Valentine’s Day
With the title above, I’m pretty sure a lot of you would know what I’m gonna blog about this time.
It’s that time of the year again in less than one month & I see a lot of forums are putting up thread on how to celebrate this occassion, what to give, what to wear, what to do, how to ruin it(some of us are definitely pathetic nowadays), how not to be single on valentine’s day & yadayadayada.
To most of the singles, I bet Valentine’s day would be the most dreadful day in the yearly calender because this would be the day when you see a lot of lovey dovey couples & this sends you straight to hell wondering why you’re the one that is looking & not the one being looked at.
There’s nothing to be worried about whether or not you’re single on Valentine’s day because you won’t be punished on that. Trust me. If you can’t celebrate with your partner, celebrate it with friends or parents/family. Valentine doesn’t cater only to lovers….it caters to all type of love in the world.
Celebrate the love of your parents towards you ever since you came into this world with much appreciation. You do not need to wait till Mother’s Day or Father’s Day to show it(best to show it 24/7). Celebrate the friendship you have with your besties. Honour the love your besties give to you as friends & how they stood by you during the toughest time. There’s nothing sweeter than being celebrated & honoured.
Honour yourself on that day as well by pampering yourself. It’s a day for us to celebrate love indeed…therefore, love yourself to the maximum. Indulge in spa/manicure/facial with a friend (or you can choose to do it alone). Treat yourself to fancy restaurants & buy yourself flowers(if you wanna save money, pluck it from your neighbour’s garden). This is certainly a great way to build up your self confidence cause when you’re happy, you’ll look way prettier than before.
For couples, if any of you could, try to cook a dinner or do something on your own instead of just paying your way cause it wouldn’t be so memorable in the end. Personally, I think that it would just be a normal dinner like how I always eat out with him. The only difference is he has to burn a whole in his pocket for this ’special’ valentine’s meal. You certainly don’t want your guy to fork out so much & have to eat nothing but grass for the rest of the month eh?
Do some memorable stuffs like putting a collage of pictures you & your partner took together for as long as you guys are together. Do a time capsule by going back to the places you guys went together before & take pics of the places. From those pics, you can make a story from it or whatever you like to do base on your creativity.
If you wanna make your own cards, get inspiration from those cards selling at memory lane. They have catchy phrases & funky lines that are sure to make your partner float(at least it made me floated when he presented me with one of the memory lane card). o means to offend anyone but I once had a boyfriend that’s chinese ed & the card he gave me was one of the most memorable one(sorry to my current boyfriend).
It’s nothing much actually…no fancy decos or expensive materials used. It’s just a few words from him. He’s not good in English & seldom uses English in front of me because he was embarrassed to use it. But on that Valentine I spent with him, he purposely did a card that was written in English because he knows that I do not understand Chinese characters. It was thoughtful of him as I know how much he hated to write or converse in English in front of me as he doesn’t want me to look down at him. Nevertheless, the card had its fair share of grammar mistakes(broken English as well), but it made me felt contented for what I have because of his sincerity & the trouble he went through to do me that card.
Don’t be afraid to try & make things by your own because you will never know how your sincerity would touch someone deeply enough for that someone to remember you for as long as he can.
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February 12th, 2008 07:59
Hey there,
I have to agree with you that on Valentine being Single is very normal as it takes time to discover one’s love of the life & that it can be celebrated in another manner.
Talking about that, I’m not familiar with this website hence by your grace would help me post my “Be My Valentine” invitation.
I’m oppening this invitation to any Malaysian Babes/Girls in PJ or KL to have an outing on Valentine Day not like the normal meet-ups but acting like a couple just for the day.
It’s fun & challenging… if any girls is up for it then jimmyccj@yahoo.com / 016 - 355 1248 is a place to get me (Jimmy Chan).
Cheers,
October 20th, 2008 11:57
The day is most closely associated with the mutual exchange of love notes in the form of “valentines.” Modern Valentine symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten notes have largely given way to mass-produced greeting cards.[1] The sending of Valentines was a fashion in neteenth-century Great Britain, and, in 1847, Esther Howland developed a successful business in her Worcester, Massachusetts home with hand-made Valentine cards based on British models. The popularity of Valentine cards in 19th-century America was a harbinger of the future commercialization of holidays in the United States
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