why i don’t celebrate valentine’s day
according to tradition, valentine’s day is a feast day in honour of some christian saint who went by that name.
fine and dandy. i have nothing against valentine’s day on the basis of any religious significance it may carry. come on, our family has christmas turkey almost every year. we don’t see it as a celebration of christ’s birthday, but rather as a once-a-year opportunity to put that delicious bird on the dinner table. =)
i digress.
no. the main reason why i never go out anywhere on valentine’s day is because i believe it is unethical for chocolatiers, restaurateurs and florists to ride on the back of people’s emotions and make a killing.
love is not a commodity. crass commercialism dilutes what it really means to love a person.
think about it: why do you buy someone candy or flowers? because you want to show your affection towards them? or because cultural mores oblige you to show your affection towards them on a certain day? were you being sincere when you bought that 200-ringgit bunch of roses? or were you allowing yourself to be suckered into it?
yes sirree. no valentine’s day for me. if i want to love my woman, i will love my woman on my own terms, not because it only happens to be the 14th day of february.
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oh, nuts. who am i kidding?
okay, okay..maybe a more practical reason is because farah flew to penang for cny holidays. without me.
happy now, afifah? =P
