Valentines day - a story of love, flowers and bills

Love was in the air. Love smelled like roses, felt like red silk and tasted like delicacies at a fine dine restaurant with candles lit between pairs of love struck glistening eyes.

'Planning' seems to be the key word when it comes to 'love' on Velentines day. Valentines who were trying for a last minute dinner reservation or flower delivery would vouch for that...because they never got that romantic seat in their favourite food bar or the perfect dew filled roses decked with cupids arrows. 

My colleague placed a last minute flower delivery (paying KD 3 i.e more than US$ 10 per rose) and ended up with 20 withered roses that looked like they had practically been sniffed by the entire neighbourhood. But for most of my friends and family it was a perfect 'Valentines day'

It was mid day when i called my sis to wish her. She sounded ecstatic as i later learned she was the Jeweller with her valentine. A newly married friend took a flight from Kuwait all the way to Bombay to be with his valentine. The day seem to have passed by peacefully in Bombay and not disrupted by the Shivsainiks...lately they had too much on their plate ( Rahul Gandhi, SRK..) and sending troops on Feb 14th seemed to be another disaster they didnt want the statelite channels to dine on.

Another friend who keeps telling me how the recession in dubai had spiralled his business (of course to the earth's core) found petty cash useful to decorate his office with fresh flowers and rolls of red silk - all for employee motivation in a recession hit economy.

Another Valentine day faded out in the horizon...leaving behind a lot more love and a lot more bills to pay....