Valentine's Day

Today. 14th February 2011

Date that also known as Valentine's Day. we express affection to those we love every day, not only for once a year, that means today. Are you one of those people who celebrate it ?

Honestly, i used to be so excited for this day, but now ..it doesn't as much as i did.

Commonly shortened to Valentine's Day, is an annual commemoration held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions. Modern Valentine's Day symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of winged Cupid. Since 19th century, handwritten valentines have given way to mass-produced greeting cards.

I didn't use anything pink and any heart-shaped

There's nothing special today, just a usual day. School, assignments, lessons, course.

I cut this legends from wikipedia :

ROMANTIC LEGENDS

The Early Medieval acta of either Saint Valentine were expounded briefly in Legenda Aurea. According to that version, St Valentine was persecuted as a Christian and interrogated by Roman Emperor Claudius II in person. Claudius was impressed by Valentine and had a discussion with him, attempting to get him to convert to Roman paganism in order to save his life. Valentine refused and tried to convert Claudius to Christianity instead. Because of this, he was executed. Before his execution, he is reported to have performed a miracle by healing the blind daughter of his jailer.

Since Legenda Aurea still provided no connections whatsoever with sentimental love, appropriate lore has been embroidered in modern times to portray Valentine as a priest who refused an unattested law attributed to Roman Emperor Claudius II, allegedly ordering that young men remain single. The Emperor supposedly did this to grow his army, believing that married men did not make for good soldiers. The priest Valentine, however, secretly performed marriage ceremonies for young men. When Claudius found out about this, he had Valentine arrested and thrown in jail.

There is an additional modern embellishment to The Golden Legend, provided by American Greetings to History.com, and widely repeated despite having no historical basis whatsoever. On the evening before Valentine was to be executed, he would have written the first "valentine" card himself, addressed to a young girl variously identified as his beloved, as the jailer's daughter whom he had befriended and healed, or both. It was a note that read "From your Valentine."

Just fyi, we can show our love everyday, not only once a year. Just enjoy it :) . 

Show them your love, show them how much you love them, not only today, but tomorrow, the day after tomorrow , and so on. 


Anyway, Happy Valentine's Day to those who celebrate it . 
Much Love