Miscellaneous Blog Entries

Significance of Valentines Day

12 February 2008, 10:02 pm. 25 Comments. Filed under Holiday, Miscellaneous.

There's always been two different types of female mindsets in relation to couple relationships and Valentines.

The Pragmatist

My sister thinks Valentines is really nothing so special. Why go out when it's so crowded in restaurants and you're going to get crap food and service? (She's not just bullshitting either. She's been going out with her boyfriend for seven or eight years.) Plus it might get pretty awkward when the guy next to your table start proposing to the girl.

The Idealist

Here's the type that expects men to do all the work. And it's also commonly the type to think that Valentines is a must-date day. Because if you don't date on Valentines Day then you're not a couple and you don't like each other. (I'm not making this up either. My friend actually said this to me and it made me feel like crying. )

I'm surrounded by the second type of girls who make me feel emo by talking about how a guy is supposed to do this and that for a girl. Basically, a nice "surprise" Valentines dinner date with red roses and a box of chocolates. Thursday was meant to be the first un-lonely Valentines in my life but I'm going to start my salsa classes on Thursday. Yay?

So how important do you think spending Valentines together is for a (new) couple? And how do you think it should be compensated if they don't spend Valentines together?

There's a reason why you pay

28 January 2008, 6:47 pm. 13 Comments. Filed under Design, Miscellaneous, Rants, Work.

Why do you pay for a design when you want to dictate every single detail of the design yourself?

So she gave me minuscule design details at the beginning, and now she's trying to change every single element of it. The colour scheme I picked had maroon, brown and cream, which fitted closer to the description she gave me. In the last email she changed it to maroon, brown, saturated orange and really light saturated blue. I may have brown, orange and blue put together in the current site design but trust me, those colours do not look right on her design.

But what can you do? Clients are always right. I should give her the PSD and she can do all the rest of it. It pains me to output something so aesthetically wrong in every way.

On another note, about that arm in the previous post, I'm not going to post the face just yet because another gay guy like Xuan would come along and drool all over the computer at him.

Xuan: Holy shit, Ryl-Ryl, is that your boyfrienddd? *taunts* He's a cutie. Very cute, in fact ... (The ellipsis sounds so freaky.)

Me: Take your eyes off him. He's not your next target kk?

Xuan: ...DAMNIT! Foiled again... He's still cute though. Don'ttt denyyy ittt.

Maybe someday when I get my Photographs page up. And I'm still fuming over the hideous design. Grr!

Hint: Blonde and blue eyes. Lol.

60 Things Most Girls Don't Know

13 January 2008, 5:52 pm. 18 Comments. Filed under Miscellaneous.

Summer school started and there's been a lot of assignments so I've had less time to myself and all that. Anyhow, I stumbled across this list... (I already posted this on my Facebook but I'm not feeling creative today. Forgive me.)

My own comments are in italics.

Guys hate sluts even though they have sex with them. Sluts are fun for one night, but no guy in his right mind would ever date one.
"Hey, are you busy?" or "Are you doing something?" are the two phrases guys open a conversation with to stop from stammering on the phone.
Guys may be flirting around all day but before they go to sleep, they always think about the girl they truly care about.
Before they call, guys try to plan out a little about what they're going to say so there isn't awkward pauses, but once he's on the phone he forgets it all and makes it up as he goes.
Guys go crazy over a girl's smile.
Guys will do anything just to get you to notice him.
Guys hate it when you talk about your ex-boyfriend or ex love-interest. They may not admit it right away, but this drives them mad with jealousy. (I need to stop doing this.)
A guy who likes you wants to be the only guy you talk to.
Boyfriends need to be reassured often that they're still loved.
Don't talk about your guy friends to your boyfriend. (I need to stop doing this too.)
Guys get jealous easily.
Guys are more emotional than they'd like people to think.
Giving a guy a hanging message like "You know what? Uh...never mind.." would make him jump to a conclusion that is far from what you are thinking. And he'll assume he did something wrong and he'll obsess about it trying to figure it out.
Guys are good flatterers when courting but they usually stammer when they talk to a girl they really like.
Guys hate asking parents for money to buy girls presents. So they come up with ideas like saving their lunch money for a week. But it never works because guys are always hungry so they end up asking the parents for money anyway.
Girls are guys' weaknesses.
Guys are very open about themselves.
It's good to test a guy first before you trust him. But don't let him wait too long.
Your best friend, whom your boyfriend seeks help from about his problems with you may end up being admired by your boyfriend. (Shit. I'm never introducing a close girl friend to a crush/boyfriend now.)
If a guy tells you about his problems, he just needs someone to listen to him. You don't need to give advice.
A usual act that proves that the guy likes you is when he teases you.
Guys love you more than you love them if they are serious in your relationships.
Guys will brag about anything. Including their girlfriend.
Guys use words like hot or cute to describe girls. We rarely use beautiful. If a guy uses that, he likes you a whole hell of a lot.
Guys think WAY too much. One small thing a girl does, even if she doesn't notice it can make the guy think about it for hours, trying to figure out what it meant.
Guys seek for advice from girls not other guys. Because most guys think alike, so if one guy's confused, then we're all confused.
Any guy could write out a rulebook or advice book for flirting, but no guy can write out a book about relationships.
Try to be as straightforward as possible.
A guy has to experience rejection, because if he's too-good-never-been-busted, never been in love and hurt, he won't be mature and grown up. (But I find it hard to reject a guy a like. )
If the guy does something stupid in front of the girl, he will think about it for the next couple days or until the next time he spends time with the girl.
No matter how much guys talk about asses and boobs, personality is key.
Guys learn from experience not from the romance books that girls read and take as their basis of experience.
Guys worry about the thin line between being compassionate and being whipped. (I don't understand this.)
If a guy looks unusually calm and laid back, he's probably faking it and is spazzing inside.
When a guy says he is going crazy about the girl, he really is. Guys rarely say that.
When a guy asks you to leave him alone, he's just actually saying, "Please come and listen to me."
(Now this isn't necessarily true. When a guy says "Leave me alone", let him be for a few minutes and when he's ready to talk, he'll settle down somewhere and look at you often to get your attention. Once he's ready, he'll want a girl to walk over, lower her voice and say to him quietly "It'll be ok...You're still the best in my book...etc")
Guys don't really have final decisions.
If a guy starts to talk seriously, listen to him. It doesn't happen that often, so when it does, you know something's up.
If your best guy friend seems to avoid you or is never around when you're with your boyfriend, he's probably jealous and likes you.
When a guy looks at you for longer than a second, he's definitely thinking something. ("She has a pimple on her face ZOMG!" Well, that or sex.)
Guys like femininity not feebleness.
Guys don't like girls who punch harder than they do.
A guy has more problems than you can see with your naked eyes.
Don't be a snob. Guys can be intimidated and give up easily.
Everything in moderation. Put on makeup, wear perfume. Just not too much. (But lots of cake-faces have boyfriends...)
Guys talk about girls more than girls talk about guys.
Guys hate rejection, but they hate being led on even more.
Guys really think that girls are strange and have unpredictable decisions and are MAD confusing but somehow are drawn even more to them.
A guy would give his left nut to be able to read a girl's mind for a day.
No guy can handle all his problems on his own. He's just too stubborn to admit it.
Not all guys are assholes. Just because ONE is a jackass doesnt mean he represents ALL of us. (Does that mean I'm just super unlucky or something?)
We don't like girls who are too skinny.
We love it when girls talk about their boobs. (Yes I'm always complaining about them being too small. Love that?)
Always make sure you know what kind of stuff your getting into before making out with a guy ...like whether it's a one time deal or not... (Something I never do. But I'll try.)
Believe it or not shy guys are the most easiest to talk to..it may not seem right but trust me they will start opening up like books after you just ask them questions about their lives and unoticable tell them about yours...
Even if they refuse it all guys are ticklish on the ribs..
Guys love neck rubs and if he lets you keep doing it...it means that he really likes you or his neck really hurts...
Guys will test the waters to see how far they can get with you. Even if he doesn't intend to it will happen. Know how far it is you want to let him go and he will respect that...after you let him know a couple times.
When a guy sacrifices his sleep and health just to be with you, he really likes you and wants to be with you as much as possible.
(LOL where did #60 go? I honestly don't know.)