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I am a 25 year old fresh IT grad searching for a career in a highly competitive market. At the moment I spend most of my life in front of my laptop. The internet is my currency to the world while I have none to spare ($$$). Read my thoughts and opinion. My triumphs and my breakdowns. I do not seek to inspire or beg to be praised. Simply my honest takes and I am all there is. |
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Monday, February 14, 2011
.::Happy Valentine's Day::.
.::Happy Valentine's Day::.
"Saint Valentine's Day, commonly shortened to Valentine's Day,[1][2][3] is an annual commemoration held on February 14 celebrating love and affectionbetween intimate companions.[1][3] The day is named after one or more early Christian martyrs, Saint Valentine, and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 496 AD." - Wikipedia
As a muslim myself, I am not encouraged to celebrate events that is not significant to my religion. It might portray a lack of faith in Islam or some kind of betrayal by showing a certain interest or passion towards another religion's religious observance other than Islam.
Despite being personally obligated not to celebrate said Valentine's day, as a peace-loving Singapore citizen in a multi-racial, multi-cultural and multi-religious nation, just for the sake of love and friendship, I'd like to wish everyone a very sweet sweet Valentine's day.
Another popular issue of V-day, not related to religion, is relationship status. Most people who celebrate V-day are those who are in love. This creates a social inferiority towards those who are single.
I remember the days when I was a single teenager in poly, secretly wishing that on that day some shy guy would muster up the guts to admit his secret admiration for me and show me his affection by presenting me a cheap handmade paper flower that seems to be on sale everywhere on campus grounds and then I would be in a relationship and we would be happy forever. I know...LOL right? I was eighteen. Pfft! A lonely girl could dream.
Anyhoo...back to the topic.
So to avoid being singled out, single individuals in the community would commemorate friendship on this day instead of acknowledging it as a day strictly for couples only, it is also known as a day of friendship in the Mexico, Central and South America. Around the world, people in Asia, Europe, Japan, India and the Middle East celebrate it in different ways but most have the same objective, which is to celebrate love and friendship. Love makes the world go round. (Or is it money? LOL)
Now this lonely girl has someone to love and who loves her sincerely and affectionately, for five lovely years and counting.
Awww...
And after all these time, our love has blossomed beyond materialistic items of affection. Flowers, chocolates and gifts have phased out. One reason is, those shayts are darn expensive in Singapore on this bloody V-day! So why waste money? Another reason is, we simply grew out of them. We are in love every day and this day has rather lost its special feeling compared to 5 years ago when we just started out.
Further more, living in a very over-crowded little red dot of 5.7 million people in population and very little source of entertainment for middle-class folks, our choices become very limited. This year is our 5th Valentines together and we are not going to bother making any sort of dinner reservation on the 14th February 2011, knowing that EVERY darn couple in the island has the same boring and cheap idea. I know, I'm bitter but it's the cold hard truth. Every couple will be out there, in every restaurant, every movie theater, on every park bench, which makes everywhere crowded and scoring a zero in the "romantic ambiance" meter. I just can't wait to get married and buy a house. Then me and my partner can have a quiet romantic dinner and watch cable television in our own peaceful, personal space. But things like that don't just happen overnight. (I think I'd be thirty years old by then. Yikes!)
To my special someone, Happy V-day baby, I feel blessed to have you. Alhamdulillah.
As a muslim myself, I am not encouraged to celebrate events that is not significant to my religion. It might portray a lack of faith in Islam or some kind of betrayal by showing a certain interest or passion towards another religion's religious observance other than Islam.
Despite being personally obligated not to celebrate said Valentine's day, as a peace-loving Singapore citizen in a multi-racial, multi-cultural and multi-religious nation, just for the sake of love and friendship, I'd like to wish everyone a very sweet sweet Valentine's day.
Another popular issue of V-day, not related to religion, is relationship status. Most people who celebrate V-day are those who are in love. This creates a social inferiority towards those who are single.
I remember the days when I was a single teenager in poly, secretly wishing that on that day some shy guy would muster up the guts to admit his secret admiration for me and show me his affection by presenting me a cheap handmade paper flower that seems to be on sale everywhere on campus grounds and then I would be in a relationship and we would be happy forever. I know...LOL right? I was eighteen. Pfft! A lonely girl could dream.
Anyhoo...back to the topic.
So to avoid being singled out, single individuals in the community would commemorate friendship on this day instead of acknowledging it as a day strictly for couples only, it is also known as a day of friendship in the Mexico, Central and South America. Around the world, people in Asia, Europe, Japan, India and the Middle East celebrate it in different ways but most have the same objective, which is to celebrate love and friendship. Love makes the world go round. (Or is it money? LOL)
Now this lonely girl has someone to love and who loves her sincerely and affectionately, for five lovely years and counting.
Awww...
And after all these time, our love has blossomed beyond materialistic items of affection. Flowers, chocolates and gifts have phased out. One reason is, those shayts are darn expensive in Singapore on this bloody V-day! So why waste money? Another reason is, we simply grew out of them. We are in love every day and this day has rather lost its special feeling compared to 5 years ago when we just started out.
Further more, living in a very over-crowded little red dot of 5.7 million people in population and very little source of entertainment for middle-class folks, our choices become very limited. This year is our 5th Valentines together and we are not going to bother making any sort of dinner reservation on the 14th February 2011, knowing that EVERY darn couple in the island has the same boring and cheap idea. I know, I'm bitter but it's the cold hard truth. Every couple will be out there, in every restaurant, every movie theater, on every park bench, which makes everywhere crowded and scoring a zero in the "romantic ambiance" meter. I just can't wait to get married and buy a house. Then me and my partner can have a quiet romantic dinner and watch cable television in our own peaceful, personal space. But things like that don't just happen overnight. (I think I'd be thirty years old by then. Yikes!)
To my special someone, Happy V-day baby, I feel blessed to have you. Alhamdulillah.
posted at 1:34 PM