Next Tuesday is Valentine's Day. I'm quite curious whether we have St. Valentine in Catholic Church like the stories that spread out about the origin of this day.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15254a.htm
The article from the link above mentioned briefly about three different martyrs with the name St Valentine.
Anyway, I feel that after I come to Singapore, Valentine's Day is just an ordinary day. Hahaha. At least when I was in high school in Indo, me and my friends used to send SMS to each other to say "Happy Valentine's Day!"
Let me write about some memorable Valentine's Day experience. (Don't expect candle light dinner story! Hahaha)
The first that came to my mind was in fact my primary-school-Valentine's Day-experience. Why? Because it was still puppy love HAHAHA (In Indo, we say 'monkey love', not 'puppy love'). It was quite a funny experience because you did not dare to give chocolate directly to the person you like, so you ask someone to give the chocolate to your 'target'.
The second that came to my mind was in high school, there was one time the teachers took all chocolates/ gifts that we brought to school. In my school, there was a regulation that prohibited us to bring 'stuff-unrelated-with-school' (including birthday present). Of course we did bring prohibited items in normal days (but if the teachers didn't check, they wouldn't know), but on that Valentine's Day, the teachers checked our bags on purpose. Of course we brought a lot of prohibited items on that day, however, the incident became quite 'hot' because unhappy students wrote rude things to the teacher who was kinda in charge of this bag-check and put it on board that was supposed to be a board for Valentine's day greeting. After school, we gathered in function hall and the principal talked about how we should have empathy for flood victim (Jakarta was flooding that time), and so on and so forth. Students were still unhappy. The next day we were asked to gather again and this time it was the nun who talked to us. After that, (wah so many follow-ups), the student leaders had to stay back. (looong story)
Anyway, yah..it was quite memorable.
The third that I remember was Valentine's Day in 2010. No..actually the memorable day was 1 day before Valentine's Day (because in that year, Valentine's Day was on the same day with Chinese New Year). On 13 Feb 2010, me and my best friends went out to watch 'Valentine's Day'. The rule was we must wear dress/ anything-not-shirt-and-jeans and put make-up as if we're going for first date. Hahahaha. Mission failed. I went home to Indonesia in that week (it was recess week) without bringing my cosmetics. My mom didn't even have loose powder. (I inherit my mom's habit not-to-put-make-up) The only thing I could find was blush-on and lip gloss.
Another Valentine's Day that I remember was loong time ago (not sure when, I think secondary school or sometime in high school) when my mom gave me a little white bear with 'I love you'. I remember she told me, "Since I know no one will give you present, I'll give you this." Hahahaha. The sentence sounds sad, but that time I didn't feel sad. I felt happy because my mom was really thoughtful :P The bear is still in my bedroom in Indo.
This year's Valentine's Day is on Tuesday, so we'll have Legion meeting. Special day with Mother Mary :):) Hehehe...
I don't like the commercialization of Valentine's Day, but I think it's always good to do something special to someone special (your best friend, your teacher, your neighbor, your parents, cleaning aunties!), be it on Valentine's Day or on other days. Sometimes we're 'too-used-with-each-other' and take other people for granted. It's also a chance to thank God for the love around us. You know...It's so good to feel loved by other people, so yup, let's show our love to the people around us :):)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15254a.htm
The article from the link above mentioned briefly about three different martyrs with the name St Valentine.
Anyway, I feel that after I come to Singapore, Valentine's Day is just an ordinary day. Hahaha. At least when I was in high school in Indo, me and my friends used to send SMS to each other to say "Happy Valentine's Day!"
Let me write about some memorable Valentine's Day experience. (Don't expect candle light dinner story! Hahaha)
The first that came to my mind was in fact my primary-school-Valentine's Day-experience. Why? Because it was still puppy love HAHAHA (In Indo, we say 'monkey love', not 'puppy love'). It was quite a funny experience because you did not dare to give chocolate directly to the person you like, so you ask someone to give the chocolate to your 'target'.
The second that came to my mind was in high school, there was one time the teachers took all chocolates/ gifts that we brought to school. In my school, there was a regulation that prohibited us to bring 'stuff-unrelated-with-school' (including birthday present). Of course we did bring prohibited items in normal days (but if the teachers didn't check, they wouldn't know), but on that Valentine's Day, the teachers checked our bags on purpose. Of course we brought a lot of prohibited items on that day, however, the incident became quite 'hot' because unhappy students wrote rude things to the teacher who was kinda in charge of this bag-check and put it on board that was supposed to be a board for Valentine's day greeting. After school, we gathered in function hall and the principal talked about how we should have empathy for flood victim (Jakarta was flooding that time), and so on and so forth. Students were still unhappy. The next day we were asked to gather again and this time it was the nun who talked to us. After that, (wah so many follow-ups), the student leaders had to stay back. (looong story)
Anyway, yah..it was quite memorable.
The third that I remember was Valentine's Day in 2010. No..actually the memorable day was 1 day before Valentine's Day (because in that year, Valentine's Day was on the same day with Chinese New Year). On 13 Feb 2010, me and my best friends went out to watch 'Valentine's Day'. The rule was we must wear dress/ anything-not-shirt-and-jeans and put make-up as if we're going for first date. Hahahaha. Mission failed. I went home to Indonesia in that week (it was recess week) without bringing my cosmetics. My mom didn't even have loose powder. (I inherit my mom's habit not-to-put-make-up) The only thing I could find was blush-on and lip gloss.
Another Valentine's Day that I remember was loong time ago (not sure when, I think secondary school or sometime in high school) when my mom gave me a little white bear with 'I love you'. I remember she told me, "Since I know no one will give you present, I'll give you this." Hahahaha. The sentence sounds sad, but that time I didn't feel sad. I felt happy because my mom was really thoughtful :P The bear is still in my bedroom in Indo.
This year's Valentine's Day is on Tuesday, so we'll have Legion meeting. Special day with Mother Mary :):) Hehehe...
I don't like the commercialization of Valentine's Day, but I think it's always good to do something special to someone special (your best friend, your teacher, your neighbor, your parents, cleaning aunties!), be it on Valentine's Day or on other days. Sometimes we're 'too-used-with-each-other' and take other people for granted. It's also a chance to thank God for the love around us. You know...It's so good to feel loved by other people, so yup, let's show our love to the people around us :):)
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