New fashion accessory in pune N-95 mask

Pune has gone silent. Today i went to see movie and found a large number of people wearing a mask on their face in the theater. All the staff there is wearing this N-95 mask. Looks like its a new cult accessory. Its not! Its ugly. Its the panic H1N1 flu has created all over the city and in India. Few people have died and many are infected. It has come to challenge the crippled government medical facilities. Not sure how they will take up this challenge. Even the doctors are reported to be getting infected. I hope this doesn't become epidemic and people get rid of this ugly mask.

Happy Friendship Day

My cellphone beeped few times in the morning while i was asleep. When i checked those sms they all came to wish me Happy Friendship Day.
I am confused!
How should i celebrate it? One minute.
Why should i celebrate it?
Is friendship meant to be celebrated only on one day in a year? Shouldn't it be celebrated and enjoyed the year around.
Why do we sms on days like friendship, valentines, rose so religiously? .
Is it a formal way of celebrating friendship? Is friendship formal?
Looks like these days are now being used as get-back-in-touch kind of oppurtunities. They are becoming useful to people who are trying to build up some relationship. Imagine a man or a woman trying to initiate a talk. Friendship day can be really advantageous!. So nothing wrong in it. One more question troubles me.
Why do we have friendship band? I guess there is some reason behind it. Its like kutte-ka-patta and Dog is the most faithful animal known.
So are we asking our friend to be (faithful) like Dog?
Then why do we react when someone calls us Dog (Kutta) ?