Hello everyone! It\u2019s me Nic, happy to get the chance to share some musings with you all again!<\/p>\n
It\u2019s mid-February, and do you feel that?<\/p>\n
There\u2019s something in the air\u2026 I can\u2019t quite put my finger on it\u2026 Oh, I know what it is!<\/p>\n
That\u2019s right! February is the month of love, because as we all know, Valentine\u2019s Day just so happens to fall during this month.<\/p>\n
For those very lucky students who\u2019ve joined me on the English Boot Camps that I host with Fruitful English, where students from around Japan come together for 4 days of English activities, you know how I feel about love!<\/p>\n
I was truly blessed to have my partner Lisa join me on both Boot Camps, the most recent one being on Yakushima.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s a good question, with a slightly anticlimactic answer: pretty much absolutely nothing! That\u2019s right! Is that good or bad, I don\u2019t know. However, it\u2019s the way I was brought up.<\/p>\n
My parents never really did anything for Valentine\u2019s Day, certainly not my mom. I do remember, many decades ago, that my dad would come home from work with some flowers on that special day. My mom loves flowers, so this would always get a good reaction. But, beyond that small show of affection, that would be it.<\/p>\n
Personally, I think that\u2019s enough though! Lisa and I have always considered ourselves minimalistic, and that extends to how we celebrate different things too. As much fun as it is to buy lots of things, and go out and be extravagant for every occasion, that\u2019s not our style.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m writing this just before Valentine\u2019s Day, and we\u2019re on our way to Indonesia.<\/p>\n
That means we will be spending the occasion away from home this time. That\u2019s both exciting and a bit sad too. You see, we\u2019re both \u2018creatures of habit\u2019, as they say. That is, we do enjoy doing the same things a lot, and we have our own traditions, like eating ramen during the first winter storm of the year or watching the full moon when it comes around.<\/p>\n
We also have a little routine of getting a special flower on the island from our favourite flower shop, so we\u2019re going to have to think of something. Indonesia being tropical, I\u2019m sure we will have no trouble finding something colourful though.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s it for this month, but I would love to hear from you! How do you celebrate Valentine\u2019s? Is it as simple as a flower, like my dad? Or, is there something more?<\/p>\n
You may have noticed that it\u2019s usually only 1 person doing something for the other. Valentine\u2019s is usually a one-sided affair in Canada, where I\u2019m from.<\/p>\n
What about in your family? Do both partners do something? I\u2019d love to hear! Until then, thanks for reading and enjoy this lovely month!<\/p>\n
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