there are three categories of valentine's chocolates : the giri choco (obligatory ones for bosses & colleagues), honmei choco (for the love of their lives) and tomo choco (chocs for your girlfriends).
and in a lot of cases, they handmake these little treats. so, department stores and all kinds of little shops have been displaying baking accessories for choco-making since christmas! the cutie moulds in all shades of pink! so fun! :) and exactly one month later (march 14), its the boys' turn to reciprocate and return gifts to the girls.
well, we kinda celebrated it the old-fashioned way, over burgers and snow. and..
the best things come in brown paper packages wrapped up in string...
my valentine delivered a huge bunch of cherry blossoms on his bicycle at lunch time!
musashi LOVED the whole hoopla and is so thrilled when some of them started falling off. i think this little munchkin will have a ball during cherry blossom festival! :)
and the promise of spring to come!
I really love cherry blossoms. I used to live in both Japan and Washington DC of which are both famous for their cherry blossoms. I always loved the sense of hope I got from them. Thanks for the wonderful reminder!
ReplyDeletei can't wait for cherry blossoms festival to come! the japanese roll out their picnic mats and celebrate it like a huge party! :) how fun!
ReplyDeleteGuess what? I have a cherry blossom tree IN MY BACKYARD! When we moved in, I stared at the very random, planted right in the middle of the garden tree with doubt. THEN, the whole damn thing turned PINK! My favourite! :)
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ReplyDeleteawww jealous!!! i totally want a cherry blossom tree!! i could do with any tree. actually scratch that!!! a garden would be good enough!!!