Can you imagine how awkward it was for me to shoot this picture? Lol.

Because it’s Valentine’s Day, I decided to have my nails and toenails painted bloody red. It’s no biggie, I’ll probably remove it after a day or two. I just happened to pass by a salon yesterday and thought of doing something out of the ordinary (I don’t normally get my nails done. Only when I’m attending a formal event). But just so you know, this act is already the extent of my 2008 Valentine’s Day!

To tell you the truth — and I mean this with no bitterness in my heart, haha — I don’t treat Valentine’s Day any differently than the other regular days. Why? Because I’m not used to experiencing anything BIG happening on this day. I haven’t received any serious “I like you, be my Valentine” flowers, or any memorable gifts in the past 23 Valentine’s days of my life. Not that this is a bad thing coz it’s really not, and I’m not bitter. I’M. NOT. BITTER. Haha.

I’m looking forward to at least having dinner with da boypren, just like last year and the year before! *Hint-hint* Boypren, are you there? :)

Nevertheless, we all know that Valentine’s Day is not exclusive to lovers. It can also be about friends and family. I used to spend February 14th every year with my best friends back home. We would go out, have dinner, give each other presents (Sometimes roses! How sad were we?), and be all singles together. Valentine’s Day a.k.a. Singles Awareness Day can be a lot of fun if spent with the right people you know.

I also have another one good memory of this day. For three years in a row, my guy classmates in college (who were only about 20% of our class) would prepare something sweet for the rest of us (the ladies) on Valentine’s Day. They would pool their money together, buy bouquets of roses and they would join with one of our professors in carrying out their plan for that day, Feb 14. The class would get interrupted, and soon they’d enter our classroom to hand each of us her own red rose. IT WAS REALLY CHEESY! But it never failed to make the rest of us smile and feel friendly kilig. They made it clear they weren’t doing that with any romantic agenda in mind — they just wanted to make all of us feel a little bit special on that day. Such a sweet gesture, don’t you think?

See? Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to be about romantic relationships between two people. Me, bitter? I’m not bitter. Whatareyoutalkingabout?

If I say I’m not bitter one more time would you still believe me? Haha!

So what’s your unromantic memory of Valentine’s Day? :)

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