion, but for those who have yet to find the someone special in their lives, or (in many peoples' cases) still waiting for the someone special to take notice of you, don't FRET! It's wonderful to be single, and even more so during times like Valentine's.

For those "lucky" few, it can be a very harrowing time, trying to find just the “PERFECT” gift to present to one’s beloved. I know of this one guy (no names mentioned hor), who has been going steady with his GF for the last three years, spending the last week or so, hunting for the one thing that he has not given to her, the one thing that says, in its own special way, “ I love you more and more each passing day.”

For people like me (aka very super duper unattached guy), there's nothing wrong with us. We don't "need" to rush out to the local Meijer's, Marketplace and search (in vain) for the elusive gift. We don't need to try to time a perfect moment to give the gift to him/her, or make an elaborate plan to make a terribly romantic evening, at home or in the local congested glitzy restaurants. We won't feel less loved, if our Valentine's got us the same soft toy from Kalm's as last Christmas. We don't have to make that perfect phone-call, to your darling dear who's a thousand and one leagues away, more than 14 hours time difference back where the sun scorches the love-lorn.

What we CAN do, is to spend our time wisely on catching up on our work, completing yet another homework that's due a month from now, and studying for the examination(s) tomorrow. We can catch up on our exercise that we sorely lack, having acquired "Freshman 20", or hand in articles that were due last week (sorrie Freddie.) We can go out with our buddies, and enjoy a sense of comaraderie that can't be shared with the opposite sex. We can try to celebrate someone's birthday who was born on the 13th February (shameless plug, happy birthday TianYeeee.) The 14th of February, to us, is just another day between the 13th and the 15th month of the shortest month of the year. There are other occasions in the year more important to commit to our memory, like 30th Apr (another shameless plug, me birthday.)

In short, for those engineering students :- 

Singlehood = freedom of expression, freedom of choice.

Singlehood on V-day = No hole in the pocket, no extra worries, and the local bars will be more empty,  with more discounts on drinks.
(constructor call on Singlehood )

So revel in the fact that you are single on Valentine's Day, don't make it a habit to go out that night, (like someone I know) who has never shared 2 Valentine's Day with the same person. Don't wonder why you aren't attached; you are simply just too lucky to be attached yet.

For all you single and unattached girls, my number is 23629. Call Me!