Have I become one of those jaded, cynical adults who only view birthdays, anniversaries & Valentine's as another milestone on the calendar, a bump in the road to just shrug at, and move on with no further ado?
I honestly don't see it as something great, a day where prices are hiked up for sardine-packed restaurants/cinemas/etc, service is bad, food is minuscule (and PRE FIXE, mind you), girls walking around the mall in tiaras & ball gowns (YES!), guys falling over their feet in case it doesn't work out as it should, pints of ice cream and chocolate being consumed by the truckloads by those lost and lonely, the somewhat diluted efforts of anti-Vday thematics & theatrics as well as those of the ardent believers. All for what?
Looking back, I do remember those days, where excited schoolgirls awaited the arrival of scrunched up notes, from a secret admirer(s), the mysterious male scrawling of nervous, naivete expressed in the very few words guaranteed to make any heart flutter...
A novelty, yes, a marketing scheme, the billion-dollar cash cow for companies involved in any way possible, but, why do people still believe in the whole idea of it?
Maybe, no matter how old, grey, pessimistic or cynical we get, we are all human. The sheer idea of an unknown admirer out there, the possibility of that person being the one you've liked all the while, the bitter taste of unrequited love disappears for a split second, hope and faith reborn, youth rejuvenated, hearts silently skip beats all over the world, gazes are exchanged, cheeks redden, lashes flutter and souls are brought together.
Hmmm... maybe we shouldn't give up on Santa, fairy godmothers and St. Valentine's just yet ay?
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Well, here's the melodies in my mind...
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