My Melancholy February
I for one usually spend the day lazying about without a care in the world, despite the massive campaign to sell overpriced chocolates that, more or less, is an accumulation of corporate lust for money. Yet again I would like to give props to Japan in general for marketing White Day as well a month later (on March 14th) to sell even more chocolates and give a day for the guys to "give back" to the girls who gave them chocolates on Valentines Day. In Japan Valentines Day is Girls to Guys, and White Day is Guys to Girls -sadly the guys have the obligation to sort of give back 3 fold more than the girls, what kind of unfair crap is that! (o_O) *WTF* Not that I am complaining...but still seems like a corporate plot to make guys spend even more money when they have Birthday, Christmas, and other random occasions to pull out their wallets!! (again I do not endorse guys spending money on me either way and it is not like I have a boyfriend who showers me with gifts so I am not bitter, but speaking out against all my guy friends who may be sucked into the plot of evil)
I just never got the point of Valentines Day. Although I am a huge fan of Salon du Chocolat I do not endorse the one in Japan. The one celebrated in Paris or New York would be a wonderful event to partake in! Being surrounded by delicious chocolate...seeing chocolates designed into clothing...just the atmosphere of being surrounded by the gorgeous smell of cocoa...sends me slightly into a Fantasy Land where I wish I could just stay. The one in Japan...nothing more than a corporate plot to sell expensive imported chocolate. It's held on a floor of a department store, and has no show or glitz and glam of New York or Paris. They just line up chocolate vendors and market it for the crazy Japanese girls who want to buy expensive chocolates for their guys in order to get back more for White Day. Again the corporate plot no matter how brilliant disgusts me in a way that makes me wish I can just avoid February all together in Japan.
Anyway...moving on with my rantings, I am not a chocolate hater. If anything I am a devoted patron of Chocolate. I use to make brownies like there was no tomorrow in college (accounting for the massive sugar high induced within my circle of friends who swore I put cocaine in the brownies to make them addicted...no that is NOT TRUE!), and recently I am a fan of fondant chocolat aka Molten Lava Cakes. Honestly there is nothing sweeter than seeing liquid chocolate ooze out of cake in a warm glow. It makes me want to lick the plate afterwards, and I probably would if no one else was watching. Yes, that's probably not a good idea at a public setting, but in the comfort of home all bets are off. Why waste perfectly good chocolate I SAY!!!
Take it or leave it, February just brings out the worst in me. I was tolerant of Valentines Day in the US since they had sales of chocolate after the holiday, which accounted for my chocolate supple after Halloween and Christmas candy sales. In Japan...where sales are nonexistent on consumer products...I just walk to the grocery store and glare at the racks of cheap chocolate and hope that they go on sale soon. Even Pocky has risen in price recently and I am not sure if I would be willing to pay over 150 yen for a packet of Pocky...I remember the days when it was 125 yen DAMMIT!! Besides the point...I just don't see why I should succumb to the old traditions of lining up for ages in front of a chocolate vendor to buy the coveted import chocolate which costs 2500+ yen for 4 pieces. I doubt I will be spending that much on 4 pieces, if I were paying that much I would like to get more than 4 pieces. I expect a full box...Then again the Swiss and Belgians have been supplying the world with their gloriously delicious chocolates and I guess Japanese females pay top price in Japan. I get why they would export it out here, I just can't imagine myself buying it. If I were to make my way into Switzzerland ot Belgium you can be assured to see me spending hundreds of Euros just buying up everything and anything in the chocolate shop, but here in Japan I stand my ground as a consumer of cheap local chocolate like Pocky (which is a delicacy in most other nations, but the Japanese one I believe is the best tasting!!). Morinaga gets my love too for their dark and milk chocolates for ease of use in my chocolate cakes.
Perhaps my foul mood is caused also from the stemming fact the office is a great sizzling 30 degrees Celsius, with a toasty humidity that would warm up my cold soda to a nice temperature of 28 degrees, I still am not a fan of Valentines Day.
TO ALL THE SINGLE GIRLS OUT THERE!! WAIT FOR THE SALES!
xoxo
P.S. I also do not like Valentines Day because flower shops bring out tons of roses, and restaurants feel the need to put roses out on the tables. As a girl who is allergic to roses February is a total disaster. I had a guy who gave me a dozen roses after me strictly telling him that I was allergic...I smiled threw it back at him and kicked him. I feel as though that was a kick well deserved after an attempt at my life with a bouquet of roses. HEY GUYS NOT ALL GIRLS LIKE ROSES OK? SOME GIRLS LIKE OTHER FLOWERS...LIKE ME WITH ORCHIDS, GOT IT?!!
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