V Day 2006

February 14, 2006 - Feast of St. Valentine @ Day of Love

What makes today so special to proclaim one's love for another anyway? I guess if you're the type that celebrates monthsaries (how do I spell it le??) V day wouldn't mean much to you.

The flowers are priced extremely high today, and the days before. So are things related to love - chocolates, accessories, perfume.. you name it. Money's wasted on commercialised 'love items'. So why bother?

Today's just a day out of 365 days to proclaim your love. If my better half were to buy me flowers and lovey things today but make life miserable for me the rest of the 364 days, I would rather me suffering today on a LOVE day and be happy for the rest of year.

Recalling V day 2 years ago when an incident occurred between me and 'you know who you are' a.k.a 'it's who you think it is'. I was annoyed at the position where I had to put friendship and my relationship at a crossroad. Lobbying between friends and a lover sucks so I put my feet and arms and everything down - threw a mad tantrum and demanded for autonomy. I got my way and things became much better afterwards. So you see, V day can be a day to fight and set the unjust ways right to make the rest of the year better days to be! It's not just a day to buy lots of things and show you love the person when other days are spent tolerating or annoying each other.

I don't think we should see V day's commercial side of the story but emphasise on loving our partners and being for the person through thick or thin, through better or worse. Why flowers or chocolates or gifts when what V day really means is to truly love??