happy valentine's day

happy valentine's day to all!

i sincerely hope that everyone had a great valentine's day.

yesterday, kor kor gave jie jie two dozen roses, and the roses came in assorted bright colors, ranging from the typical red color to exotic orange color. i was in awe when i saw the beautiful roses arrived at jie jie's door step in a gigantic box. i have never seen so many types of roses before and was pretty thrilled when jie jie gave me two roses - pink and white. both colors are my favorite colors =)

later in the day, i asked jie jie why do we celebrate valentine's day. she replied that v-day is a day in which we show our appreciation towards our loved ones. i pondered over what she said and agreed with her that love is the theme of v-day. nonetheless, v-day seems to be a day that invokes much emotion in everyone.

of course, the typical couples feel excited about spending this special day with their partners. yea, i saw the smile on strawberry shortcake's face when she dressed up for her date with astronaut. it also makes me feel sad because i miss king kong, whom i met in affinia manhattan hotel over the christmas break. i guess those unattached people will probably feel the same way as i do, and that is, vday is a dreadful day. other than the singles, there is also another category of people who will probably dread this day. this group of people is none other than the two-timers (or multiple-timers). yes, they are extremely UN-single. v-day is probably a "stressful" day for them. On this day, they either vanish from the surface of the earth or execute their multiple dates in the most precise timing ever with skilfull and careful planning. i have witnessed xxx kor kor doing this before. last but not least, v-day is likely to affect an unspoken group of people, namely the gay couples. it seems like they are usually being left out in the "normal" celebration of v-day. moreover, as long as they are together with their loved ones, i guess it does not matter how the society views them. hm, i wonder whether enpitsu is gay, since i have never seen him with a gal before.

nevertheless, when kor kor informed me that there had been a case of gun shootings in northern illinois uni last night, my image of a perfect v-day shattered completely. valentine's day 2008 is no longer a day of love. it is a day of fear and terror, thanks to a black sheep who chose to shoot others just to accompany him in his suicide. what is the difference between his doings and that of those suicide bombers in iraq?

worse of all, the killer was a graduate student in university of illinois at urbana-champaign. yes, this is the place where i am located. i am relieved that the incident did not happen here but the thought of it is still terrifying. i shudder to think of what might have happened otherwise. it also reminds us to constantly show our appreciation to our loved ones, even if it is not valentine's day.

i hate to end with such a bad note, but i am too distraught to write further.

i shall go off for lunch now instead.~

with love,
bear bear

p.s: when i let jie jie read my blog post before i publish it, she commented that there is another group who dreads v-day too. this group of people includes the kiam-siap (cheapskate) guys who often give the excuse that v-day is a commercialized day, hence, they are "allowed to" purchase cheap gifts (in some cases, nothing at all) for their gf. In her opinion, these people are usually the ones who do not give any gift to their gfs on any other usual days, and thus, have no rights to voice out their protests loudly on the very day that FORCES them to part with their money. i shall verify this statement with kor kor later.