Happy Valentine's Day ♥

Happy Valentine's Day♥♥♥

Yesterday I supposed to see a movie "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus", but time schedule was not good. My friend and I saw "Valentine's Day". Ha, ha, ha. Two girls saw the movie on the day beforeValentine's Day. Please don't pity us!! :^)

The movie is cozy. I guess everybody like it.
So many famous actors and actresses are in that movie!!
Here are...

Jessica Alba...Morley Clarkson ("Fantastic Four")
Kathy Bates...Susan ("Misery")
Jessica Biel...Kara Monahan ("I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry")
Bradley Cooper...Holden (TV's "Alias", "The Hangover")
Eric Dane...Sean Jackson (TV's "Grey's Anatomy")
Patric Dempsey...Dr. Harrison Copeland (TV's "Grey&s Anatomy", "Enchanted")
Hector Elizondo...Edgar ("Princess Diaries")
Jamie Foxx...Kelvin Moore ("Ray")
Jennifer Garner...Julia Fitzpatrick ("Juno", TV's "Alias")
Topher Grace...Jason ("Spider-Man 3")
Anne Hathaway...Liz ("The Devil wears Prada")
Ashton Kutcher...Reed Bennett (TV's "That's 70s Show", "What Happens in Vegas")
Queen Latifah...Paula Thomas ("Chicago")
Taylor Lautner...Willy ("The Twilight Saga: New Moon")
George Lopez...Alphonso ("Beverly Hills Chihuahua")
Shirley MacLaine...Estelle ("Terms of Endearment")
Emma Roberts...Grace ("Hotel for Dogs")
Julia Roberts...Captain Kate Hazeltine (needless to say... "Erin Brockovich", "Pretty Woman")
Taylor Swift...Felicia (singer songwriter)

See! Each actor and actress could be the main character!

Story is...
Each person connect with the others. The story goes on you'll see.
Reed (Ashton Kutcher) asks Morley (Jessica Alba)to marry on the Valentine's Day in the morning.
Susan (Kathy Bates) asked #2 sport journalist Kelvin (Jamie Foxx) to get the interview for Valentine's Day.
Julia (Jennifer Garner) and Dr. Harrison (Patric Dempsey) spent a night on the day before Valentine's day.
Liz (Anne Hathaway) and Jason (Topher Grace) also spent a night on the day before Valentine's day.
Liz works Paula's (Queen Latifah) assistant at a NFL's agency.
Sean (Eric Dane) declares free agency because he is dismissed from his team of NFL. Kara (Jessica Beil) is publisher of Sean.
Estelle (Shirley MacLaine) and Edgar (Hector Elizondo) are elderly couple. They take care of their grandson.
Holden (Bradley Cooper) and Captain Kate Hazeltine (Julia Roberts) are seatmate on an airplane.

This story started different places and times, but the end everything is connected! You'll surprise!

Anyway, a happy valentine's day♥

Valentine's day

アメリカではクリスマスに続くショッピング商戦時期がValentine's Dayなんですって。今日のニュースで取り上げていました。一人平均$140も使うらしいですよ。（住んで居た頃、そんな高価なプレゼントもらった事ないな・・・）アメリカでは男性が女性にプレゼントを贈る日なんですよね。日本は逆ですよね。

アメリカのオフィスで働いてた頃、“きゃ～”って微笑えんでしまう出来事がありました。（残念ながら私じゃないんですが・・・）Ericという営業マネージャーが、1月にengageしたばかりで、ラブラブ♪の二人。もちろんEricはプレゼントを用意してんだけど、彼女から不意打ちにあったんです! 大きなハートボックス、大きな風船と熊のぬいぐるみを持ったデリバリーの人がオフィスに入ってきて・・・Ericの所へ。も～、顔真っ赤になってました。まっ、その後みんなでひやかしたしね。可愛いな～って、うらやましかったなー。

でね、ニュース見てびっくりしたのが・・・Godivaチョコレートっててっきり私はヨーロッパ主導だと思っていたら、なんとパッケージはN.Y.で作られているんだって。へぇ～。

日本に戻ってきてValentine用のパッケージ見て、最近のGodivaのパッケージはおとなしくなったんだなと思っていたら、アメリカ用とアジア用は別に作っているんですって!!アメリカでは男性の目を引くために分かり易く、ハート型の赤が好まれるんだけど、アジアは女性が購入するため女性の目を引くために繊細なパッケージにしているんだって。しかも、デザイナーはアメリカ在住の日本人!おもしろいですねぇ～。で、皆さんはチョコレート買いましたかー?

Valentine's season is 2nd shopping spree in the U.S. I saw it in the news. Approximately $140 is spent per person in the U.S. (I didn't get such a expensive present on the Valentine's day when I was in L.A.... ha, ha.) Basically men present gift to women, but in Japan it's opposed.
When I worked an office in the U.S., I saw a cute episode. One of sales rep, Eric had engaged on Jan., that was why Eric and his fiancee were in love with each other. Absolutely Eric bought presents for her. However, he got surprise present from her. A delivery man came into our office with a heart shape box, balloons, and tiddy bear for Eric!! He blushed to the tips of his ears. Of course we teased. ha, ha.
I just knew today by the news! Godiva chocolate makes the running by Belgium, but it's not!!!!! Their packages have designed in N.Y. office.
Actually I was thinking that Godiva's Valentine packages were getting discreet design since I came back to Japan. But it's true!! Godiva makes different packages for the U.S. and for Asia. Most customers is male in the U.S., so Godiva makes red heart shape boxes. For Asia, they make more feminine design. In addition the designer is Japanese who lives in N.Y. That sounds interesting. Well, have you got chocolate for someone special?