Top 6 Life Savers for Valentine’s Day - CNY 2010

6. Arrange mandarin oranges (which you can definitely forage from your Mum’s kitchen) on a platter in a heart formation and write a note declaring your undying love. A variation includes drawing faces on the oranges making kissy faces....

5. Wait till Chap Goh Mei, put some oranges in a nicely decorated basket and take your partner to the nearest bridge/ river/ beach.  Tell him/her to throw the oranges one at a time and catch every single one even if it kills you.

4. Collect all your angpows into a nice little Valentine’s paper bag and present it as your first step towards saving for your future together. Best thing about this move is that you should be able to keep the money...for now at least....

3. Reserve the choicest piece of roast duck leg, wrap it in pastel wrapping paper as you would a flower and tie it up in a ribbon. Accompany with packet drink of choice. Find a nice little quiet spot at night in the park, or at the lake, or beach, or even out in the garden at your house. Then do the “you one bite”, “I one bite” routine. Guaranteed to send shivers down anyone’s spine...

2. Do your own spin on a CNY song.... Instead of “Gong Xi, Gong Xi, Gong Xi Ni...”, do “Ai Sze, Ai Sze, Ai Sze Ni....” Just make sure the lyrics has a lot of references to “Ai” and “Ni”. Can’t go wrong with a good song....

1. The number 1 life saver for Valentine’s Day – CNY 2010... Say you love him/ her, admit how much you have taken him/ her for granted, promise you’ll be considerate, loving and supportive, and execute all the lifesavers listed above!

Happy Valentine’s Day!