I don't know if I should call this my Valentine post or the First February post but here goes.
I 've just gone to Paraiso to offer flowers and light candles to Imee's grave. Filipinos remember their dead on their birhtdays and / or the day they passed away. I guess most cultures do this. Filipinos always find an excuse to visit their loved one's graves almost every month. It's been a year since my sister died. Rest in peace.
Valentines Day in the Philippines is the day of flower bouquets and of course eating out with that significant other slash loved one slash spouse. I don't know how this Valentines day will go in the midst of a pandemic. I guess if there's a will there's a way. I imagine a couple in their 3rd floor apartment trying to make this work. Good luck. I am a fifty year old single man so what do I know.
Also it was the Chinese New Year last Thursday. Usually my chinese friends send us tikoy in various flavors. They come in ube and the regular white. 2021 is the year of the ox according to the Chinese lunar calendar.
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