Thursday, February 14, 2008

It's Valentine's Day today and I'm so flattered that I've got two dates in total. My first date with AMIC lasted 5 hours and my second date with MCT will be starting as long as my heart tells me to. I bet the second date will last beyond midnight. Well, the point here is, I fancy none of them. When morning arrive, I will kick them out of my mind.

Anyway, because V Day was just around the corner, the main theme for I-weekly this week was LOVE. Like duh... There's this little table where the reporters listed how the idea of love had evolved through the ages. I think its interesting but sadly, I think its true also. Let me summarise the evolutionary theory...

Love at First Sight
In the older days, your other half is most probably introduced by your aunties or matchmakers. Or your other half is actually your childhood sweetheart. Now, in the modern days, you meet your boy/girlfriends through online chats, at the pubs or in the office.

Gifts, Anybody?
In the past, gifts showered on girls by their boyfriends are love letters (not the edible type), soft toys and roses. Now? LV, Cartier, Tiffany, Gucci etc.

Out at Dates
Couples in the past spend their date walking, hand in hand, along a moonlit shore, watching movies etc (I think this is sweet!). As for modern couples, they go drinking in pubs, Karaoke-ing and then off to the hotel room~

Communication Skills
Couples in the past communicate via letters, slips of paper or a love song. Couplesnowadays communicate via msn, sms, email, blog, facebook...

Duration of the Relationship
Past: 5 years, 10 years, a lifetime (wow)
Now: A night, 3 months, 1 year

So? True or False, you decide.

Actually there are two more parts which I have difficulty translating. The two parts are sweet (for the olden days) and incredibly funny (for the modern days).

Anyway, I think its very cool if the first lover you have, is the person you love the most and at the same time, is the person who will spend a lifetime with you. You know, no beating around the bush, like you're lucky enough to win TOTO on the first buy. So rare yet beautiful.

That time I saw this old couple, well into their nineties I guess, on the way home. The granny, who had difficulty in walking, held onto the elbow of the grandpa. The grandpa deliberately slowed down his pace to that of his wife, so that they could walk together. Neither of them talked, but the silence spoke volumes. The love was there, silent but unbreakable.

Isn't this better than public display of affections by young couples nowadays? Isn't this more promising that the raucous declaration of love and promises?

In my context, that's how I think love should be - silent, strong and eternal. It's really hard to come by and even if this kind of love really comes, most people are too caught up with their lives to notice it. And then, it is gone by the time you realise it.

As for me, I'll wait. =)

Before I go, I present one of the greatest BIBLE verse.


BYE BYE!