So it’s here again-Valentine’s day.

Where did Valentine’s Day even come from on the calendar? And is it just another Americanised holiday that is just a way to make you spend extreme amounts of money on your loved ones?
 
As a journalist I got curious and I thought I'd do a little research on the matter.
 
As it turns out, surprisingly it's not actually from America. but there are varying opinions as to the origin of Valentine's Day.
It is said that is as far back from the Roman era!
 
But there are so many story's from how it originated, such as:
 
St. Valentine, a Roman who died on February 14, 269 A.D., the same day that had been devoted to love lotteries
St. Valentine left a farewell note for the jailer's daughter, who had become his friend, and signed it "From Your Valentine".
 
-Other aspects of the story say that Saint Valentine served as a priest at the temple during the reign of Emperor Claudius. Claudius then had Valentine jailed for defying him. In 496 A.D. Pope Gelasius set aside February 14 to honour St. Valentine.
 
I said earlier on that it was an. 'Americanised' holiday, no offence to Americans but most over extravagant holiday traditions do come from them (a).
 
I was right though! Esther Holland, from the United States, is given credit for sending the first valentine cards. And now days its gone full throttle with sending 'pearlised' Hallmark cards that seem to be advertised on our TV 3000 times a day. Getting slightly annoying of them now.
 
This Valentine’s Day I want you to think of one thing... Why does it have to be romantic just on the 14th of Feb? Surely if you love someone, every day should be Valentine’s Day!
 
But anyway, Happy Valentine’s day guys! peace and love :).

     Here's a really pretty red rose what my mum gave me
 (not for Valentine's, it was her anniversary)
but these beautiful glittery roses come in a lovely bunch and are ideal for Valentines Day :).
Bought from Tesco.







So after 30 years Hosni Mubarak has finally stepped down as president of Egypt. This happened after weeks of protests by demonstrators in Cairo and other cities.
 
At times over a million people took part in: street demonstrations, marches, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, riots, labour strikes, and violent clashes that began in Egypt on 25 January 2011.
 
These protests have been the largest demonstrations seen in Egypt since the 1977, and really do make you stop and think...
 
What would happen if this happened to England? I can't imagine to think that people would be freely thieving out your home, the army having to control masses amounts of people and making and carrying weapons to protect your family and businesses. It may seem surreal
because it's happening so many miles away... But think of how many people this would of hurt and how all of their lives will now dramatically change forever.
 
Here are some pictures that really capture the moment of when Mubarak tells the Egypt citizens he's stepping down, full of emotion and overwhelming joy.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12433427
 
Peace and love guys.

Some protesters wept with joy.

 

all photos off the BBC News website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12433427 

A hectic week..

Without being over dramatic, this week has possibly been one of the worst for things breaking down on me.

Firstly, my car broke down on the A52 sending me into trauma, after waiting there for half an hour frantically ringing everyone I know, my Dad came to the rescue me. This episode now means I have to catch 2 buses to Uni, and sometimes 3 depending on what campus I’m at.

The second thing that broke, was my iPhone, the silent button broke so absolutely no ability to secretly text in lessons now… I rang apple and they said I had to restart it to its factory settings, so I did. My silent button still doesn’t work and all my music has deleted itself. EPIC FAIL!

Getting on the bus for the first time after driving for what seems years with no music on my phone was stressful to say the least; I can now clearly remember why I avoided them in the first place! So I waited to get on the bus to go home after a long Friday at uni, if anyone has ever been to Derby bus station you will know what I mean when I say it looks like an airport. Slightly depressing and cold because you know your not going on idyllic holiday.

So whilst I was waiting for the bus, (just wanting to be at home in bed) there’s an odd ‘chavy’ man who keeps talking to me complaining about how long he’s been waiting, its was one of those awkward moments where you have to string along a conversation with a person you have no interest in talking to…

I thought ‘Mr chav man’ would stop talking to me and I would be free of him when we got on the bus, but no. The bus came, I sat down and he sat in front of me and insisted on keep turning around and making pointless irrelevant comments, the point that drove me to shoving my headphones in as quickly as possible was when he turned round and said ‘Are you an Eskimo?’ Seriously this guy was weird!

I’ve never appreciated my car so much! And this week has shown me how lucky I truly am, even though my car might cost over £480 to fix, its so worth it!