Sugar rush.

This post is way waaaaay too late, but yeah. :P

Last year, on Valentine's Day, I decided to do something different.

Since it was my first time to spend Valentine's Day with a (sort of) stable job, I gave myself a little treat. I bought a meal at Jollibee (walang basagan ng trip), went to Roxas Boulevard Baywalk, sat there quietly, and watched the sunset all by myself.

Spending Vday at Baywalk, as it turned out, is the worst idea ever. My dear friends: don't. you. ever. dare. spend. Valentine's day at Roxas Boulevard. It's such a hassle. There are so many people, it's so noisy, and the place is full of trash. It's like a concert but no one was singing; and any time a stampede might occur.

Anyway, Vday this year came and went like a breeze. A week before Vday, I was brewing some plans.... in vain. Those plans were sabotaged by the tons of papers we editors had to work on (it would seem that our schedule hates Valentines day).

But this busy-ness was also a blessing in disguise for me; while I was working, I was not bothered by the hype of Valentines day; neither was I forced to join the bandwagon of finding a date and/or lamenting because I didn't manage to find any. While everyone else talked about cupid, hearts, chocolates and flowers in the media and everywhere, all I focused on were the papers I was editing, because I didn't take my eyes off them. It was tiring, for Valentine's sake! But I believe it was providential.

There was a consolation to my exhaustion on Valentine's Day. We had a potluck of sweets in our department in the office. There were cake, pancit, pizza, siopao bread (or whatever it's called. It's delicious.), ice cream, lots of biscuits, and a chocolate fondue! (Yes, you may sing Love is an Open Door now.) Sugar rush! Literal sugar rush!!! It was my little blot of happiness in my otherwise busy and tiring day.

It may not amount to the happiness most people try to find on Valentine's Day, but to me, this is more than enough.

Thank you, dear Lord. You never fail to make me realize that I am always loved.

"Every day may not be so good, but there's always something good in every day."