Todae is China Valentine's Day! (called 七夕, i.e. "The Night of Sevens", which falls on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month on the Chinese calendar)

No wonder i see pple with flowers todae. And pple putting makeup after work to go for their dates.

There's some legend behind this festival. 牛郎与织女的故事 (i.e. the Cowherd star & the Weaver Maid star)

Hmmm...noe nuts abt this legend....but according to wikipedia...the story is as follows...haas...

Short summary first : According to the legend, the Cowherd star and the Weaver Maid star are normally separated by the milky way (river) but are allowed to meet by crossing it on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month of the Chinese calendar.

Now the longer story:

A young cowherd named Niulang (牛郎, i.e. the star Altair) saw seven fairy sisters bathing in a lake. Encouraged by his mischievous companion the ox, he steals their clothes and waits to see what will happen. The fairy sisters elect the youngest and most beautiful sister “the weaver girl” (织女, i.e. the star Vega) to retrieve their clothing. She does so, but since Niulang has seen her naked, she must agree to his request for marriage. She proves to be a wonderful wife, and Niulang a good husband. They lived happily and had two children.

But the Goddess of Heaven finds out that a mere mortal has married one of the fairy girls and is furious. She orders 织女 back to Heaven. Down on Earth, Niulang is very upset learning that his wife is gone. Suddenly, his cow begins to talk telling him that if he kills him and puts on his hide, he will be able to go up to Heaven to find his wife. With tears flowing, he killed the cow, put on the skin and carrying his two children with him and off he went to Heaven to find 织女.

The Goddess found out 牛郎 had come and was very angry. Taking out her hairpin, the Goddess scratches a wide river in the sky to separate the two lovers forever (thus forming the Milky Way, which separates Altair and Vega).

织女 must sit forever on one side of the river, sadly weaving on her loom, while 牛郎 watches her from afar and takes care of their two children (his flanking stars β and γ Aquilae, i.e. their Chinese names Hè Gu 1 and Hè Gu 3).

But once a year all the magpies in the world take pity on them and fly up into heaven to form a bridge (鵲橋 Que Qiao, "the bridge of magpies") over the star Deneb in the Cygnus constellation so the lovers may be together for a single night, the seventh night of the seventh moon.

It is said that if it rains on the night of "Qi Xi" 七夕, they are the tears of 牛郎 and 织女 crying at the misery of their life.