OMG you wont believe this I found this article..
Seems to me like God is sending a sign to Eijoo that he needs to propose to Anita...what do you think?....I cant believe this..it could have been anyday..but no its April 14th..The perfect day!!!!!!!!
Comments pls!!!!!!!!
--Leena
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| Saga(Kyodo), April 11: A Japanese Association is flexing its marketing muscle to make April 14 a day when lovers could exchange gifts and sweet nothings to profess their love towards each other, much on the lines of the Valentines Day. | ||
World over, St Velantine's Day is celebrated on Feb 14. But for the Japanese that is the day when women give gifts to men. Then there is a White's Day in Japan, when men give gifts to women. However, the Japanese Anniversary Association of Saku, Nagano perfecture in central Japan is popularising April 14 as the Orange Day and the Partners Day, when lovers could exchange Orange coloured gifts and partners could devise ways to show their respect towards each other. According to the Japan Anniversary Association, the idea for Orange Day was hit upon by a group of citrus fruit growers in Ehime Prefecture. |
About 10 years ago, Kiyoshi Kase, 53, the association's representative, received an inquiry from the group which said, "There should be something on April 14, a month after the White Day. We wonder whether we can make an appeal for our farming produce on the day".
Kase told the group, "In the language of flowers, oranges represent the 'happiness of a bride' and are suited to the day".
The idea for Partner Day was born in 1998. A group in the western Japan city of Saga came up with the idea to make April 14 a day to familiarise people with the concept of gender equality.
But a survey of Saga city residents by the Municipal government in fall 2004 says only 15 per cent were aware of Orange day and Partner Day was almost unknown nationwide.
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