V-Day!In honour of the mushy red mess that is Valentine's Day, I'd like to take a moment to think about this high pressure romance-inducing day. I don't know how reliable 'Huffington Post' is but the button abover will send you to an interesting article that is echoed elsewhere online and in literature (yes, I have looked) about the origins of Valentine's Day. It isn't as gooey and wonderful as everyone might think. Almost typically of nationally recognised days, this Day was based in Christianity and, almost typically of the time it (supposedly) originated, it was for morbid reasons to do, mostly, with death. There are a few different versions but my favourite two are; (1) V-Day was for sending or leaving gifts for your illicit or occasional lovers and (2) the day before a hanged man was due to face the gallows, he would send a note to their lady-love or a woman they possessed a fondness for singed 'Your Valentine'. Of course, there are other reasons Valentine's Day came into being, including that wonderfully successful 'Hallmark' company, but a lot of people these days are super dissatisfied by the super commercial bent on the whole day. I can understand that, flowers, chocolates and bears all go up a ridiculous percentage for one day. Restaurants are completely booked out months in advance and there is this huge pressure to be with 'the one' on that special day. Admittedly, it is sweet to see these big, boofy guys going in and out of the florist down the road from work, carrying out big bouquets and boxes of flowers- good job guys! I won't say no that kind of attention. My only hope is that people make sure to treat their other halves just as special on any other day. A man came into the café the other day to get his wife a coffee. V-Day came up and he laughed. He said that he had bought his wife of fifty years a bouquet of flowers because he had been for a walk, seen them and thought of her. She thanked him, surprised he had remembered that Valentine's Day was coming up. He took the credit, of course, but admitted to us that he hadn't realised at all, he had just bought her flowers because he loved her. I hope that there are more marriages like that out there. Big gestures are nice but it is the little things that are best. So, to all my boys, girls, ladies, gents and everyone in between, I hope you have another lovely day spent with the ones you love. If you are far away, I hope you know that whoever loves you is thinking of you and loving you right back. Sydney ExplorerAfter getting back from Adelaide on Monday, two hours flying and two on the train, I decided (*cough*) to train it back into Sydney on Tuesday to... go apply for my UK Visa!!! So, after another two hours on the tracks, it took roughly fifteen minutes to get through questions, fingerprints, signatures and photos... fifteen minutes when they warned it could be a half hour to an hours wait (yay me!). Rather than sit back on another train, I decided to explore a little portion of Sydney- I realised I had never adventured to Town Hall, so off I went. Lucky for tourist-me, they were prepping for Chinese New Year! There was a giant happy cat for luck and the Queen Victoria Building was all dressed up in her festive best. It was actually really good fun wandering around playing tourist and I mustn't have looked too out of my depth because a couple of people stopped and talked to me about CNY. Plus, sushi for lunch! Win! **Just a note, I never knew there was a private school under/in Town Hall Square, above the train station. I was wondering where all these button-up man-children were coming from. Apparently the dark and fluorescent lighting in the square centre creates tall, lanky children who like to lug around enormous backpacks bigger than my head. Just For a Laugh...I have recently discovered this funny, gorgeous, ridiculous girl on FB. She kind of reminds me of Emma Stone. Beware, language and gestures can be a little obscene :)
New Addition to the Blog-a-sphereI have a couple of book-loving friends like myself and I do like to share, so I've added a new page to the blog. Check out 'On my bookshelf' to see what I have been perusing recently and my thoughts on them. These are just from the last few months. If you want to see part of my full reading collection (lol) have a look at 'Goodreads' via Facebook. I'll chuck the link underneath. Add me if you've got the feels!
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AuthorMy home is Australia, with my family and their many, many animals. I have travelled all around the world with my family and by myself where I have made too many friends to count. |