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Two Beds And A Coffee Machine

Albert 2MNG

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OK, so here’s what’s what again. God, this one takes some time.
I downloaded some new mp3s. As expected, LOVE is the hottest search item today.

1. Blink 182 – All the Small Things
2. Aucifer – Love and Pain
3. Hyde – Words of Love
4. Gackt – 12 Gatsu no Love Song
5. Every Little Thing – Shapes of Love
6. Younha – My Lover
7. Utada Hikaru – First Love
8. Cueshe – Stay
9. Eraserheads – With A Smile
10. W-inds – Wonder of Love
11. Beck – Lost Melody (sung by Belle Ame)
12. Savage Garden – Two Beds And A Coffee Machine
13. Aerosmith – I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing
14. Savage Genius – Still I Love You
15. Glay – Freeze my Love
16. DNAngel Vocal Collection – Futsu no negai (sung by A. Masumi & N. Sara)
17. Orange Range – Love Parade
18. Arai Akino – Gareki no Rakuen
19. L’Arc~En~Ciel – Forbidden Lover
20. Asian Kung-Fu Generation – Kimi To Iu Hana
21. GetBackers – Ichibyo no Refrain
22. Sugar Ray – Someday
23. Foo Fighters – Walking After You
24. Noir OST – Lullaby
25. Miyavi – Komoruita Ken Love Song
26. Tackey & Tsubasa – Ai Shitagari
27. Chobits OST – Raison D’etre (sung by Tanaka Rie)
28. Full Metal Panic! – Karenai Hana (sung by Shimokawa Mikuni)
29. Glay – More Than Love
30. Inuyasha – Ai no Uta
31. Otsuka Ai – Sakuranbo
32. B’z – Love & Chain

I feel a little bit uncomfortable with this “Valentine” theme today, February 14, 2006.

It’s not that I have a date or something. It’s like that my eyes see red everywhere. If there was a professional matador bull here in UST right now, well, we could have broken the record of the recent stampede.

Sure, I do respect tradition, unlike my father. My pops like to be simplistic in nature. If the tradition requires me to act this way, to dress this, and to eat that, probably and most of the time I will. It’s common courtesy this day to greet everyone with a very from-the-heart “Happy Valentine’s Day” with a “<3” for me, and that’s it. I like everyone to enjoy this day as it is, so I try to be as jovial as possible.

There’s red themes everywhere here in my university (aside from the white-blue-and-black” theme of our college, which is celebrating it’s 99th anniversary), red flowers, red hearts, red bags, red shoes, red food, red drinks, red chilli sauce, red everywhere, and that leaves me with red sore eyes.

I do know what this day really means for lovers. But this day need not be the only day for them. There’s 340 days screaming for attention (excluding holidays, and certain Christian days) for them. But this day stands out. I don’t know much about it, but I’ll respect what this day stands for them. Anyway, it’s their boats out there in the shoreline and I’m just a guy with binoculars.

Also, pairs these days come out. Like paired, or so. Lovers holding hands, especially in the UST’s infamous “Lover’s Lane”, which really is an auspicious place for eating squid and expressing love to your special someone.

Of course, the infamous “UP Love Story at the Sunken Garden” comes out today like a bat out of hell. And, obviously here, it could be true or not, but as Filipinos say, “Pwede pa yan!” (Possibly!)

The story goes with two undergraduate students are walking at a moonlit night at the Sunken garden at UP Diliman. It’s Sunken, and the name speaks for itself. One remarked to his companion, “You know, my parents met and kissed here at the Sunken Garden”. Not to be outdone, the other shot back, “Yeah? I was made here at the Sunken Garden!”.

A little bit corny, but it’s a big embarassment to the UP community if the story is really true, especially students doing this-and-that inside the campus, then Sunken Garden will be known as the Sunken Motel instead. But it could be just a joke, so I’ll just let it pass.

So many things could happen at this Valentine’s day. You know, I’m just a spectator with binoculars the size of my notebook. I just observe what they do.

Also, some crimes are also susceptible to be done today, with some infamous bad acts such as media-feasted titles such as “Valentine’s day Massacre” or “Valentine Vendetta”, or the erotically titled “Voracious Valentine Vixens”. ❤

<* OK, so if you’re not in for some negativity this Valentine’s Day, kindly skip this text until you see the word RESUME. *>

The business sector also recognizes Valentines, but they see the heart as a 100 dollar bill. They churn out these books, novelty items, heart-shaped cotton fluffers, and all the money shit those bastards could muster in their seedy factories, priced at astronomical prices that girls would want their boyfriends to buy, leaving the men with a deep hole in their money bank. Nah.

I only hope those goddamned jackasses would stop the f**k up. You know, I hate these business-minded freaks. For example, if your school nears graduation time, these flower-and-buttonpin vendors will stand near your campus selling these cheap garlands made out of flowers picked from the nearest garden of your school. Another case-in point is that the Baguio flower vendors, are just sick lame asses who sell flowers higher this day than the others just because of the high demand for flowers. A shining example again is the “special-day-offers” on Valentine’s Day at some malls, shopping centers and selling points that offer these unbelievable things at great discount prices, but what they actually sell are replicas of a horse’s ass, or should I say leftover merchandise stocks that they didn’t sell last year. It’s like you’re eating your own shit. I’m a mild-mannered guy, but when these vampires come out even in daylight, the four-letter words come out like a flood.

That’s why I don’t buy much on holidays except Christmas and New Year. These enterprising entrepreneurs just keep ramming their asses at the consumers just to sell these cheaply made plastic things. Ok, I’m not telling you NOT to buy anything this day, but choose wisely what to buy. You might not know it, but today, the line ‘sugar-coated 10-year-stale middle-finger-shaped pig shit’ jumps out, but it’s under various euphemisms such as “Love Candles”, “Valentine’s Day Assorted Gifts”, “Red Fluff Pillows”, “Love Chocolate”, and the such other products most people are oblivious to.  Choose wisely. I hope most people will be aware of these obviousness. For businessmen: LOVERS+LOVE = MORE PRODUCTS = HIGHER PRICES = MONEY = PROSPERITY. So, don’t be involved in their dastard equation. Please.

<* RESUME *>

So, aside from the bad factors, this day is something that we should be careful to handle. For the lovers, well, just don’t go smooching out in public. For the non-lovers, well, we can choose between joining the undead for a day, watching nonstop love animes, or just be amused spectators for a day. I chose all three. Undead = AM, Spectator = Afternoon, Anime = Evening.

But, as festivities go, and say to the least, enjoy the ride.

And then, the time will end for today, and the Valentine’s day will be due again for 2007. But for most of them, this day is THEIR DAY. I can only hope that the next will be also mine to share.

Yay. Some news related to yesterday and today.

Happy Valentines! Ciao.

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