12:00 pm
I wake up. Lazy as ever. I'm prepared to dislike the day for it's V-day and being Bangalore I expected (assumed) to see a more bigger side to this day. Anyway, so I walk out of the house, somehow I feel I should celebrate too, so I go to this restaurant I like and buy all the good stuff, pick up some chocolates and walk back smiling. It was very amusing to see guys in their casuals all readying for the evening. Theses were the common sights seen.
1. Guy in ATM withdrawing money while phone in hand, answering the minute he entered or exited.
2. Guy with flowers holding it gingerly, flowers mostly roses.
3. Guy picking up Temptations (Cadbury's) and others.
4. Group of two or three girls walking hand in hand, shy smiling throughout.
5. Guy and girl walking together hand in hand.
6. A young married family with their 3 possibly 4 year kid, having a nice lunch.
The last one caught my interest, it was really nice to see a family make time for a simple lunch together. :)
Now perhaps it was just pure co incidence and nothing related to V-Day, but I saw what I saw.
So anyway, I get back home, have a great lunch, watch tv (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi), the actress was cute, as if on cue, when I started thinking again, plays on tv this real nice mush song (Tujh main Rab Dikhta hai) so I'm like all dreamy again.
Somehow I manage to shake out of it and go for a nap.
4:45pm
I am on my way to the church for evening service. Once done, that feeling of "celebrate-today" comes again, so I don't return home, I take a ride towards Indiranagar, once I reach the Domlur flyover, guts say, ride on back towards MG/Brigade. So..
Me : "Why not?"
Head : "Dude, there'll be too many couples, you real want to witness possible mushness among them"
Me : "Oh shaddup, don't spoil it, I mean they're harmless, I do agree they sometimes go over the top, but what the hell! Screw you."
Head : "Whatever!"
So I am on my way towards Brigade, it's a pleasant evening, I learn new routes, I'm smiling, I pass by this place (name forgotten) on MG where last time I saw a guy make neat paintings with only his feet (his hands deformed) and then I reach Brigade road, as expected I see couples, dressed in all their finery, girls with bouquets in their hands, the other snug in their boyfriend's arm or just smiles. Cops all over, it was quite a sight, I mean I have grown up in places where valentine's day was always celebrated in shady, shy to the eye areas, everybody playing hide-n-go-seek etc, so this was quite a sight to behold.
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It's now ten minutes, and I'm at the traffic light...
And suddenly I don't hate Valentine's anymore, the old saint wasn't quite wrong about celebrating love. There are only two things that may happen, when you see this celebration in love. Either you could despise/dislike/hate/detest the people participating or you could love them for showing the one they love that they love them, even if it's just one time a year. So anyway, cupid got me loving the whole fair concept.
My only quetion now is, why can't valentine's be celebrated with the people you usually give a miss, why are couples together on this day preparing for romancing their one and only. Why not spend the day with parents or grand parents, take your sibling out and have fun. Go give your dog/cat/pet an extra fancy treat and spend some more time with the whole inner circle of friends. Or is valentine's day, the whole day only reserved for the one person you hold above the rest?
The answer to this question will probably give the true meaning of the celebration of love...
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