Valentine - a love season

Celebrating the Valentine's day is not anymore centered on feasting for the legendary saint from whom the name originated. It is typically enhancing what we already have within, the essence of Love. We celebrate Valentine as a love season. It's the time when one can demonstrate the love he feels and manifesting it through his care, thoughtfulness, affection, gentle human touch and sweetness. The 14th of February or the exact date for Valentine day has no significance after all since several occasions have already been held and booked ahead of the date. What truly important is the inkling to show one's affection and care. I heard about the mass wedding for police couples held this week. This were done not because of the shrink budget but for the fun memories of the occasion.

Also there was this picking-up of street people at the deep night, who were found sleeping on the sidewalk of Manila. Policemen have awaken them up and carried them off to the Department of Social Welfare, where they were billeted and fed with hot soup and clothed them with new t-shirts. The police authorities say, "that was their way of showing care to the homeless for this valentine season." While the Social Welfare Administration have set a way of returning them back to their homes or find ways to provide shelter for the homeless.

Romantic marriage proposal

This is also the season of showing romantic gesture for the love interest. At first I thought that Filipino romanticist is thinning in number, where most Filipino lover nowadays have already embraced the world's sickening trend for quickie sort of things; where most decisions were done in a hurry just like jumping headlong to romantic entanglement, where babies are made first before marriage. But that was not the case for some romantic couples. The media had picked-up, those a sweetie form of marriage proposal, something unique and endearing...really breath-gasping or how else would you describe it:

the boy friend proposed marriage to her long time sweetheart on top of the building. He invited his sweetheart to climb the rooftop and as he reach the hand of her girl to insert the ring in her finger, he proposed marriage. And of course to the girl's surprised, she has no idea about her boy friend's planned proposal. She was so ecstatic to accept the proposal

The long time sweetheart couple has been enjoying the fun of reading the billboard's ads along the road, every time they drive their way through the long highway stretch. Then at one time the girl was surprised to see their blow-up photo together pasted on the billboard and had a big caption of "Will you marry me?" Her boy friend had spent a huge sum to come up with a unique and endearing marriage proposal.

Yesterday night the network television, had the chance to catch glimpses of a grand marriage proposal by long time boy friend of the flight stewardess. As the stewardess alighted from the exit pass of the airport the boy friend meet her half-way and as they embraced , the symphony orchestra start off with serenade music in view of the public inside the airport lobby. Then her boy friend handed down a bouquet to her and declared his marriage proposal. The girl exuberantly accepted the proposal, beyond her wildest dream to experience such with no knowledge of her boy friend's grandiose marriage proposal.

Well these are proofs that Filipino man could still capable of being romantic in his own way. As part of commemorating this year love season, other group of people and organization are holding a party or a luncheon date not only for sweethearts but also for married couple who wants to rekindle their love. Show your love this Valentine.