Friday Frolics - What's Your Valentine's Day Personality?

Hah! Don't I know it! What's yours?

Happy Valentine's!

Your Valentine's Day Personality is Practical

As far as you're concerned, Valentine's Day is simply a commercial holiday. You don't place any real meaning on it. You don't think it deserves too much celebration. For you, Valentine's Day is just the day you avoid restaurants and candy stores. If you love someone, you already show it. You don't need to go all out for a silly holiday to prove your love.

What's Your Valentine's Day Personality?

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Valentine's Day and Chap Goh Mei - Double Celebration today

Today is Valentine's Day, so Happy Valentine's to you..

Google commemorates Valentine's Day 2014 with this interactive doodle..

Today is also a day of celebration for the Chinese community. After the past 14 days of festivities and merry-making ushering in the new year, all that will end tonight on this 15th day of the new lunar year.

In the Teochew and Fujian communities, it is called Chap Goh Meh which literally translates to "15th night". It is also known as Lantern Festival though not to be confused with that of the Mooncake Festival celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month.

So Happy Chap Goh Meh to you..

Today, also being known as the Chinese Valentine's Day, tradition holds that this is the night where maidens go to the river or lake to toss oranges with the hope of getting hitched. In contemporary times, technology advancement has notched it up a little where you'd find oranges bearing contact information. Oh yes, here in Malaysia it is still practised. If you are in the Klang Valley, head on over to the lake in Petaling Jaya (near A&W I think) and if you are in Penang, the Esplanade is the place to catch the oranges.

Gong Xi Fa Cai again and may the Year of the Horse be a better year for you! (The Year of the Horse is from Jan 31, 2014, to Feb 18, 2015. The Year of the Goat takes over on Feb 19, 2015, a Thursday, another Fire element year.)


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Happy Valentine's Day!

Love conquers all and we do need it now more than ever so let me interrupt this series of Chinese New Year daily posts to wish one and all A Happy Valentine's Day!


Today is also the 154th birthday of George Ferris, the man most famous for creating the original Ferris Wheel for the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition. If you go to Google's homepage today, an interactive Google doodle awaits honouring both Valentine's Day and George Ferris.

What’s wrong with Valentine’s day, Nazri asks

Sharing article from The Malaysian Insider with regard to Muslims celebrating Valentine's Day.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14 — All Malaysians including Muslims should be allowed to celebrate Valentine’s day, Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz said today.
“Why can’t it be celebrated? I disagree...it is not a form of prayer,” said the defacto law minister.

He was asked to comment on Islamic affairs minister Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom saying that Islamic religious authorities have launched nationwide enforcement efforts to nab Muslims celebrating Valentine’s Day today.

“What is wrong with Valentines’ day? People just want to express their love to one another.

“How different is it from other days, where we can do the same thing?” Nazri asked.

He also criticised PAS for campaigning against Valentines’ Day, saying that such efforts were plain “ridiculous”.

Last Friday, official sermons also warned Muslims against celebrating Valentine’s Day, which the federal Islamic authorities claimed was in breach of the tenets of their religion.

In the text of a sermon provided by the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) titled “Awas jerat Valentine” (Beware Valentine’s trap), Muslims were told that asking someone to be his or her “Valentine” could lead to idolatry.

PAS Youth has also been spearheading anti-Valentine’s Day celebrations in recent years.

It claimed that the celebrations would lead to greater vice among Muslim youths.

This year, the Islamist opposition party’s Youth wing urged the federal government to exert greater control over Valentine’s Day advertisements to curb social ills.

Valentine’s Day celebrations have been a solely commercial affair since 1969, when the Roman Catholic Church dropped February 14 as a feast day.

Google doodle this Valentine's

Expect a Google doodle when you visit their homepage today? Google celebrates this year's Valentine's Day with an animation.

Happy Valentine's Day

Whether we like it or not, and no matter what others say, this day is dedicated to LOVE. May your life be filled with LOVE today and forever more..

Shopping for Valentine's Day gifts

Now that Chinese New Year is over, shopping for another occasion is on the cards, gifts for Valentine's. Do people stress over what gifts to buy? Do you?

Gifts for Valentine's Day truly covers a wide range. Lingerie must be quite popular, at least among a few guys here in the office. Saw them checking out a discount lingerie store. I must say their lingerie sets would make any girlfriend happy, and the boyfriend too since they won't make a big hole in his wallet.

Guys, what would you want most for Valentine's from your loved one?

Valentine's Day Gifts

Today is Feb 1, the 10th day of the Chinese New Year. As this important festival is celebrated for fifteen days, merry-making is still ongoing and Chinese restaurants are still bustling every night until the 15th day, i.e., Chap Goh Meh, which falls on this Monday, Feb 6.

Today is also a Public Holiday marked by Federal Territories Day. The Federal Territories in Malaysia comprise three territories: Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan, governed directly by the federal government of Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur is the national capital of Malaysia, Putrajaya is the administrative capital, and Labuan is an offshore international financial centre. Both Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya are enclaves in the state of Selangor, while Labuan is an island off the coast of Sabah. (Wikipedia)

What's synonymous with February? Why, Valentine's Day, of course. Do I hear husbands groaning about getting Valentine's gifts for wife?

If your wife loves chocolates, (which wife doesn't), a platter of succulent strawberries dipped in yummy chocolate might be the right gift this year and every year. Whether it's a full two dozen gourmet dipped Valentine's berries or a half-dozen dipped swizzled berries, they will surely start Valentine's Day on a happy note. Check out the options available. You'd be spoilt for choice!

H&M's David Beckham Bodywear line ad at the Super Bowl

One of the ads that will run at the Super Bowl this year will be H&M's David Beckham Bodywear Super Bowl ad. Set to The Animals’ Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood, the commercial will make its debut during the second quarter of the NFL championship final.

Only a 30-second run but is enough to tease(?).. The focus of this black and white ad is so much on the man himself, you might be wondering what exactly the ad is promoting. The man is no other than David Beckham, the 36-year-old LA Galaxy player who has just renewed his second term with the (US) football or rather soccer club. Here's the ad that will make its debut at the Super Bowl.



His bod, tattoos and briefs aside, now check out his skill. Indeed, unbelievable David Beckham!



Oh, by the way, the David Beckham Bodywear line will go on sale on Thursday, and just in time for Valentine's Day.

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day, Everyone!
May you have Love in your Life
And Joy in your Heart, Always..

Image source: Wikipedia

Happy Valentine's

Dear friends near and far..

Happy Valentine's Day

Dear Friends near and far, may this day be the beginning
of a new life of new experiences, great happiness and joy.
May you have only the best. Happy Valentine's Day!

Find a Date for Valentine's Day

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