Can't Buy Me Love

by The Beatles

WARNING : THIS IS A 1 PERSON OPINION. DO NOT TAKE IT WAYYYY TO SERIOUSLY.


the remedy of valentine's day. flowers, chocolates, dinners etc. what a day to celebrate with your love ones. except of those who made comments about how "haram" it is. don't get jumpy with me here, i'm just saying. to make it clear that i am nether pro v-day nor anti v-day, i'll list down couple of things that in my PERSONAL opinion about this global celebration. FIRSTLY, it marks the day where a dude named Saint Valentine were executed for marrying a few soldiers to their choice of maidens. then, he wrote a love letter (more like the 1st v-day card) to his beloved. And coincidentally, a few dudes with the same name were given the same fate for some other reasons which was unknown because they were erased by history. nothing to do with praising any kind of religion or even a cult movement. SECONDLY, it's already a worldwide celebration. every card company, every flower shop, every chocolate factory has created a tradition which all of this things were to give on v-day. THIRDLY, depends on how the intentions of every person (or more specific, every couple) in this entire planet wants to celebrate it. if they feel like v-day is the perfect day to just celebrate, then where's the harm of it? However, v-day makes a guy cry for his money because the pressure of buying stuff for their love ones. Plus, a girl can really be pushy or desperate to make it as perfect as possible (like it was her wedding day!)

Honestly speaking, for me i personally love the whole concept of the celebration because there's more love all around. people walking together, holding hands, how sweet! However, i have little desire to celebrate because for me, everyday is a v-day! So my dear lads, do not Judge, do not be to narrow (i'm not asking u to be too liberal either), do some legitimate research and ask yourself. do not be like a 'lalang'. ditiup kiri, ke kiri, ditiup kanan, ke kanan. (a malay 'peribahasa')

p/s : i wrote this because i've read about this article. personally, yes it is a foreign cultural celebration, but same goes as Christmas (which is the birth of Jesus Christ), Deepavali (festival of lights/the return of Ramayana) and Chinese New Year (beginning of the Chinese calendar/beginning of spring). i'm not against this campaign but the purpose has to be right, and not because it's 'budaya barat' or 'berbau kristian'. just saying....