VALENTINE - February the 14th

- It was virtually five years, but I guess it is over now-

Valentine. Some cynics said this is a hallmark-day. A day of celebration made by hallmark to boost their greeting card and gift sales. Meskipun punya tag-name hari kasih sayang, Valentine tidak luput dari beberapa komentar sinis oleh sebagian orang. Ada yang mengatakan mereka gak butuh valentine buat nunjukkin kasih sayang mereka, ada yang bilang valentine nih cuma alesan buat nambahin maksiat.

Buat gue Valentine spesial. Bukan karena valentine hari kasih sayang. Tapi karena Valentine itu jatuh pada tanggal 14 Februari. Secara berurutan, gue jadian tanggal 14 dan salah satunya bertepatan dengan 14 Februari itu sendiri. So valentine is always a sweet moment to me. Sampai dengan valentine kemarin. Kemarin, gue setuju sama komentar tia yang menyatakan kalau semua majalah/media mempromosikan valentine seperti hari paling membahagiakan buat semua orang. Mereka gak sadar kalau jumlah yang tidak berbahagia rasanya gak akan kalah jauh sama yang berbahagia hari ini. Dan gue ada di kelompok pertama kemarin.

For myself, as I said to several persons, I am hibernating yesterday. Wake-up late, Grammy Awards, American Idol, Long Nap. Males bales msn, kecuali dari orang orang penting. Gak akan bales sms, Gak akan pick up the phone. I am hibernatin for 3/4 of the day. Well, this valentine is certainly the worst valentine for the past five years, let see it chronologically

14 Februari 2000
One of my best valentine ever. Seorang cewe menerima cinta gue hari ini. Dengan segala acara konspirasi dengan teman teman gue, dia membuat seakan akan saingan gue dalam memperjuankan dia yang akan menang. But in the last minute, dia malah bilang kalau sebenernya itu bohon and she wants to try with me. Sweet. A total suprise. A wonderful 15 minutes spell at Nanyang Lake.

14 Februari 2001
Dengan baju terapih gue (ok, terapih means, baju kemeja, celana super gombrong dan sepatu), gue ke hall nya dia. Bawa bunga, kartu gede, dan boneka. Gak bisa dinner outside. She has quiz for tomorrow, yang ada cuma gue ngasih hadiah ke dia, dia belajar and I fall asleep on her bed. Bangun pas jam 9 dan saatnya pulang.

14 Februari 2002
Date termahal. Buffet Dinner at Royal Park. Pake baju yang sama, cuma celanan bahan dan sepatu kerja. Dilanjutin nonton Kate & Leopold. She fell aslepp during the movie. Kekenyangan katanya. I still has the picture of this date on my table now.

14 Februari 2003
I have a date with different girl. Coz I broke up with the previous girl. The girl cooked for me, we have a dinner together. Chatting throughout the night and doing some web design ( i am not too sure whether designing a web can be considered as a romantic thing at Valentine day)

14 Februari 2004
MTV Asia Award. I came to the concert with several friends. I am going with the first girl. Hug her for throughout the concert. Having supper at lau pa sat after the concert.

14 Februari 2005
I sat with a group of friends. Discussing about the profile of the first several people convert to Islam during Prophet Muhammad reign. Gak pernah gue ngebayangin sekalipun seumur hidup gue sejak gue tau yang namanya valentine day, gue bakal ngabisin hari ini seperti ini. Pengajian bareng temen temen gue. Never. It even never cross my mind. Not even close.

Mungkin gw salah dalam bilang ini worst. Ini memang tidak segemerlap hari hari valentine sebelumnya, tapi certainly ini tidak buruk dan sama sekali bukan waste of time. Gue bersyukur untuk bisa merasa seperti ini lagi setelah lima tahun. It usually one single person made my valentine day special, today, it's a group of friends made this a special day to me. Thanks, guys.

Catlio
Red Chair

n.B for my besplen : From all the persons send me Valentine greeting, I am surprised that you are one of them. As my besplen, I guess you're one of a few persons who knows exactly that I may be the least person in the world expecting a valentine greeting. But anyway, thanks for the greeting, it made my day from bad to worse. Yeah, abso-fuckin-lutely worse.