February 14th

Valentines day has come and gone. Just like every other year. I do think that it's very commercialized nowadays. You can find shops selling flowers at every other corner. Shops displaying couple shirts and accessories trying to attract buyers with supposed bargains. All around, you can see vendors trying to squeeze maximum profit from this occasion. 

Guys can be seen giving flowers and chocolates to their loved ones. Showering them with gifts of all sorts and bringing them to fancy restaurants as a means of expressing their love. Personally, I feel that despite their admirable attempts to impress their partner, they lack sincerity in them. You could get a few dozen flowers for a stack of cash. But, you can never buy a rose which has been fed and nurtured with your love and care for a few weeks. You can bring them to dine in high class restaurants but that can never measure up to the effort put in by a guy who takes the trouble to learn a new recipe to bake a cupcake for his other half. Besides, you do not need an occasion to make your loved one feel special. Make everyday a v-day =)

On another note, I encountered one of the more memorable weddings I have came across during v-day. A wedding on ice. Not as spectacular or as fairy taled as I would have expected but nonetheless amazing. A real eye-opener =). A stage was set up on the ice with a live band playing. Spectacular performances captured the audience's attention while on-lookers peered from every corner. A truly wonderful wedding. 

I guess that is all from this year's valentines. 

Till the next one...