Mi Amor.

"Cheesy song lyrics"

Not the same love as people usually to celebrate on Valentines day, but still.

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Anyway seeing as its valentines day, or at least was (15 minutes ago), i thought i'd write about love, affection all of that soppy stuff. i'll be the first to admit that i adore movies that some may call "chick flicks." But that's just who i am. They appeal to the little girl in me. But i'm not naive, i know that the majority of those things don't JUST happen. There isn't always a happy ending, nor some miracle twist that brings everything together at the last second. Life has its ups and downs. Thing's don't always go according to plan. That's life.

Now, I like to think i'm generally an optimistic person, but there are times where i feel i've got to be realistic. And its out of this that mindset that i comb through all the dreariness of life and search out the love that there is to find. And i came across a few moments in the past couple of days that have 're-educated' me on what yesterday was all about. There was the couple who were dancing in the middle of a packed crowd, not paying attention to anybody or anything but each other. The man and woman getting out of the port-a-loo together (LOL). And finally, the guy who held the girls hair back as she threw up.

I'm probably a freak for thinking this, but the most 'romantic' thing to me was the last couple. In some weird way this is the most appealling to me, the one i wish i was apart of. Okay, so the first couple was yeah, impresive, but the willingness of this man to stay with her, tolerating the mess she had become was just beyond me. Giving up the hundreds he spent on the tickets for the event he was at, and instead staying out there, in the rain and the puke, holding her, taking care of her. To me, that's love. And to me, that's what valentines day should be about.

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Also there is a facebook group saying to "forget valentines day, it's chinese new year" or something like that. CELEBRATE NEW YEAR WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD, greedy asians. You don't need your own festival.