I returned to Kuching yet again last Tuesday. It looked different though, the Cat City. The air has a lingering scent of roses. The landscape has additional hues of white, pink and red instead the usual brown, blue and green. This time the streets were lined up with street vendors selling flowers and heart shaped balloons and teddy bears sitting prettily on top of baskets. Oooh….. Valentine’s Day.
I would say Valentine’s Day is really celebrated in Kuching. Everywhere you go, all the streets are filled with these vendors. Are they ad-hoc florists or there are that many flower merchants in Kuching.
As we were leaving a meeting on that particular lovey day, the sellers were getting quite desperate. One approached our van and offered me a rose complete with heart shape decorations. Being the only female in a party of 5 men, I was desperate too. Desperately embarrassed.
“ Husband kat KL, “ said I and everybody laughed.
Back at the hotel, we decided to have a brainstorming session and went straight to the coffee house. We were shocked to see the place we had breakfast that very morning has been transformed to a very heart shaped, pinky and rosey affair. Sorry we are full, said the waitress and we trudged to the lounge instead.
Since we were scheduled to have another meeting that night at the same coffee house, I suggested for my boss to delay the meeting a bit. We went to have dinner at a local sea food joint and boy, the night was super-charged with lurvvvveee…..
People were walking and holding hands. Ladies had their hands filled with bouquets and bouquets of flowers and the men smelled nice for a change…. He he.
At 10 pm, we went back to the coffee house and luckily the night was over for some of the Valentiners ( over with eating le… if they took their date further kat mana tu tak tahu le…. ). We managed to get a table and had our discussion.
Me, well my boss had complained before about what I do during meetings when I am not talking. I observed the people in our meeting. After meetings, I would tell my boss whose dressing is nice and who needs a stylist. If our meeting is at a public area, lagi teruk. I will tell him about the couple next to me quarrelling or making out. I will basically not pay attention. He he… sorry. Short attention span probably.
Anyhoo, during our friendly discussion at the Crowne Plaza, Kuching I noticed that people in Kuching do not celebrate Valentine’s Day in twos, as a couple. They do it in droves. I only saw 1 couple that was actually a couple. The rest brought their gang. I saw a table of fours, sixes and 1 table of eight. And some do not even care to dress up. One lady was in short denim skirt and tight t-shirt, that is all. Of course there were some who really dressed to the nines ( but cannot lawan this one couple Dan and I once saw, who were celebrating the girls birthday. The guy was wearing a sports jacket and his sweetheart wore an off the shoulder dress, emerald colour with Cinderella skirt. Eating venue ? Starwberry Field, Subang Parade…. Wee haa ).
The thing that made me went furry ( berbulu le tu ) however happened at 4 am, as I was woken up by some drunkards who was trying to get their room. It seems that to open one’s hotel door this day, one has to laugh hysterically and bang other people’s door before you can even think ofunlocking your door.
Hmmm…………….. Kids this age….
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