What's simple is true* - Jewel

It was late in the day on the 13th February as i drove home, thinking of the family law lecture i had to deliver the next morning, when i saw the billboard which made the headlines in the papers yesterday. Yeah, it is the £7,000.00 public marriage proposal.

I'm sure that was the only thing me students remembered of the lecture the next day, as i described it to them (and the only time when they were most awake - oh well, it is a rather dry topic!!).

Yesterday, i met up wif an old fren - our annual meeting when she returns home for the Spring Festival celebrations. She was happily telling me about her wedding plans - and unhappily complaining about how stressful it is planning for it. Should she spend £500 on a wedding dress - that she'd only wear for a couple of hours in her whole life? And wat style shud she go for? I couldn't give any advice...

In the course of the conversation, she was telling me about a fren - who traveled to New York where her future husband bought her a diamond ring from Tiffany & Co. And then she had to fly back there again to get a wedding dress - a Vera Wang dress!!!! Oooo.... O_o

I've been thinking about these rich guys - and i'm sure what they did will be on a lot of girls' fantasies list. But wat about poor joes like moi? There's no way we can top that - can we? So are we disadvantaged? And do all girls really want this kinda flashy (wif all due respect to guys who do that and girls who wants guys to do that!) expressions of affection?

Well, i'm glad to read a student's blog where she said this regarding her ideal V-day:-

i wanna stay at home with my 'him'
enjoy a romantic dinner..
watching a dvd together..
tht's all..
i think tht'll be super fine for me..
it doesnt need to be grand or watsoever..

I smiled when i read that - that's how i feel. To be honest, tt's how i felt - the best V-day memory i had was doing just that, except we din have DVD player at that time. It was just a TV - and i can't remember wat was on. It really din matter. A home-cooked meal spread onto a folding table, a used candle, grape juice, normal conversation, laughter, the 2 of us.

This does not mean i'm against flashy displays and spontaneous (and expensive) demonstration of love. If i could, i'll do a song and dance ala Patrick Verona (see vid clip here) - altho me students alleged that it turned cloudy when i burst out into song during class the other day - or take a leave (or a flower) from Ed Bloom's book (from Big Fish) and do this:-

But it wouldn't be a major disaster if i dun do that - would it?

No need to hear the music play,
You eyes say all there is to say
The stars can fade and they can shine
'Long as your face is next to mine

I don't need a crowded ball room everything I need is here
If your with me next year will be
The perfect year
(Don Black and Christopher Hampton)

*One of my fav song of hers, taken from my fav album of hers, Spirit. This song is also featured on the soundtrack of the movie Run With The Devil where Jewel starred in it too.