Valentine's Day

A day before Valentine's Day, I was feeling quite emo. I felt like Valentine's Day is just another day because both of us couldn't figure out what to give the other. I felt like there is nothing special about Valentine's Day.

Not knowing what to do, I wrote a poem for the BF and made a card by drawing our portrait as the front cover.

I didn't manage to take any picture of the end result, since I stayed up late until 2.00 a.m. to finish the card. But I do have the poem with me.

My Valentine

Valentine’s Day is here
The day of romance and love
But here I am pondering
What purpose does it serve

I see lavish gifts everywhere
From shops to little stalls
But none of them caught my eyes
When I walked through malls

How can I look for something
That is worth as much as you?
When I know fairly well that
I cannot afford your value

What does a gift represent
The thought, the love, or the price?
If it’s the thought and love that counts
Then why do they not suffice?

My love for you has never changed
Except that it has grown
If all year round I love you more
What then does Valentine’s Day hold?

If it’s a day to celebrate love
We’ve been celebrating all year round
If it’s a day to show we care
The care we’ve shared would’ve made us drown

But yet come Valentine’s Day
We expect a little more than usual
Flowers, gifts, surprises
Most which can’t last past April

We feel disappointed and hurt
Thinking that our other doesn’t care enough
But more often than not we fail to see
That Valentine’s Day is a bluff

So what if our other showers us with gifts
And make us feel loved on this very day?
How does this one day measure up
To the other 364 days left unsaid?

It hurts so much to hear you say
That no effort was put in or made
Just because no gift emerged
Does not mean my part has not been played

So here I am writing you this
To show you how sorry I am
For making you feel that I don’t care enough
For not coming up with a Valentine plan

I wish I can make things better
Oh how I wish I can
But no matter how hard I try
I am still left with a blank

I hope this can make a difference
As the first poem I’ve penned for you
Happy Valentine’s Day to you my dear

And Happy Valentine to me too

Come Valentine's Day. Things worked out especially well. The BF sent me a bouquet of "bears" (instead of flowers, because I claim that flowers cannot last :P), and we had a BBQ + steamboat session at his place with his family.

It turned out to be quite fun, albeit a lack of romance.

I'm not complaining. I enjoyed every bit of it.

But still... The lack of romance makes me feel like it's incomplete.

Soo... I'm trying to come up with something to compensate for that lack.

Still in the process of contemplating.

Wish me luck!