licensed to be cheesy

yep, it's that time of the year when people would want to go weak on their knees and just be flooded by maudlin and mawkish thoughts.

hay.. for what it's worth, i'll be spending that day alone. but as my boyfriend would have it, he'd be here with me in spirit.

at this point, i would like to invoke my right to be mushy considering that it's that time of that year. with that dispensed with, i might as well start off with the things which i truly appreciate about my boyfriend:

1. he could be the most sensitive person on earth - there are times when he could sense the sadness within me when we talk over the phone and he would offer me consoling and sweet words

2. he has this knack of surprising me - be it a surprise visit or a surprise gift, he always manages to catch me off guard

3. he comforts me endlessly - he really does his part when i'm in one of those crying sessions and i just want to chuck everything out of the window; he would even cry with me sometimes (hehe, sana di ka po magalit kahit binubuking na kita dito)

4. he does cook for me - favorite ko ang chopsuey na luto nya

5. the way he would hold me close and whisper endearments into my ear - is something that i cannot get enough of up to this day

6. he knows how to handle me when i am having PMS - that is, hindi sya nangungulit :)

7. when he writes me a letter, it is bound to be ridden with stuffs which would bring tears to my eyes (di ko ma explain)

8. he still checks up on me on a daily basis - like, am i home already or have i eaten, etc.

9. he could still remember the day that we met, the days after we met and the day when we became officially together - i'd say he has a sharp memory, hehe

10. although we don't get to see each other on a regular basis, the rare times that we do is always a delight because he would make me feel as if we own the world and tomorrow is but another day - like living up to the adage, carpe diem

i cannot remember in the past three years of a valentine's day that we spent together. although we're not really big on celebrations, we still make such dates special by talking over the phone or simply texting each other sweet nothings. this valentine's would be no different from the last three years. if at all, something is different, it would have to be that my craving to be with him has quadrupled. after all, we have yet to have a first valentine's day together.

as to this craving, i have no idea how to get past it. maybe preoccupying myself with school will work. i hope it does.

well, with or without you, valentine's will be just another day. the important thing is, we still have a lifetime to look forward to. although there may be no forever, i would be happiest if we could be in this lifetime together and stay in love for the rest of our lives.

wo ai ni bylog. wish you were here or that i'm there.

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off topic, weddings and marriages, even pregnancies seem to surround us and you start asking me when we would take the plunge too. i can only say that i'm scared and that is even an understatement, because i don't know if i can be strong enough for that, for you and for us; i don't even know if i could live up to your military wife archetype.

basta, we'll just cross the bridge when we get there. when it's time, it's bound to happen. let's just not rush. we still have a whole lifetime ahead of us.