Yup, I bet you guys already have right guess on what I’m going to write about. *wink*
It’s the celebration not only for couples but for the entrepreneurs as it’s the perfect business-thriven moment to burst up the sales by exploiting the name of “love”.
Hey, Wil.. Why do you turn out to be against the idea of modern celebration of valentine?
Not really, I might say that I enjoy being in the valentine couples crowds.
W-H-Y?
Good question, as there’s endless number of chocolate fairs which means so many tempting choco stalls are displaying their wares, attracting customers by giving the testers. So, simply passing by from one to another stall will give you the chance of having various kinds of free trial choco-s, and my target is Godiva, nyum nyum.. 🙂
*baka*
If you happened to read my last year posting, The Valentine Day custom is different in Japan while the girls give the chocolate to the guys, the opposite will take place on the white day (March 14).
So everywhere, in convenient store, cafe, supa, choco-s are well sold. I was in the queue of a girl who bought 12 boxes of Ferrero Rocher choco.. w-h-a-t -a- n-u-m-b-e-r!
Yeah, coz in Japan, we know what so called giri-choco (the obligation choco you give to the ones who contribute no romantic relationship to you such as your acquaintances, bosses, superiors).
As this year, the valentine falls on Sat, I asked most of my Jap gal friends, they planned to give the choco one day earlier which means yesterday, Friday.
And this year, I just prepared home-made ones, presenting the messy products from newbies kitchen…. marshmallow choco and hearted choco for lab fellows. And a box of cocktails choco for my sensei.
Anyway, I just wanna wish you all Happy Valentine Day.
Not necessarily to celebrate it on Valentine as the every single moment you pass with your loved ones are more than precious. 🙂
Let’s spread the love to your surrounding, have thoughts on the other world crying : hunger from the recession fallout, the wars, and so on.
-Tokyo Feb 14 (25degree C in the Winter )-
my jap fren told me newscast stated that it’s already spring now.
toko coklat laku keras kali ya. udah hari ini diserbu, eh bulan depannya juga diserbu.. 😛
kalo gua tigngal di jepang, gua buka toko coklat aja dah 😛
Hohoho so u have the white day too~~ wondering..where did this culture come, cos korean also have it..valentine-white-black day. which on feb-mar-apr 14th…
My friend said, choco is a must thing for vals, so the guy will get at least choco from their gf ^^. While for the next month, candy is the must-given thing~
Happy vals too~~
ketinggalan 1…ituh 25 that’s summer laaaa… xixixi
what 25??? gile…disini masih sering minus euy >.<
Mana coklat buat gw? Hehhe
Happy valentine’s day ya…
waitttt… 25 degrees now in Tokyo?? in winter??
we have a cold cold summer here in Sydney.. around 18-19 degrees (celcisus). OMG the global warming is very obvious now!
Disini semua juga pada berburu cokelat. Rame bgt! Ga cowo ga cewe semua pada beli. hihi. Kalo di jepang ada cowo yg beli juga ga sih?
@Lai : really?
@Pucca : iya, jualan coklat aja pas palentain n white day yak! 😀
@Tata : i know nothing about the candy is kinda must as the return on the white day. But what I know, the return gift should be three times (at least two times) more expensive than the gifts the guys received on the val day.. xixixixixi..
@Tata lagi : iya neh, aneh.. ><
@Sanzz : yup, weird weather here..
@Arman : hehe, keburu ga fresh kalo dikirim kesono. 😛
@myneverland : yup, temperature just hit the July summer level.
hey gal, i can’t access to your blog now..
@Angels : rarely ngeliat cowo beli coklat, tapi yang gaikokujin mungkin beli juga buat cewenya.. tapi mayoritas tuh cewe semua yang pada nyerbu.. 😀
kek na yang ngerayain white day secara besar2an itu jipun doank yah?! soal na komik dan anime kalo yang cinta2an gitu pasti dech! ada v’day dan white day! hihihi…
hidup bisnis coklat di Jipun hihihi..
hah begitu ya?? wa tau gitu vals kemaren gua sebar coklat ke co co de huahuahuahua
emang kalo di jepang si cewe kluar modal lebih banyak ya wil , untunGgg aja gw ga disana , hihihihi
ngOmong2 wil , gw baru inget koq gw ga dapet yaa postcardnya .. hmmmm .. ehh tapi lo kirim ga sih ? hehehehe jangan2 gw lagi yang kepedean 😛
Well, no objections against modern Valentine’s Day. But yet I guess it is not as romantic as it originally was.
In prehistory, that is in my youth, when the West wind blew all kinds of American habits to Europe, I learned about Valentine’s Day for the first time. It was about a boy/man who had fallen in love with a girl/woman, but was, for some reason ( she was engaged, he was too shy, etc) not able to let her know.
In order to at least give in to his urge to please her and let her know she had some passionate anonymous admirer, he could send her a present on Valentine’s Day. Flowers, roses, usually. She would know she was the object of love and he hoped that maybe she would try her curious utmost to discover him and the other modest signals the shy would-be lover would send her.
I long for the return of the original Valentine’s Days.
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@Pitshu : korea juga ada tuh. 😛 he he
@7ustm3 : haha, dacal tata..
@Naki : khan white day dapet kembalian 3x lebih gede.. 😛
eh daku kirim loh postcardnya. ga nyampe tah? heleh..
@Colson : umh, anonymous.. what a mysterious concept, yet I can imagine it could turn out to be a happy-ending story if the girl was curious to find out the identity of the secret admirer..
.. and then the seeds of love’re grown and they life happy after *sound like cinderella story*
Anyway it’s perfect plot for the case of shy guy and the girl is still avail, but for the ones who’ve engaged, ummhh.. f(^^
Waduh lucu banget coklatnya…seumur-umur aku ga pernah buat coklat maha karya sendiri…huhuhhuhuhhuhuhuhu
sori OOT.
itu itu yg diatas. apa artinya tulisan cina itu?? 🙂
about gift, a modern view:
never give so many gifts unnecessarily to a girl. don’t make a girl fall in love with your gifts and not you. an addictive attraction comes from surprising gifts (well, if you keep giving gifts, it’s no longer a surprise.)
mm.. just a proven theory i read from some source.. :p
udah lewat lama yak valentine nya… hehe…
hi sakura… the summer here has gone back to hot again
how about Tokyo? ^^
btw, my blog is opened again now, didn’t realise you were wondering about it
@evelynpy : itu coklat berantakan, dan gampang tinggal celup2 doank, krn daku ga pinter gini2an. 😀
@dhilacious : the blog title here means more or less like this :
both success and failure are experience of life
@lai : I agree to some extent.. 😀
seems like this was your proven experience yeah.. however depends on the person. But I believe that everything that’s entitled with over-xxx is not good.
@ichank : iya, he he.. 😀
@myneverland : hi again… ^^ Nice to know your blog is public open now. Tokyo is unpredicted, hot on one day and temperature suddenly fell down.. however, overally it’s getting freaky cold recently..
looks yummy….
Cinta ibarat lautan yang tak bertepi luas dan dalamnya tak terjangkau oleh pandangan mata lahir,yang mengandung hasrat untuk lebih menjelajahinya.