What will be shall be

Happy V-Day

And so it was Valentine yesterday with the girls going home happy with flowers and chocolates and the guys feeling more broke than ever. The happiest people are of course the scheming businessmen who are laughing their way to the bank. A stalk of rose originally sold for $2 can go up to $15 per stalk. Just add in some color paper and laces and you can jack up the price even higher.

The origin of Valentine Day is supposely a very romantic one. It was believed that 14th of Feb was a day to remember St.Valentine, who was apparently killed because of a forbidden love or something like that if I am not wrong. I goggled the words 'origin of valentine' and managed to find what I was looking for. However I couldn't finish reading that article because I was puking most of the time.

While many people were touched by the so-called great love of this gentleman, I wasn't very much amused. Shakespear's great work 'Romeo & Juliet' remained as one of the funniest story in my eyes after so many years.

The version I believed in is this. Long ago, a scheming businessman, in a bid to save his faltering flowers & gift business, suddenly came up with this story about St.Valentine and declared the month of February to be a month of love and romance. Valentine day will be a day whereby the guys will buy gifts for their partners to show their undying love for her.

And of course there was a mad rush for presents buying and this scheming businessman jack up the price by a few times and made a huge huge profit along the way. As a result, his business turned from a failing one to one of the biggest around.

Somehow for years, this practice was carried out even until this day. I wouldn't call this day Valentine Day though, Robert-Head Day would have been more apporiate. When this day approaches, I always can see many stupid heads queuing up to buy gifts and flowers and making reservations at some posh restaurants.

Girls on this day will be grinning from ear to ear with flowers in their hands. Along Orchard Road, it is like a mini flower carnival with each lady competing with each other to see who has the bigger and prettier flower and the bigger the flower, the bigger the Robert-head you boyfriend is.

Many people may not realise this. Valentine Day is a day where the love of the boyfriend is not measured. It was a day to measure the stupidity of the male counterparts. The larger the amount paid, the stupider the boyfriend is. According to the unofficical research and findings, guys who tend to spend a bomb on Valentine Day are not reliable husbands because they don't plan in the long run, all they care is making the girlfriend happy on this day.

I am sure that many have heard of this before. Valentine day is also Friendship Day. This also has a story behind it. Once there was a loser who was tired of seeing these couples exchanging gifts and he declared this day to be Friendship Day also. This will be a day where friends will exchange gifts, not just lovers. This, of course delight the scheming businessman too.

That was a pretty smart move by this loser because from that day on, almost everyone has a gift in the hand and no one can distinguish whether these gifts come from lovers or friends. Personally, this year is one of my best Valentine Daysever as I slept at 10 o'clock and I have not slept that well for a long time already.

So, to all ladies,happy valentine day.To the guys, happy robert-head day. And to the singles, happy riendship day.

posted by malmoncolo @ 8:28 PM