who art thou, saint valentine?

you know you are getting old .......


.........when you remember that today is the day to pray to the heavenly god but forgets that it is also valentine's day.

........ when you think of valentine day as another day to waste money, time and effort.

........ when you are not the least bothered that your lover forgets to bring you anything for valentine's day.

........ when you don't have any anonymous valentine's day card to look forward to.

........ when you see other people's big bouquet of roses and you can only think how much money was wasted on it.

....... when you are too tired to wine and dine on valentine's day.

...... when you look forward to the day AFTER valentine's day, simply because it's the weekend and you can rest.

the sweetest valentine's day? when i was still bopping and hopping in school, skirts riding high and socks sitting low, the more financially endowed male students will buy a stalk of flower each for their female classmates. everybody gets one. and popular ones (like me! ahem! *grins*) will get valentine cards, anonymous and otherwise. cards very beautifully decorated, with perfume and cut-out hearts. no obligation and no tension, just a little gesture to let you know that someone cares. it is simply the sweetest. an innocent celebration of someone's affection. it didn't matter that nothing followed the expression of amore, nobody asked for anything more. just a smile on the lips of the receiver.

growing up, valentine's day became complicated, mixed with a lot of anticipation, expectation and disappointment. you expect certain things, he expect certain things, he expect that you will be expecting, you expect that he expects that you will be expecting. a simple tradition turned complicated. the purest of things are usually the loveliest.

so, stay pure.

happy valentine's day to all.