Valentine's Day

The day gets its name from a famous saint, but there are several stories of who he was. The most popular belief about St Valentine is that he was a priest from Rome in the third century AD.

Emperor Claudius II had banned marriage because he thought married men were bad soldiers.

Valentine thought this was unfair, so he broke the rules and arranged marriages in secret. When Claudius found out, Valentine was sentenced to death and thrown in jail. There, he fell in love with the jailor's blind daughter.

His love and belief in God cured her blindness, and when he was taken to be killed on 14 February he sent her a love letter signed "From your Valentine".

Valentine's Day is a very old tradition, thought to have originated from a pagan fertility festival.

The Romans had a festival called Lupercalia in the middle of February, officially the start of their springtime.

As part of the celebrations, boys drew names of girls from a box. They'd be boyfriend and girlfriend during the festival and sometimes they'd even get married!

The Christian church decided they wanted to turn this festival into a Christian celebration and decided to use it to remember the death of St Valentine too.

Gradually, St Valentine's name started to be used mainly by men to express their feelings to those they loved.

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Simple... To me, EVERYDAY is "Valentine's Day". I don't have to wait for 14th February to express my love & appreciation to my love ones, especially to my husband. Of course it is nice to receive flowers, cards, chocolate, bubbly, gedebak, gedebuk, gedebish - but I don't expect anything fancy. Spending quality time with my love ones are good enough for me. I'm happy the most when I see them happy, relaxed & when we all goof around.

Everyday of the year is Valentine's Day. Love, cherish, appreciate, treasure & care for your love ones - no need to wait for 14 February...

To my boys, Glen, Danish & Noah - I LOVE YOU

XOXOX

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Robert Nesta Marley - The Natural Mystic

6 February 1945 - 11 May 1981

He left behind the most remarkable body of recorded work. When you need to refer to a certain situation or crisis, there will always be a Bob Marley song that will relate to it...

He is an artist who has transcended all categories, classes, and creeds through a combination of innate modesty and profound wisdom.

This first superstar from the tiny Third World, Bob Marley, was one of the most charismatic and challenging performers of our time.

He was an avid soccer fan, played soccer whenever he had the time, Bob hurt a big toe while playing soccer. The wound had become cancerous and was belatedly treated in Miami, unfortunately it continued to fester. By 1980 the cancer, in its most fatal form, had begun to spread through his body.

He died in a Miami hospital on Monday May 11, 1981. Bob Marley was 36-years-old. His legend, however, has conquered the years.

Almarhum Sudirman Haji Arshad

I always wonder - how it would be if he is still alive...

Born 25 May 1954, he died at 4.00 am in the morning on the 22 February 1992, aged 37.

I remember I was on my way to work on a Saturday morning, when a friend told me about his death. I was saddened.

I've always loved his songs since I was a child.

If I could have ALL of his music collections, like ALL his major & compilation albums, & ALL his songs...

I used to have cassettes way back in the 80's through the 90's - sekarang entah di mana...

May Allah Bless his soul & semoga dia ditempatkan amongst orang2 yang beriman.

Amin.

nengok... amek gamba kat dalam bas old school (tampal sana, tampal sini)... humble betol

enjoy his songs y'all

• Salam Terakhir
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