For Valentine

So, this is the first year I won't call Valentine "Rằm tháng 2"!!! (not full-moon but nearly full moon, right? After all it's the 14th of Feb). Usually, I would spend the day questioning why on earth people celebrate this loony "full-moon" day, cursing the couples that crowded the coffee shop near my house (of course, it would be annoying, working by the window overlooking the coffee shop and getting distracted by the couples!!!), and thinking of a wild fantasy that I would (if I ever got a chance) do with my future beloved (which was thriller-games and crocodile hunting instead of "coffee shopping" like those people!!!Crazy!!!). People say Valentine's Day is for couples (and friendship...but the friendship in parentheses, see?). And the day is full of pairs of...lovers and (friendship-in-parentheses). Speaking of pairs, I can say that this year's Valentine I'm spiritually paired (but physically ..... "impaired"... hahaha!!!). Anyway, that makes a big difference already, that sweeps away the "blankness" (not emptiness, please!) inside of me and enriches my soul with many colorful nuances. So, this is a colourful Valentine's Day.

Talking about today, I went out with a friend to celebrate the parentheses-part of Valentine: friendship. We went out for beef because I'm so sick of chicken and I was sick of beef today: we waited and waited until we were sick of beef and went out. Then we went to another place to have rice-paper rolled with pork and veggie. Then we came meet two other friends at a coffee shop. (I gotta say, the place was ideal, click, save to memory!!!). I had a really nice time but I gotta admit that had this been just a normal day, we would have had much more fun. (It's lucky that my Valentine doesn't fall on Valentine's Day when streets and restaurants are overcrowded!!! I hate crowded places!). Anyway, I got a bunch of roses from my friend (I gotta sympathize him coz there's no other kinds of flowers!!!) and a little sweetie cuppy cake from another friend of mine, Trúc. Those were sweet enough to sweeten my day and made a nice Valentine.

Anyway, this is still a mass- Valentine's Day; I have my own special days when I found my Treasure. And that's my Valentine's Month. The Treasure, as I called, can only be found once every 11 months. How I got that in the first place was a miracle itself. Sometimes I ask myself who would believe in this and then I ask why I should ask that question because I believe in this, which is enough. People would say I am not rational. I agree because no one in his right mind would take up such a long and bumpy road. I agree that it doesn't "think right" but it does feel right. So this time, I will shut the mind and let myself feel a little bit. And the thing is, it is great to feel! Those feelings that I experienced were quite... luxurious, so luxurious that I didn't think I could feel it that way. It was crazy but it was ... indescribable. And I hope I'll have a Valentines' Month full of those "indescribables". So, my Valentine has yet to come. But everyday to that day is just as sweet as Valentine's.

Something to conclude:

A dream is a wish your heart makes

When you're fast asleep

In dreams you lose your heartaches

Whatever you wish for, you keep

Have faith in your dreams and someday

Your rainbow will come smiling thru

No matter how your heart is grieving

If you keep on believing

the dream that you wish will come true

(quoted from Cinderella movie by Disney)