Romance is dead

We fall in love when our imagination projects nonexistent perfection upon another person. One day, the fantasy evaporates and with it, love dies

Valentine's day is just around the corner. Its time of the year where fancy eateries/fine dining hike their prices up. Florist and gift shops jack up prices. Valentine's day is just another day where commercial businesses can take the opportunity to make a quick buck. Prices of flowers i.e roses goes as high as 3-4 times than its normal price. Its just ridiculous. Nevertheless, I'm quite tempted to order a bouquet of flowers to be sent to her office (got a feeling I'm gonna get a lot of scolding for this!).

During this time of the year, people will be racing to find that PERFECT gift for their loved ones. Then the question "what is the perfect gift?" pop into my head. For kicks, I embarked on a quest to find THAT perfect gift. After countless hours of searching, I finally came to a conclusion that there is no such thing as the perfect gift. By my standards this monopoly set is by far the BEST valentine's day gift any bitter person (people like me!) should receive.



I guess valentine's day would be special if you have some one to share it with. For me, its just another day I'll be dreading. Watching all those advertisements promoting "valentines day specials" just don't quite cut it for me. Most of my friends know that I'm going through a bad period at the moment but then I still get questions like:

"Hey...what are your plans for valentine's day?"

I mean how ignorant can some people be?Even after knowing that I'm still in the shit hole, they still have the heart to ask me that question. What would a heart broken single guy do on valentine's day?Let me tell you

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!!SO STOP ASKING ME STUPID QUESTIONS!!!

In my opinion, valentine's day is just another business opportunity stirred up by commercial entities for business reasons. Let me give you a brief history on how this so-called a day of romance came about. Legend has it that valentine's day was celebrated in the name of a priest named Valentine who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II (the emperor of Rome that time) decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, so he outlawed marriage for young men. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine's actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death.

The real meaning of valentine's day has been tainted and deviated from what it SHOULD be. Therefore, valentine's day is stupid, commercial, meaningless and overrated. The true meaning of valentine's day is dead.

P/S: Notice that the letter "v" in each of the word "valentine's" isn't in capital letter?Its because I have lost respect for the meaning of today's valentine's day.



Disclaimer: This entry is based solely on my own personal opinion. For those who are a true believer of today's meaning of valentine's day, I totally respect your choice and know that I don't hate nor discriminate people who wants to pamper their loved ones on this special occasion. By all means, go ahead and have a great time and a romantic evening. Cheers!