Frankly speaking, Iโ€™m not very big on Valentineโ€™s day. I feel that itโ€™s become too.. forceful. I mean, sure, itโ€™s a day to express your โ€œlourveโ€ and all; but why do you need to constrict it to just one day? Why only 14th of Feb to celebrate love? It has become more of a compulsion than a joy. Couples know that they must give each other red roses, and boxes of chocolates or mushy cards or jewellery to prove that they love each other. I was that girl once :\
But they have commercialized it so much and have overhyped it to the extent that it does not excite me anymore. Itโ€™s overrated. So this year, I just thought of it as just another day and did not give it much thought. I should have.
Yesterday I received one of the best surprises Iโ€™ve received in a lifetime. I was out when my bro texted me โ€œYou have a courierโ€. The whole time while coming back I was dying with excitement. Iโ€™d guessed who it was from. Yep, you guessed it too ๐Ÿ™‚ Cheeeeeeeeeee! There I saw it. A faded light blue envelope with my name and address neatly sprawled across it in block letters.
The contents rendered me speechless. One, I was not expecting him to make anything for me. Make as in, get paper, print pictures, cut them, stick them on the paper, and write messages with a blue sketch pen. Two, he made a scrapbook where he pasted a lot of his pictures and put it creatively into a story form and tied it all up with a red ribbon. It was amazing. I donโ€™t remember anyone ever taking so much of trouble to make me anything. It blew my socks off.
Oh!! He also got me Spongebob squarepants erasers! I LOVE Spongebob! And he also wrote a little letter where he mentioned that a 6 year old could have done a better job. Awwww! Iโ€™ve been jumping around like a pony on crack all day!
I gave a kickass presentation today, I talked to one of my teachers openly and candidly about something which was eating me for days, and I didnโ€™t even think much about a nightmare that I had last night. I feel awesome. My fingers feel so alive, clickity clacking away on this keyboard. I love the sound that itโ€™s making. I love that I’m on a passionate banana-eating spree and at least assuming that I should have gained a couple of kilos.ย I love the way I tied my pony today. Hair back with two pins to hold them together. I think Iโ€™m looking very cute. And I went into sporadic, uncontainable paroxysms of laughter over a silly thing which now does not sound funny at all. Such are the ramifications of an awesome Valentineโ€™s day unexpected surprise.
Iโ€™m so glad Iโ€™m a human being and I got to feel this emotion. Itโ€™s priceless!
Gotta love Valentineโ€™s day now, eh?
Happy Valentineโ€™s day people! Spread the louuuuuuurrve! ๐Ÿ˜€

9 responses to “A healthy dose of happiness enclosed within a manila envelope :)”

  1. Priya Avatar

    beautiful…cute post as always!!! love your positivity!!!

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  2. Jen..The Butterfly Effect Avatar

    That's such an AWESOME post :)!! Your louuuuuurve is contagious.I feel hapyy too now :)!! I shared a similar V-day yesterday; only difference I made my Valentine a lovely video he called “priceless” :)I was in 7th heaven yesterday :)!!

    Gee,Cheers to all our happiness :)!!

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  3. Tangled up in blue... Avatar

    Aww! That is SUCH a wonderful Valentine's Day gift to give to someone you love! ๐Ÿ™‚ You're very lucky! ๐Ÿ˜‰ I just got a massive box of assorted Leonidas chocolates but eh, I'm not complaining! ๐Ÿ˜€

    And as for constricting all the celebrations to just one day thing, I completely agree. Can you believe there's like a Hug Day and a Flirt Day and a Chocolates Day in February, too? I mean, whoever thought of just one day to do all the hugging and flirting and chocolate-eating in the world! ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  4. Astha Avatar

    Priya di, thank you!! ๐Ÿ˜€

    Jen, New follower! Yay! ๐Ÿ˜€ Thank you! Videos are one of the best things to make for each other. You can personalize them, add your favourite songs and messages! I can imagine why he must have called it priceless! ๐Ÿ˜€ Cheers!

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  5. Astha Avatar

    Karishma, I know I am, right? It IS wonderful! ๐Ÿ™‚
    A big box of chocolates comes very close to this! Enjoy!! ๐Ÿ˜€
    Not only Hug day, Flirt day and Chocolates day.. there is a Rose day, a Kiss day, a Teddy bear day, even a Slap day! Talk about being insane :\

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  6. Qwerty Avatar

    Well, we can gift each other books and chocolates, or even have the sinful delight of sharing a chocolate cake for no rhyme or reason. But one can use days like these as stimulus to try to do something truly special for the special one ๐Ÿ™‚
    It would make you feel so much better, even make me feel so much better, and in general make the world a slightly happier place to live in. No?

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  7. Astha Avatar

    The world has already become a beautiful place Peepee. You needn't do anything at all. And yet you do ๐Ÿ™‚

    P.S. I really like the idea of receiving books, chocolates and cakes for no rhyme or reason ๐Ÿ˜€

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  8. Astha Avatar

    Haha, yeah I know! ๐Ÿ˜€ Thanks Sayantani!

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