Steak Lover

We love dining or eating out and my husband is a big steak lover. He enjoys a sumptuous meal with a medium done rib eye steak complemented with the perfect steak seasoning.

I am really amazed with my husband's appetite. I am not much of a meat eater so whenever we go to restaurants, I skip the meat area and order the salads and seafood platter instead. My husband once cooked a nice steak (well done of course, for my pleasure!) at home and it was soft and moist. I have tasted steaks before too but I really prefer the well-done kind because I am such a fussy eater.

I am thinking of treating my steak-lover husband to a fine dining date this Valentine's Day in one of the nice steak house restaurants here in Dubai. There is Tony Roma's, Outback Steak and other fine restaurants that serve this kind of meal. I just hope I can satisfy my husband's taste.

Dateless on Valentine's Day

While lovers all over the world scamper for the best seat in the restaurant or a fine date in a nice and cozy place, I am stuck at home enjoying my much deserved R & R. That's rest and relaxation which have been deprived from me for several months.

Just few weeks ago, before I learned that our vacation to Los Angeles was going to be sacked, I planned for a romantic get-away with my hubby while I leave my daughter with my aunt. I was already checking out motorhomes from the Internet. I thought hubby and I could drive off to Lake Tahoe for a romantic date. Poof! That's the sound of my dream being pricked by a needle!

So here I am, day-dreaming in sunny Dubai...

Modern Day Dating

I reminisce the time when I used to date (of course, I was still not married to my husband then) and get pampered silly. I didn't have too many admirers like how my sister had tons and tons of them. However, my suitors were the persistent kind. They would never take "no" for an answer. Much as I rue the fact that I had to meet them for a casual date, I must admit, I still had fun. Fun in a sense that I got to know the person more and realized that there were so much more beneath that "rough" exterior.

Dating was more of an obligation I had to meet then. I didn't find myself that interesting to be pursued. So, I preferred going out with my friends and just chilling at Greenhills or malling. My mom would often tease me for having to lock myself most of the time in my room, head under my favorite books - text books, while the rest of teens my age would party and date like crazy. I know, boring. I get so conscious when I go on one-on-one dates because I felt dorky. You see, I was never given the gift of gab. Talking to someone and trying to hold the conversation for long was such a feat.

Nowadays, dating has taken a different turn. People sometimes don't meet in person. They do it online via the Internet through the visual aid of the web cam. I wonder if the girls these days get flowers and box of chocolates from their suitors. Hmmmm?