Happy Valentine’s Day

We all use the word ‘love’ everyday…..’I love this song’….’I love this nasi lemak’….’I love you’….and hopefully ‘I love MY JOB!’.

But what is Valentine’s Day all about?

Valentine was a priest who worked in Rome during the rule of Emperor Claudius II. The emperor made a rule that soldiers couldn’t get married, as he thought this made them weaker warriors.

Valentine disagreed with this and would perform secret weddings for couples. He was caught and sentenced to death. Before he died he wrote a letter an unknown woman who he himself had strong feeling for. The letter was signed “from your Valentine.” He is said to have died on February 14th.

The church later made him a saint for upholding the divine right of marriage and made him the patron saint of lovers and made February 14th St. Valentine’s Day.

Happy Valentine’s Day Singapore & Malaysia!

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