Man of the Year 2010 Award

Some important notes before continuing:

1. If you are from Paramount pictures or something similar, remember to ask me for permission before producing the film
2. Whatever is written in this post is fiction. Despite the guy is call "El Sueco" in this story, it does not have any relation with my friend "El Sueco".
3. We will call the girl "Aurelia" as that is the name of my favourite girl in Love Actually
4. I feel entitled to give the "Man of the Year 2010" award to "El Sueco" as I am an expert in chick flicks
5. I am adding as a soundtrack "God only knows" from the Beach boys. Feel free to keep on playing it over and over again while reading



It was a Monday when Aurelia was supposed to fly to Göteborg to spend some days with the family, but the unfortunate Icelandic volcan eyjafjallajokull almost kills the story. Aurelia was stucked in Switzerland and El Sueco was getting a bit nervous about the situation. Luckily enough she could fly on Tuesday. When she arrived home everything was as usual. The parents were waiting for the arrival and Sweden was almost in Summer time, so you can not expect any better. The only difference between this day and any other is that an envelope was waiting for Aurelia when she arrived on her bedroom. It was two days from her birthday and his boyfriend "El Sueco" did not give her anything so she was completely annoyed about the situation.

Aurelia sat on the bed and checked the envelope. It was yellowish, from those kind of paper that you can only find in some exclusive stores. After opening she saw a note with the instruction of a train ticket that would bring her from Göteborg until Kopenhagen. The train was departing on Thursday so she had plenty of time to think about this mistery. In the envelope there was another envelope though, with instruction not to be opened unless she would be on the train.After discussing with her family, Aurelia decided to take the risk without saying anything to El Sueco, who was working back in Switzerland.

When Aurelia was on the train, she opened the second envelope which contained a flight ticket to Madrid, her passport (this was getting misterious) and another eenvelope that could not be opened until she was on the plane. Things were getting excited and Aurelia decided to continue with the adventure as the family recommended her to follow her instincts. while waiting on the terminal she got a latte and a croissant, reading Hello to check what were the last adventures of the Swedish royal family. Distracted with the reading and the thoughts of the mistery, she almost misses the plane, but she could finally board and it was now time to check the maybe last step of the secret.

She opened the next envelope which contained 20€ and the instructions to get a taxi after landing in Madrid direction to a hotel in the city center, she should go there and say at reception that she was having a reservation in the best room of the hotel. The hotel was amazingly well located and at reception was everything ready for her arrival, think that shocked Aurelia. She was conducted to the suit and the room was empty. It was almost evening and she was having no more cards, no hints on what to do until she saw a delicate package on top of the bed with another envelope behind. She decided to open first the envelop. There were more instructions, this time was: I am so happy you made it, open the envelope and get ready for the best night of your life. After that you will have to go to reception and ask for more instructions. the enveloped contained an amazing night dress, long until the feet that fit her perfectly. Everything was ready so she went to reception where she was given 20€ more and a taxi was waiting for her to bring her to a restaurant.

That was getting very exciting. Aurelia arrived to the restaurant and there he was sitting in a corner table, wearing a slim black suit, with a glass of red wine and a 2 days beard: El Sueco. Aurelia started crying and El Sueco give her the biggest hug a man can give to a woman. This was her birthday present and for this El Sueco won the Man of the Year 2010 award.

People tend to think that this details are not important after being together with someone for a long time, but El Sueco decided that Aurelia deserved this and much more, so guys keep on the example, and prepare for the next year´s award. Despite this year is not finished, there is no way you do anything cooler.

Note: The hotel was a recommendation from a guy that we will call "El Malagueño" who does not have any relationship whatsoever with my friend also called "El Malagueño". In the link that he gave to El Sueco there was a tocken that gave him miles for referring. So be careful with the content of URLs :)