Inspired by Ate Aileen and Kuya Jay‘s love story, I asked myself, have I ever had a Valentine’s date? And the answer was a big no. OUCH!

But some very interesting things happened to me in past Valentine’s Days. We used to spent it in school for Teachers’ Day, right? I think I received one or two flowers during those days.

When I was in Fourth Year High School, we had PMT (CAT) Graduation practice on February 14, 1999. On that day, I received news that I passed the Ateneo College Entrance Test and I was Freshman Merit Scholar. Good news, right? It was also the day that a “suitor” of mine and I had a nice heartfelt talk where he gave me roses and I realized, I didn’t like him much to commit to him.

In college, I would usually spend Valentine’s Day alone or eating out with cousins.

In 2008, I spent it with my cousins and aunts. It was me and the rest of us singles eating a lot of steak and seafoods. YUM! Of the four of us present that day, only Kuya Andrew and I remain single. LOL! I wasn’t technically single that time, but my boyfriend and I had a weird long distance relationship.

I also went speed dating that week and I had an interesting time. Hope we can have another speed dating event here in Davao soon. 🙂

Last year, I spent the Valentine’s night playing poker. Remarkably, it was the first time I won any poker tournament, placing 6th place out of 30+ players.

This year? I don’t know how and where I’ll spend it. More importantly, with whom? And I am excited by the thought. Might turn out to be a boring day of nothingness… or maybe not. If any of you want to spend the day or night with me, on a date, to pig out, or just hang out, do invite me. 🙂