What Did You Get For Valentine’s Day?
It’s a wonderful question for those who embrace the celebration of Valentine’s Day, and yet it’s also a terrible question for those who are still in the quest of finding their Mr. orMs. Right.
Although it has been made into an annual festival where the whole world is festooned with pink hearts, teddy bears emblazoning ‘I love you’ on its chest and many, many heart-shaped chocolate boxes and cupid ornaments, the choice to celebrate should be personal and private.
But even though there are those who aren’t making a big deal out of it, they can’t avoid seeing how this global phenomenon has affected almost everything - since the later days of January and you would have seen shops offering Valentine’s Day special sale, television stations advertising special Valentine’s Day movies and moreover, the movement of Indonesian cinematography which had established the embracement of Valentine’s Day in Indonesia by showing romantic-themed movies with the words of ‘Love’ and ‘Cinta; variedly thrown into the titles.
Thus the image of Valentine’s Day is reverberated as a commercial exploitation where people are encouraged to spend money, either to buy gifts or dinner, and all for the name of Love.
When I used to be single, I dreaded this day - I admit I was somewhat affected by it. I was worried about ‘the question’ that I would get asked for, in which I couldn’t find a genuine response other by retorting Valentine’s Day as a way for Hallmark to make more profit from innocent people who are glorifying the day to be special, even though secretly I would love to get flowers and gifts from that special person whom I love - because what girl wouldn’t?
Perhaps my wish had finally come true, because my beau happens to be a romantic person.
At the early dates of courting, we often wrote letters to each other and although naturally I would recoil from any guy who ever dared to recite poetry to me, I love all the little notes and poems that he sent me. I felt comfortable to be given the romantic treatment, when beforehand I thought it was just silly. Perhaps the reason why I was cynical was due to the fact that I had been disappointed over so many times in my previous relationship that it became hard for me to open up and start to trust again, until I realized that it was all a part of a journey which led me to meet my other half.
So today, we celebrated Valentine’s Day by having dinner together, which was the cherry on top of the day, as I had been genuinely surprised by the white roses bouquet that he presented to me in the afternoon. I didn’t think he would go to so much trouble because we always express our love whenever we can, either by hugs, kisses or a simple ‘I love you’ which we say straight to each other or sent to text messages.
While we were enjoying our dinner, there was a nearby table full of girls having a good time by generally laughing and joking to each other, that somehow reminded me of the day when I used to go out with my girlfriends to brave ourselves off of the harmful side effects of Valentine’s Day. But the image got ruined completely when I saw the whole lot of them teasing one of the waiters who were serving their table, and in return making him feel slightly uncomfortable and perplexed as being forced to have conversations with the customers.
My amusement didn’t stop there, as I saw one of the girls pulling out a Milk Tray box and proffered them to the poor waiter to have one, in which the whole teasing and flirting activity would start off again. It got even worse when a waitress came over to clean up their table and she good-humouredly asked “So where are your boyfriends tonight, girls?”, in which, one of them retorted loudly, “Hare gene punya cowok (Who needs a boyfriend)?”
I do hope that I was much better behaved back then when I was single and fabulous (exclamation mark!). And yet I couldn’t help but feel sympathy for them because who knew what pressure they had to endure, what with everyone asking them the question and the world urging everyone to brighten up their days in pink ornaments - it must had been quite cumbersome nevertheless. But then again, it is back to a person’s choice whether or not he or she decides to let Valentine’s Day and its pink paraphernalia affect their mood.
As for me, it has been a very good day indeed, regardless of the fact that it is Valentine’s Day or not, because one does not need an excuse to express his or her love - as what Nike always says, just do it!
On a lighter note, it is also Micah’s birthday today (I really should name him Micah Valentine), so we got him two pieces of A&W fried chicken, all for himself!
Last but not least, I would like to say Happy Valentine’s Day to those who celebrate and happy birthday to my beautiful mini dachshund, Micah!
February 15th, 2008 at 1:33 am
Gile tuh cewe-cewe desperado banget yah, untung gua ga gitu banget dulu hohoho ^o^
Anyway aku ga dapet apa-apa Ther hari ini, bisik:tolong kasi tau doi aku, aku lagi demen ma cincin gede hohoho ^o^
February 15th, 2008 at 7:44 am
@LiSan:
Iya, aku aja yang ngeliat jadi risih tapi kasihan juga…he3x.
BTW,Ivan mana yach … mau gue omelin… dan teriakin ‘teganya dirimu teganyateganyateganyateganyateganyateganya….’ hi9x…
February 15th, 2008 at 8:42 am
Hi Therry,
Valentine’s Day is a no big deal day for me, it’s just another day although my lovey sent me a lovely card and a WU so I can get myself the gift I desired. February is also my birth month, so I got a double gifts…LOL!
Happy birthday to Micah, I hope you do not spoil him too much with people’s food. Fatso heart’s problem came from too many good food I often shared with him.
February 15th, 2008 at 9:22 am
pitshu dikasih coklat, padahal ga gitu suka coklat! tapi vday kan identik sama yang namanya coklat hihihihi
February 15th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Therry blogmu nyaman sekali.
Nebeng ngumpet disini ahhhh ..di luar sana menyeramkan!
Valentine? Waw 2007 kemarin sih bahagia, ada kekasih, ada mawar (meskipun yang dijual di lampu merah, ceban doanq). Valentine kali ini emang dari awal gue ngga ngarep terlalu banyak. Big holidays kayak New Year’s Eve aja gue garing, haha.
Yayaya, lagi masanya kali gue ther. Jadi males2an gini.
Growing Giftnya dah dapet ya btw?
Happy (belated) Valentine’s Day!
PS: Untuk sementara ini comments di blog Lightbeamers di-moderate, sekalian pingin nge-netralin tuh blog aja. Istirahat dulu.
February 15th, 2008 at 9:37 am
@Elyani:
Hi! Nice to know you got something from your beau, though I don’t know what a WU is?
Yeah, I combine dogfood and human food for Micah but most often I just gave rice and meat in the morning and dogfood in the evening, cuz he’s still skinny I wanna up his weight a bit
I don’t give him chocolate, onions, grapes or any other no-nos for dogs, though. Yikes, it would be terrible if Micah ever get sick
@Pitshu:
Wah asik neh, dapet coklat -wink2- simpen aja buat kalo lagi PMS biasanya kan pengennya makan yg manis tuch
February 15th, 2008 at 9:41 am
@Marisa:
-sediain bantal empuk biar tambah nyaman-
Ouw, pantesan gue samper ke blog loe kok comment-nya ilank!
Sebelumnya blog gw ini jg sempet gue ilangin comment-nya trus di set moderate tapi krn kata yg baca jadi susah comment, akhirnya di enable lagi deh
Growing gift-nya udah dapet kok, udah gue bales malah hue3x..
NYE kemaren gw jg ga kemana2, di rumah, DVD marathon, bis males pegi kemana2.
Ah males2an juga ga ada salahnya … -wink2-
-slenge’an mode set on-
February 15th, 2008 at 9:44 am
yep, it’s just another day. went to Plaza Indo, the flower shops was overflowed with flowers that they had to put the bouquets outside. even the gift shops were so crowded. my bf spent a day searching for anything BUT roses but couldn’t find one hahahahha
February 15th, 2008 at 9:53 am
@Cn:
It’s nice to see that more and more people are opting for flowers as a way to express their feelings.
I once asked a married friend who had a 2 yr old baby whether or not she had ever received flowers from her husband and she said “No.”
Ouch. Sensitive question, shudn’t ask in the first place. My bad
But she seemed sad tho.
And then I was talking to her husband too once and asked why didn’t he ever give her anything nice and his response was “I’m too embarassed to do that.”
Oh bloody hell, its your own WIFE for God’s sake. What are you going to do, wait until you’re grey and old to get over your shame? Jeez.
-flaming-
February 15th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
omg, already a husband and wife and he’s still embarassed??? what the hell?? someone should kick some senses on his head.
February 15th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
@cn:
yeah it’s a mystery to me why some people worry so much about what others think when they do something like giving flowers or any lovey dovey stuff to their loved ones, when it should have been the feeling of their loved ones they shud care abt.
keqnya masih menjunjung tinggi gengsi gitu cn, jadi mau sayang2an ke istrinya malu, takut diledekin gitu sama temen2nya.
February 16th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
huhuhuhu…anjingnya lucu banget! pengen pelihara anjing lagi
tapi nge kost enggak bisa, cepetan donk bisa punya rumah sendiri ^^