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Saint Valentine's Day is approaching. Do you feel like dancing, singing, holding hands... ?

Share your love messages and spread your LOVE! media type="youtube" key="cNuMY61ZeGM" height="178" width="220" And what about "THE DOT AND THE LINE - A romance in lower Mathematics", a gift from BECREAP? media type="youtube" key="OmSbdvzbOzY" height="178" width="220" media type="youtube" key="q8j_8z6FN6A" height="178" width="220" NOW, how would you express your LOVE? Celebrate St Valentine's Day! :)) Emanuel, Quico, Gonçalo, Telo and Henrique, PLEASE remember this is a public page! :p I think St. Valentine's day is one more day like the others. It is supposedly a special day for our relationships but why? I think every day is special; loving has no special day and saying "I Love You" more than usual has no day, holding hands neither. Maybe St. Valentine's is getting more materialistic, maybe the meaning is giving a gift to our lover. From my point of view, St. Valentine's day is just an ordinary one. Rita Pinto And I thought it would be special... You sure sound a bit disappointed Rita. You're right when you say we can turn any day into St Valentine's, but we do need to believe in LOVE, don't we? ANA Oh teacher... You know, I don't like very much 'Valentines day' x) I have the same opinion that Rita has. I think it is just an excuse to have a gift or whatever. But maybe I just think like this because my valentine days have all been the same: a really boring day. But I love the song you put here: ACCIDENTALLY IN LOVE! Margarida and I are always singing it. But I expect that, on Valentine's day, the ones who have not yet gained the courage to declare their love, should DO IT! AND MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY! Cátia Borrego === I agree with Cátia and Rita! I think that Valentine's Day should be like Christmas: whenever we wanted to, I mean, every day. We should show all of our love without having any particular reason for doing that, and this day "forces" us to do that. Fortunately, there are couples who are happy on any day of the year, and this is just another happy day! And like Cátia said above, the song you put here: ACCIDENTALLY IN LOVE, is one of our favourite songs; we sing it everyday! === "Come on, come on Jump a little higher Come on, come on If you feel a little lighter Come on, come on We were once Upon a time in love Accidentally in loveeee!" Ana Margarida Aguiar 11ºB I agree with Rita and Cátia and Margarida. Valentine's day has become a materialistic day. If you think about it, the ones who really have a really happy Valentine's day are florists and jewelry stores. If you really love someone, you should cherish that person everyday and not just make one day a year special. Marta Ferreira 11ºB OK! Bad thought then...I believed you would like the idea of celebrating Valentine's Day...ANA Teacherzinha, I still believe in love but not in St. Valentine's day. Sorry for the disappointment :s Rita Pinto No harm done 'cause I believe in all kinds of LOVE + St Valentine's Day... ((: So, let me celebrate the day by myself, dreaming of ... ﻿ ﻿Even though I don't really like this day, I think (for those who enjoy it) that's just an opportunity to show some love in a different way. Just like Mother's day or even Christmas, it's a symbolic day. It wouldn't be so meaningful if the stuff couples do on Valentine's day were done every month or whatsoever. Special day, for a special feeling and special relationship, why not? ﻿JoanaPatrício11thB

<span style="background-color: #c318c3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">That's what I really meant: if you can have a day when you're remembered than what's the harm done? At least that day you get to have a special place in sb's heart, don't you? ANA <span style="background-color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;"> <span style="background-color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Love is... <span style="background-color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">And, by the way, who loves Santana's musicmedia type="youtube" key="NGzs_dGFGM8" height="195" width="240" the way I do? HELP! I NEED SOME HELP! Who comes and writes some LOVE THOUGHTS here???

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: normal;">'Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.' Lao Tzu I couldn't say better! :) Cátia Borrego <span style="background-color: #800080; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Thanks Cátia, you always come to my rescue! :))  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">What is a soul mate? Have you already found yours? If not, do you want to? Why? In my opinion, a soul mate is the one who you die for, who you love and who you can´t l <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">ive without. It's just too hard for me to explain it because I haven't found mine yet. It is too soon, actually. But I think this expresses it really good:

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">" __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">__A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.__ __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">A soul mate's purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light can get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you have to transform your life, then introduce you to your spiritual master..." __ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; text-align: left; word-wrap: break-word; zoom: 1;">__— Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love)__<span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Cát <span style="background-color: #008000; color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> Cátia Borrego <span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">ia Borrego <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> then, let me know your opinion! :)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Oh, I almost forgot: I just want to share this with you. It's a text written by an ESAM's student, it's in Portuguese but such words should be read!

**<span style="background-color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">I <span style="background-color: #c318c3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">'m impressed Cátia... "A quote from Eat, Pray, Love"? That's really deep!! I believe that Liz, just like Chris, went on a journey, trying to find herself. This definition of a soul mate wouldn't exactly correspond to my own definition. I agree that he/she should be our mirror in order to show us the way and not simply agree with everything we do in life. However, I don't believe it's too painful because the aim of such a connection is not to reach perfection but to question ourselves whether we are somehow asleep instead of awake. ANA ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">I believe in soul mates, I don't believe that there is a prince or a princess out there for each one of us. But I really think that having a soul mate is possible! They don't need to be perfect for everyone, just need to be perfect for you. I think that, when you feel that you can't live without someone or that your day became better when you are with him/her and you really feel bad when that person is feeling bad and even when you are apart you feel good just to see a smile from that person. I don't know if I agree with you or not, Cátia, because I would die for a few people in my life and I know that they aren't my soul mates. I think that dying for someone and being someone's soul mate is not exactly the same thing, but I will think more about this and then I will try and explain better :) <span style="color: #ff0093; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Inês Sousa

As for you, Inês, I agree with your considerations about the person we fall in love with. However, I wouldn't call that person "our soul mate" because we can love, share our life with sb and come to the conclusion that's not our soul mate. For me, soulmates are too rare and precious and only some fortunate people can find theirs. That union of spirit, mind and body is too difficult to achieve; it goes beyond space and time and does not necessarily imply a lover / loved relationship. I believe in Brian Weiss' definition: "You may be awakened to the presence of your soul companion by a look, a dream, a memory, a feeling. You may be awakened by the touch of his hands or the kiss of her lips, and your soul is jolted back to life. The touch that awakens may be that of your child, of a parent, of a sibling, or of a true friend. Or it may be your beloved, reaching across the centuries, to kiss you of her lips, and your soul is jolted back to life..” ANA <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">media type="youtube" key="ovny5Gv3ROA" height="273" width="336"  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Love is not meant to be seen, but felt. And the true love is found not in the outside but in the inside and why don´t we share this happiness with a smile. Let´s make the world a better place today. Don´t just smile, love too. <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Pedro 11ºD <span style="background-color: #c318c3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">﻿**Welcome Pedro! I'm so pleased to see you here! I was thinking that Portuguese men do not really like to get involved in such matters. Thank God that I've realised I was wrong! LOVE should be universal. By the way, I love your song. ANA** I'm sorry, I know I'm late for the day, but here is my opinion anyway. One of the songs that reminds me of love and true friendship is 'You are loved' by Josh Groban. I think love is not only boyfriend/girlfriend, love is whenever you are comfortable and feel safe near someone. The most important love is given by TRUE friends and family. About the love for someone special I would like to stress out that I don't believe something lasts forever. Of course, we need love, when we get older we will need someone to support us and to say to us what we will want to hear after a exhausting day. And I think everyone needs love, because when you love you smile, you become a different person. I hope someday all of you change my thoughts about the fact that love doesn't last forever :) ahah To answer Cátia: I saw myself as a mirror on someone. I needed to know if he was allright every morning to have a good day, I needed to be with him to feel safe. I needed to talk with him to know that everything would be better, I needed to see him to calm me down. As Cátia said a soulmate is somene we could die for, and I just said it in relation to someone: my grandfather. I would die for him, I would give my life in order to be with him now. For me, it wouldn't be necessary to find my 'soulmate boy' because if my grandfather was alive, I would spend the rest of my life with him. He inspires me, and he is the one that still gives me the strength to wake up every morning. And this love, yes, I think this love lasts forever and will be inside us until the day we die. (or more) ﻿Mariana11thA
 * <span style="background-color: #c318c3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Hi, Mariana! I think it's never too late to edit the page and post your comments, especially if they are as beautiful as yours. In relation to what you wrote, just let me tell you that I believe LOVE may last forever (But, I mean real love, not passion or infatuation...). What you wrote about your grandfather made me think of my father, the one who also comforted me in times of pain and gae me strength in times of disillusion. However, you're very young and very beautiful and you were surely born to love and be loved. Perhaps the chosen one will not be your soulmate, but you deserve to make a living with someone who cherishes the incredible woman you are. ANA **