100 Hugs of Valentines Day
I couldn’t count the number of hugs I received on Valentines day and that was exactly how I wanted it. I just didn’t want to be alone, but at the same time I didn’t want to be with anyone. Though difficult to understand, I thought of a way of accomplishing both.
I approached over a hundred girls to share something very simple and intimate, a hug. I often feel that in the Philippines we are so scared of each other. It’s difficult to approach college mates, batch mates, and even at times classmates. I wanted to break that barrier. I guess I’m also desperately trying to bring America to the Philippines. On some level, I’m also filling a void of loneliness that we all experience on Valentines Day when we’re single. For all those reasons and probably more, I wanted to receive and give one hundred hugs. We’re never alone in this world, something we often forget. Sometimes it just takes a hug from a stranger to be reminded of that fact.
For all those you gave me one of the 100 hugs, thank you. I hope we won’t be strangers much longer.
