VD Psycho Babble

That Petrol Emotions' Babble album in 86' or 87' (i think), was pure stoned-washed muzik to my ears.. angst ridden with guitar noize aplenty; something which caught my attention in a period where the local airwaves were constantly dominated by radio friendly tunes; could they have played anything else? *ironic chuckle* a-ha, madonna, miami sound machine...plenty of love songs....

I think my 1st VD (as the joe boys fondly used to call it) was celebrated in 86..can't recall how the day went but i remember receiving a brown huggable Pound Puppy (aka the sausage dog) soft toy for a gift from a "connected" convent girl in church.. is it still the fad nowadays to give stuff toys to the one you fancy??? it was a good sensation to receive...can't remember what i gave to her... where is she now? what has happened to her in recent times? the grapevine has it that she's left her family here and migrated to the uk.... my audrey my.....my muse original... God bless you and hope that you are fine wherever you are...

aaah...good memories and sad ones too... collided in my head... the movies we watched at Cathay, the Yami yoghurt we shared at Picnics Scotts, the colored pen-touched letters that we exchanged, that fleeting moment of bliss the 1st time our lips touched, the testerone driven during our intimate moments, my sorrowful laden tears shed.... anyhow, there was definitely a good feel to celebrate VD with an equally infatuated teen of the opposite sex... so young, so full of energy, so full of passion... naturally everyone teased us about it..puppy love as they called it.. we will oblivious..love was blind..

almost 20 years have passed...the toy and letters are no longer in possession...yesterday i spent my VD looking after my 2 kids, playing with them..not much went through me head about celebrating it with wifey..perhaps was because wifey said that she did not celebrate VD...

the legacy of VD however, remains unchanged even till today.. commercialism still rules... marketeers union in jubilation... petty cafe/restaurants continue to present their creative pricing boldly... the roses at the family flower shop paraded proudly.. will there ever be another that will replace this popular perenial..

can we consider all these extravagance perverse ? .. maybe yes and maybe no...there will always be the black and the white.. an evening romance may cost a leg and an arm....but whence in 365 days can you find an immediate 50% increase in exposed, shameless courage... the number of man/woman/boys and girls braving their natural instincts to pop the question "will you be my valentine?"

MS Encarte definition
Val·en·tine’s Day (plural Val·en·tine’s Days) noun
February 14, the Christian feast day of St. Valentine and the traditional day for sending a romantic card or gift, especially anonymously, to somebody you love.

Botak Chin definition
Val·en·tine’s Day (plural Val·en·tine’s Days) noun
February 14, a day of reckoning for some, where courage is increased 3-folds, where pride and ego can be parked aside, where man and woman stray clueslessly and willingly into the trappings of the commercial flytrap all for a feel of this sensation called love..

for what it's worth.... Happy Valentine's Day !