Valentine's day. Love is in the air.
Actually not so much for me. It's been a pretty much normal day for me. I was surprised to not see many people walking hand in hand, or with a bouquet of flowers in hand. No love music in the air as I walked the shopping mall to get some items.
I have to say this (please don't kill me!), but I was even surprised that my sister wasn't out on a romantic dinner. (Here's me sore but trying to rationalize things) I guess when one's a little older, commercialized days like Valentine's Day don't faze us. (Yeah right!)
Honestly speaking though, all soreness aside, I don't see why there's any real reason to celebrate. And as Shawn Kong had written in his post, shouldn't love be celebrated on a daily basis?
Most probably, florists, candy and chocolate sellers or anything that comes along in the package of Valentine's day, just wanted to make a little more cash (probably Chinese, since most of them had to give away angpows and now had to make back some money), and hence, some how convinced/conned women in the world, that this day should be something special, and IF they meant anything at all to their significant other, they should get something or some celebration out of the ordinary.
I'm just kidding. Please don't sue me or leave nasty comments in my blog!
Anyhow, here's a picture to somewhat make whoopee of this special day. Happy Valentine's day! Especially to those who are sitting in front of your computers right now reading blogs instead of out on a hot date. ;)
4 comments:
i think despite the commercialism and the good old "everyday should be valentine's day whaaaat", valentine's day is a great excuse for anyone to go make their affections obvious.
people are lazy. we take "everyday" for granted. not everyone gets the big picture of love being more than an overpriced dinner and bouquet of roses. so an occasion, however pointless as it may seem, could very well be the only reminder we have (other than life-changing moments that usually involve death or near-death) to show the people we love, that we love them.
it was adorable to see secondary school boys in their uniforms bring bouquets of flowers to school...for girls that will probably break their hearts. i doubt they'd have mustered the courage to make that milestone for themselves and learn a life-long lesson if it weren't for the marketing evils of valentine's day.
hope you had a good one.
what?! this is why you asked me if i was still online yesterday?
i'm on the fence about valentine's day - i'm ok with celebrating it or staying home and watching amazing race asia. it just depends on who you're dating, but i have intimate weekly dinners anyways so it's not really necessary to go out on valentine's as well now is it?
and just as well isn't it? otherwise who would you have eaten with yesterday? muahahaha
Hee, why do I have I feeling that your linguist skills are turning into mine? (please don't kill me part )
Anyhoos, while love should be celebrated everyday, some women tend to like the whole "package" from valentine's. commercialism, fine~~~
But hey, valentine's is for everyone. Not just those lovey dovey couples walking around hand in hand. So happy valentine's to you brother. hehehhehehehehehehehhehehehehehhehehehehehhe
zh xing> my linguist skills turning like yours? i think more like some other writer that writes in a similar fashion? :)
li shun> ppl getting lazy? well. my point there being is there is every other weekend, birthday, christmas, anniversary etc. women sometimes just want to be made very special.... hope u had a good one as well
evie> well. i know ur on the fence on this whole thing. just quoting u as an example. well. since ur on the fence, u won't mind getting ur brother something nice eh... like i don't know... maybe a dslr? :P
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