No Romance without Kwacha!

'No Romance without Finance...
You need a J.O.B if you wanna get with ME'

Some interesting words from one of the world's famous oldies song. So can this be a good thing to start stating the obvious that Valentines and romance in particular has been commercialized? Gone are the days that you could link romance with such things as the river, sunsets, star-gazing, etc. Nowadays, believe this formula has an interesting truth

Romance + $$$ = Love

Can it really?

Lusaka woke up on an interesting note today. I saw alot of Red - shirts, dresses, gift boxes, wrappers, etc. Some one even exclaimed "How romantic!!!" This got me thinking...

How possible is it to think of love without a link to finances. I couldn't find a simple path to such bliss. Most things love included has been commercialized and really now depends on exchange rates, bank account balances, liquidity, currency, buying rates, etc! Love and romance are in a financial economy! You need so many things to conduct romantic activities, from movies, to romantic outings!

Looking at the way, moneys seems to be running all aspects of our lives, I believe the cyber space is one which makes money be a little out of the picture. Only cost is the connection charges and sometimes thats not much when u browse on mobile devices for blogs. So if money matters that much, in cyber space it should be that much. So how do we link the financial aspects of the cyber space and romance? We need to geek out a solution - as geeks are the noble citizens of the cyber space.

To my suprise, googling Valentines for geeks was an interesting result. I found many presents with interesting price tags, from a few dollars to hundreds of dollars! Geeks spend money on valentines. So what would be the financial returns in the cyber space valentine's day? How can we measure the magnitude of 'geek love'? If cyber space can link with normal world in romantic values of every day life and presents, we need to find a way to value this and tax it!

I miss the days I would go online to shut myself from everyday life and troubles and just be. Now, I have to watch out for adverts, phishing sites, malware, spy-ware, etc. I believe the economists must come up with a way to value such elements and give chance to the tax man to collect some Kwacha.

Anyway, thats a comic way of enjoying valentines day. I think you can have a laugh at some of these geek links:

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/304260/a-geeky-valentine

http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/valentines/

http://walyou.com/gift-ideas-for-him-her-valentines-day-2011/

http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/02/07/the-geek-guide-to-valentines-day-gifts/

http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20090209/11-geeky-or-gadgety-valentine-gifts/