VALENTINE'S DAY

So much fuss has been given this day for the hearts especially by those who can make much profits from this occasion…Flower shops run out of flowers, chocolates, cakes and other sweet delights are in demand. The malls are full of “come ons” for your special one. Red is everywhere. Prices of flowers go wild….ouch… a thousand pesos for just a dozen flowers!!! For sure, there will be traffic in the lines of all the cell phone companies for the thousands of love messages that will be sent this day. But for those who are so much in love, price doesn’t matter, anyway, it is only once a year. Only once a year!! But isn’t it that LOVE IS A WORK IN PROGRESS? Showing one’s love must be every day, every moment.



Well, anyways, it is good to have a special day like this one. For lovers, it is a day to surprise the loved one. At least there is a day to break a somewhat monotonous way of life. This time that you can hear nothing but scandals, corruption, rallies, etc., to focus on other things not political is a welcome one.



I can’t help but compare the Valentine’s Days I had experienced with the present one. During my time, we didn’t have cell phones for texting or emails, so the only way messages of love could be sent were through the telegram companies, letters, or cards. Modesty aside, I had my share of suitors who sent me some flowers, chocolates, cards and messages. The telegrams those times were sent via PT&T, RCPI, Eastern Telecoms, some companies that I could remember. How funny, I often received the telegrams two or three days after Valentine’s Day. Well, trust PT&T to be on time and you would be in trouble….never on time. Hahahaha….No malice intended for PT&T but it was a common knowledge during my time that the company was not efficient. So with the cards and letters….well, the post office that time was also jammed with undelivered letters and packages…so the greetings were a week, a month or so delayed. A backward society, you would say…but it was our time, not yours today of computerized gadgets.



HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY TO ALL!!