Different expectations

The best date is with someone who can take you anywhere without touching anything but your heart. – Unknown

When I was in my 20s, most girls my age had a notion. A date was expected to be an affair where the guy asks a girl out and followed by some impressive dinner and coffee/drinks and movie. With elaborate show of feeling, balloons and throw in a couple of peacocks, and a girl is hooked.

The most elaborate proposal I have heard of was when the guy took the girl for some heli ride and the proposed to her as they were rounding the KL Tower, Komtar or somewhere similar.

Now what would have made that proposal more interesting is that if a bird had flown by at just that exact moment, being chased by something larger, an eagle perhaps..and the pilot sees the drama, trying to save the bird, opens a crack in his window and the eagle swoops in together and they circle the guy’s head and one lands on the fair maiden and there’s squawking and screeching and screaming and the guy is still trying to get his question across…

Over rated.

The most perfect date I can remember from my 20s was one where he bought us McD and we sat for hours gazing at the stars in an empty playground and talking about everything under the moon. It wasn’t much but then to me perfect dates aren’t the elaborate affairs people make them out to be, but the little things.

I recently had the opportunity to have a lunch with an amazing guy.  I have the most festive bunch of friends who love me to death, and wanting the 'outing' to be perfect gave me advice on where to have a decent lunch, what to wear and how not to smile like a zombie.

 

Probably the last advice came in handy.

I can only think of one way for it to have gone better, if we had a cup of tea in a coffeshop with yau char koay. Simple and sweet.

Or sitting and watching some birds circle a heli. Hmm.