{"id":7427,"date":"2018-02-14T20:54:06","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T19:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kalangu.net?p=7427"},"modified":"2019-03-08T19:54:04","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T18:54:04","slug":"also-wish-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kalangu.net\/en\/also-wish-valentines-day","title":{"rendered":"DO YOU ALSO WISH FOR THESE ON VALENTINE’S DAY?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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DO YOU ALSO WISH FOR THESE ON VALENTINE'S DAY?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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John F. Kennedy<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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I was 10 when we moved to Nigeria. My parents immediately enrolled me in primary school, where at first, I didn\u2019t understand a word, because I spoke no English at all. It was really weird trying to explain everything, knowing that no one would understand Hungarian. I got maximum grades for all my maths tests but kept getting a constant zero for the English ones. \u00a0<\/p>

Then after 3 months I started talking fluently, and at the end of the school year, my teacher said I should go onto high-school, like everyone else who reached the age of 12.<\/p>

So there I was, yet in another school, which was a girls\u2019 school led by Irish nuns. The favourite one for many of us was Sister Sheila, who before becoming a nun, was a bar pianist in Ireland. \ud83d\ude0a We had loads of fun with her on Sunday mass.<\/p>

In Hungary we were not familiar with many of the English customs that were so well-known in this country.<\/p>

One of these was the tradition of Valentine\u2019s Day.<\/p>

We were just little girls there, but we were already aware of the romantic context of this day. However, my friends and classmates also taught me, that the meaning of this day can also be extended to friends, to people who mean a lot to you, and to people who make a difference in your life.<\/p>

So, on this day, like many others, I also prepared small colourful, heart-shaped cards, and secretly put them into my friends\u2019 bags, or desks. Strictly without a name of course. And I was crazy happy when I also found some in my bag or desk.<\/p>

I have nice memories of those days, because even though I was from a different culture, spending most of the day speaking a language that was not my own, in this diverse, multicultural world these little cards to me meant, that I was accepted and not alone.<\/p>

There are various versions of why we celebrate Valentine\u2019s Day at all, but perhaps the following two are the most important:<\/p>