I NEED A MIRACLE.
A MIRACLE THAT WILL GIVE ME WILLPOWER TO DO MY R&D FOR MY F&N COURSEWORK.
PLEASE HAPPEN
PLEASE HAPPEN
PLEASE HAPPEN
IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN?
WILL IT HAPPEN?
FISH FISH FISH FISH FISH FISH FISH FISH FISH FISH FISH (Since it's the CNY period, I will say fish instead of the F-word so everyone nian nian you yu 年年有余)
For those who have terrible Chinese *coughseancough* and some other jiak kan tan people. when writing 年年有余 it's this 余, not this 鱼.
Back to the point.
HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO REGURGITATE 15 PAGES OF R&D? WIN ALREADY LOR.
DIE DIE DIE. WHY DO I PROCRASTINATE SO MUCH?
I SHOULD HAVE DROPPED f&N. THERE IS NOOOO WAY I CAN SCORE FOR THIS SUBJECT. THIS SUBJECT IS GONNA PULL ME DOWN.
!@#$%^&*
Instead of typing this I should be doing my R&D. GARGH.
SOMEBODY SAVE ME.
Anyway, Happy Chinese New Year and a sucky Valentine's.
Valentine's Day is a cheap commercialized holidays for florists and candy makers!!!!
Do you know that an average American man spends TWICE the amount on Valentine's Day as compared to women?
Chocolates and flowers are WAYYYY CHEAPER after Valentine's.
Additionally, do you know the origin of this "occasion"?
For Sec 4 students in my school, you should know from our haiku assignment. Refer to the handout. For those who don't, here's a rough idea.
One legend states that in third century Rome, the Emperor had a brilliant idea of forcing single men to become soldiers as they were better than married soldiers with wives and children. He made it illegal for youthful single men to marry. A priest named Valentine found him to be a tyrant and bo chap the law. He still performed marriages for these young men and when he was discovered, he was given a merciless death penalty.
Another legend states that Valentine was imprisoned, he fell in love with the warden's daughter and gave the first "Valentine" to her. He wrote it to her before his death and he signed it off with "From your Valentine"
SEE? TO BE SOMEONE'S VALENTINE MEANS BEING SOMEONE'S DOOMED LOVESICK LOVER.
Another origin is that Valentine's day was created by the Christian church to "Christianise" a pagan Lupercalia festival(held on Feb 15). It's a festival dedicated to the Roman god of agriculture and the founders of Rome. A goat is sacrificed for fertility and a dog for purification in the cave where the founders of Rome were believed to be born in.
I shall skip one part of the celebration and fast forward to another part. Bachelors of the city would choose a name of a girl from an urn. The man then has to be paired with that woman for a year. This pairs often lead to marriage(HOORAY!).
HOWEVER, THE KICKER IS....
In 498AD, the Pope made February 14 Valentine's day and declared the romantic "lottery" pairing UN-CHRISTIAN and was OUTLAWED.
Now don't get me wrong.
How the f#ck is it un-Christian? It's not like they're worshiping the devil or plotting to turn over the church. Thy're bringing couples together and wishing for good harvest!!! It's all for the good intention of the fellow people. What gives the Pope the RIGHT to declare it as un-Christian?
They have wiped out the culture of a group people!!!
Shit within the time I used to write this, I could have done a few pages of R&D. I procrastinate too much.
