Sunday, February 11, 2007

the thing about blogging is that you feel morally obliged to talk about anything important that comes up. so apparently valentines' day is someting of great importance (sry did someone mention the GST hike) so i should talk about it :)

besides generating an obscene amount of income to flower sellers, i-love-you card makers, match makers, soft toys makers (and not to mention the judo annoymous delivery service ppl), it also manages to turn (with some help from chinese new year) all the shops red. dont believe go walk around j8 4th floor. i can swear these ppl can sleep throughout the whole year, wake up 1 week before valentines' day, sell all their stocks, and go back to sleep.
and they would still make enough money to survive.

ok but thats besides the point. i have always wondered, and am still wondering.. how come, with such significant impact on our economic and social system, WHY ON EARTH IS IT NOT A PUBLIC HOLIDAY YET??!!!
bahh and to add insult to it LABOUR DAY is a holiday.. >< style="color: rgb(153, 204, 255);"> Your wizards gather their runes and begin casting. The spell consumes 2421 Runes and ... is successful! Our peasantry is influenced by a magical calm. We expect birth rates to be higher for 15 days!) did some research on it

koped from some webiste http://www.thaneweb.com/teensworld/feature_020_valentine.htm

Interesting facts for Valentine Vaults

Did you know....

- The most expensive Valentine card ever sent was by an Indian Prince to a woman in London in 1891. It was set in carved invory surounded by diamonds and cost 250,000 pounds.

- A farmer wrote 'I love you' across a field to his wife in manure.

- A girl rode 3 miles on horse-back wearing only black panties and 2 red heart-shaped stickers to deliver her Valentine's Day message to her husband at the factory where he worked.

(i have to wonder.. 2 red heart shaped stickers???)

- One lover got up at 4 am to paste more than 100 hearts on the pavement between the house of his girl friend and her school which was half a mile away.

- The first valentine card was suppsed to be sent by the Duke of Orleans to his wife when he was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1415.

- A London couple had collected 450 Valentine day cards for 15 years. The prized collection is the 'black' Valentine cards which usually contain sarcatice rhyme. These cards are rare, because recipients first throw the card away.

- Eighteent century cards were engraved, hand-painted, laced, tinselled, decorated with moss, Flowers, Shells, etc.

- A bee-hive card of 1877 was once estimated to cost 80 to 100 pounds. It carries a cord which when pulled lifts the bee-hive and reveals two mice in a romantic mood.

strange things ppl do huh.

ok most important thing though.. theres gift exchange in class! zomg sigh the annual event where we desperately try to find things that other ppl might like. that day went j8 to walk around after band.. ok wait diversion..

that day at j8.. luo zhi xiang was there! but no we din see him haha. but tmd his fans just about managed to fill up macs, mos, kfc, subway, long john so yay we din have anywhere to eat. in the end so poor thing everyone bought and went to eat at the staircase (where i think ppl come out from after movies) sigh

ok back to walking around j8. but erm wait i just forgot wad i wanted to say. ok nvm i shall go take a nap now :)

12:26 PM

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