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Is it a good idea to go on holiday with someone you barely know?

I did and I lived to tell the tale.

M was quite what I thought he’d be like. It was only a weekend but he was fussy. Super fussy.

We shared a room (SEPARATE BEDS) and although I was grateful for the fact that he did not snore, neither was I particularly glad about it. It might be because I was feeling under the weather the whole time.

In many ways, I think it made me think. Did I want to spend my time with someone who kept his distance all the time? He hardly talked to me – don’t ask why, because I don’t know. But he later accused me of not talking to him. Weird? Yes.

But I did not like how he was fussy over things like sleeping under the bed covers. He said it was dirty. But he would walk barefoot on the floor. Little things like that I noticed and I think that when one starts to notice these things, its a sure sign things are goign down the drain.

So, I’m glad I discovered it early rather than late.

For the record, nothing happened. I ended up with a raging fever instead.  

I had a date once who was very romantic. It was a Friday afternoon when he asked if I might want to have dinner with him. This is of course, not M who NEVER MET ME FOR DINNER ON WEEKDAYS!

Anyway, I agreed and he picked me up at my office at about 6pm. He had bought me a little snack “in case you get peckish” and for the next one hour, we were happily driving up to Genting Highlands for dinner!!

He told me that he had tried to arrange to have dinner at The Peak restaurant in Genting Highlands, because the mushroom soup there is out of this world. That was until he discovered that it has been closed and replaced with The Olive at the Genting Highlands Hotel.  So, he instead arranged for a simple dinner at Awana Resort, which I truly appreciated because I love the cold weather.

Did I mention that it was Valentine’s Day? Well it was, and that remains one of the most romantic  Valentine’s Day dinners I’ve ever had.

When I first met M, he was looking for a new car. His old car was giving him problems and well, I suppose looking for a new car gave us an opportunity to go out together. I like looking at cars and I like cars so I didn’t mind going around the car showrooms and on test drives.

We went and tested many cars ranging from Toyota Camry to the BMW Roadster to a Mercedes. I don’t quite know what he was up to. Maybe he was trying to impress me with the fact that he was going to get a new car.

After much hemming and hawing, he decided he’d get a Camry. We had caught the tail end of a promotion and he seemed quite happy about it, even telling the sales man he’d be signing the papers soon.

Not very long after that, we had a falling out due to his insecurity and I decided I’d forget the idea of dating an insecure man exclusively. 

Recently, I happened to meet him and asked him how his Camry was handling. MONKEY! (I tell you, he really justifies the title of M!) HE DID NOT BUY THE CAR AT ALL!

He told me his sister was getting married and buying a new car so he took over his sister’s car instead. He knew this all along, because I’d asked him if he planned to take over her car before. He said no, he did not because he wanted a new car of his own. Besides, he said, her car was only a Proton Wira whereas he wanted something more luxurious.

BULLSHIT!

So there you have it. A case of clearly trying too hard to impress. It made me feel physically sick to know that he was dragging me around to car showrooms and braving the hot sun, and agreeing to buy the Camry only because I’d said that it was a good car to have. IDIOT! I’m so happy I got rid of bad rubbish.  

I see these strange ads in the newspapers now and then.

In it are serious looking men wearing turbans and looking like members of the taliban. They say that they will give "Urut Batin" for men only and can be contacted at mobile phone numbers or at certain hotels on certain days.

Somehow, the fact that is is MEN ONLY raises my suspicions. Yet, the pictures are that of old pious looking men. It can’t possibly be them soliciting for sex?

Then I found out that "Urut Batin" was a type of massage only for men where they would massage the penis and surrounding area, promising that it would increase blood flow and libido of the man. In other words, it makes the men want to jump off the massage table and head straight for their wives, girlfriends, sex partners, mistresses and have hot sweaty sex. This is surprisingly quite popular in Kelantan. Why I say popular is because Kelantan is under the government of a religious party and you don’t expect a religious party to endorse sexual stimulants like this one. But apparently the best Urut Batin masseurs come from there.

Someone I know has been for one such massage. He said it was offered as part of his massage package and being curious, he agreed to try it. He told me that it was basically a form of masturbation to the penis which of course makes you feel rather excited. But he said that surprisingly, there was no real URGE to get out there and do it right away. I should know because I was available… haha….

Did it raise his libido? He said there was some excitement initially. The penis does get erect. But that was about it. Then again, it was being performed by a man in a sterile massage environment with oils smelling of herbs. Try it in a luxurious hotel room, on a comfy bed, with a sweet young girl giving "urut batin" and you tell me if any man’s libido would not be increased.