February 14, 2007
YO!! I've been busy at work and so that explains some missing entries. Anyway, work has been great for me. It's pretty relaxing and I realized there's no point being all tensed up on the first day of my part-time job as a research assistant. The people there are nice, but some are rather serious-looking. It is as if the world is gonna end for them or something.. ah well... all kinds of people.
As all of you (I presume) know the significance of today's occasion. Yea..... it's Valentine's Day. It's a sucky day. It's not because I don't get to celebrate it with my lover. It's not because there's no one else with me to share my life with, although I really hope to do so some time sooner. Rather, it is a day that is so commercialized to an extent whereby people totally forget about it's real meaning.
When I say Valentine's Day, people immediately think about lovers; having someone special; loving someone; buying and giving gifts to that someone special et cetera et cetera... love love love... to that lover or whatsoever...
Yea.. it's not wrong, however, Valentine's Day is just more than spending your time with that someone you love. Let's take a look at the origin of this insanely and ridiculously commercialized day.
According to Wikipedia, Valentine's Day falls on February 14th. It's the traditional day whereby lovers express their love for each other; sending Valentine's cards or candy. It is very common to present flowers on Valentine's Day. This day is named after two Christian martyrs named Valentine. It became associated with romantic love in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished (2007). Understandably, the origin of Valentine's Day isn't exactly what people made it up to be in this present day.
In fact, it was during the Middle Ages when traditions such as exchanging love notes in the form of "valentines" with heart-shaped symbols and figure of the winged Cupid. These love notes soon became a form of greeting cards. But in the USA, Valentine's Day is known as a "Hallmark holiday". It is now referred to as the Singles Awareness Day (Wikipedia, 2007). I mean, how stupid can this get?
For more information on Valentine's Day, take a look at the source from Wikipedia. It shows a very clear cut picture that this Roman festival originated not out of just loving someone special. Here you go!
St.Valentine's Day Wiki-Info: -
1.
History February fertility festivals
Chaucer's love birds
Medieval and modern times
Valentine's Day in North America2.
Valentine's Day and its equivalents in other culturesI just don't like the idea that Valentine's Day is so commercialized that only on this day do I see plenty of couples roaming the streets with brightly colored flowers with the ladies. The sight is just so common, so cliché, so sycophantic and insincere. Not trying to generalize here but why must it be this day when flowers, candies, chocolates or gifts are sent? What so significant about this day that people only remember it for the exchanging of kisses, gifts and romances instead of the poor
Catholic Saint? Doesn't make sense.
I was working with my boss today and somebody asked her if her husband's celebrating this day with her. She replied with total confidence that this day just doesn't mean anything to her or her husband. To her, it's ridiculous to spend all the cash and effort to please your love mate. And furthermore, if you love your significant other,
EVERYDAY is
VALENTINE's DAY.
I OBVIOUSLY AGREE BECAUSE I MYSELF BELIEVE IN THIS IDEOLOGY TOO!!! Way to go boss!
GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE!V-day is just another day for me. It doesn't means that I have to go all out to please the lucky girl who's in love with me or likes me. I'll not love her just on this day... on this stupid little day when it's only 24 hours a year. In fact, everyday's a v-day for me as long as we're together. And yes, I'd be loving her 365 days a year and 24 hours a day for ages and ages and ages... That's how much I'd love her... not just on one pathetic day like this.
Anyway, stupid day aside, I just collected my new textbooks from my school this evening and man.. I've got lots to read up next semester!!! Arghhh...!!! Take a look at my new textbooks.
Psychology textbooks are on the left hand side, followed by my Journalism textbooks and finally, the Sociology textbooks to the extreme right.That's not all, for my 2nd year Psychology class, I have another Statistic textbook with Red-inked title, which will simply add on to my 'Statistics Text Collection'.
*faints*
Gotta read up more already. And I'd most likely be holding on to the current part-time job though. Not sure about whether my working days could be negotiated but time will tell.
Yesterday's event:Yea, Robin had nothing better to do than to ask me out after my long day at work. Anyway, I decided to meet him 'cos I wanted to chill out as well. So we were hanging out in Suntec City right after dinner when we saw the musical fountain functioning once more. For me, as a local, it's just water splashing everywhere as usual.. but let me tell you, this sighting is one of the tourists' main attractions in town. I took some snap shots of the musical fountain that night and lo and behold, it's a marvelous sight. It's really romantic to just sit beside the fountain with your lover enjoying the sight and music playing in the background - minus the kissing part that is.. yea.
This is how it looks like at the side view of the gigantic fountain. Notice that the water is splashing sideways such that the front view looks something like this...
Wow...
And let's take a closer look at it..
I tried taking the top view of this beautiful sight, and this is what I get. Looks majestic.. or if you can think of any other words to fit in. Well, whatever that makes you happy, you know what I mean?
Poor Robin got his right arm fractured because of his Taekwondo training last week. It's kinda weird to watch him eat with that master hand of his as he couldn't bend that arm. Ouch, this was just so uncomfortable! And the funny thing was, people were giving him weird looks as we walked. I thought it's because of his arm. So what if it's in cast? You jackasses think he got himself into a fight before ending up in such a state? If it was, he would have been killed! lolx... Silly people!
And what's more was that some
kehpo (busybody) 'auntie' came to our dinner table and started a conversation with Robin.
(translated from chinese to english)Auntie: Eh, your hand.. what happened?
Robin: Oh.. fractured la.
Auntie: Fall down izzit?
Robin: Yah, fall down.
Auntie: Pain anot?
Me: -___-"""
Robin: Yah.. pain.
Auntie: Aiyo, be careful lah next time.
Robin: Orh.. ok.
ME: *Roll eyes*
WHEY!!! AUNTIE... YOU LIKE ROBIN SO MUCH AH? WANNA HIT ON HIM IZZIT? SAY LAH! I never knew Robin is an auntie.. no, AH SOH-killer (AH SOH 杀手). Haiz... pity him. WHAHAHA... he probably got my joke when I pulled his legs after that incident. WHAHAHA!!! Right? You can't be that dense bua... lolx
How I wish Robin could act tougher by replying to that auntie's ridiculous questions. It'll go something like this:
(Original Singese version)Auntie: 小弟，你的手受伤了啊？
Robin: Arh-bo-den？ 不受伤就不会这样吃了。
Auntie: 你是不是跌倒受伤的？
Robin: Arh-bo-den? 难道是我咬到的meh？
Auntie: 噢。。。 还痛吗？
Robin: Wah biang whey。。。 当然痛啦！！！ 你是否要试试看？
Auntie: 好啦， 不打扰你了。 我去干我的闲事吧。
Robin: 我知道我很帅，可是不要趁我吃饭时谈这些好吗？ biang whey...
Auntie-killer. HAHAHA.. eh, buddy, you have lady-luck this month manz. No, auntie-luck.. or should I say.. ah soh-luck! I want (which is impossible) also don't have leh. Way to go dude! *whistles*
Here lah.. here's your pic you want to download from me via bluetooth. Get it here lah! Let's take a some retarded picture next time when we are out together okay?
Robin: Biang whey.. please buy some ice-cream from me leh. Mi very poor leh... this one I haven't eat yet.. bo saliva eh. Meng kia.. Eh, you all better not bully 残废人士 okay?!
