Happy V day!

You have to kiss a lot of toads before you find a handsome prince.
-- American Proverb

Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass.
-- French Proverb

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.
-- John Donne

Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire.
-- François de La Rouchefoucauld

Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

To love another person is to see the face of God.
-- Lyric from Les Miserables

With this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly good I thee endow.
-- Wedding Vow, Book of Common Prayer

Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.
-- Albert Einstein

To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
-- Petrarch

Marriage is a matter of give and take, but so far I haven't been able to find anybody who'll take what I have to give.
-- Cass Daley


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Nothing beats working in The Company.

"Happy Valentine's Day!" "Happy Valentine's Day!"

Everyone is wishing everyone today! It's almost like CNY "Xin Nian Kuai Le!", so funny. Female managers are wishing male subordinates, male PAs are wishing female receptionists. It's almost as though there is no room to be unhappy - even if you are alone and have no hot date.

The issue of flowers, or sending bouquets to signify romance is always hotly debated, this year proves to be the same. Female married colleagues were saying how silly it was about the commercialism and the highly extorbitant prices of flowers, the bigger the bouquet, the more it signifies how 'much in love' you two are. Well, I always hardly get flowers near my birthday because of this romantic day, but I'm not complaining. A huge part of myself belongs to the practical side where I will scold the guy for such an extravagance, it's really ridiculous... but then again, it would be nice to have someone show you're special by the act of giving flowers and making you the envy of all the other girls - those single ones who would stare at the bouquet enviously and then look at you with the thought in their eyes, as if to say, what makes you so special to receive this extravagant gift, and not me?

Hmm. I'm genuinely happy today for the people who are in love. Keep it going! Treasure the man by your side, the one who would do all sorts of stupid things for you and talk to you even though he's tired, who would take long walks to nowhere with you just because you wanted to, who would listen to you talk even though he wants to cuddle. Hey, nothing beats having someone who you can feel totally yourself with and just the simple sharing of everyday activities and little things that happened - not everyone out there has the privilege, not everyone can bask in a man's affections and be totally devoted to him, too.

So celebrate romance, celebrate the special fact that you have this year, this day, these few hours together, treat him like you have never been so desiring of spending a day out together, doing things and saying things only couples in love enjoy.