Thursday, April 12, 2012

Perasan

Kenapa sesetengah orang selalu buat atau cakap sesuatu yg mereka tidak benar2 maksudkan? Mungkin... soalan aku tu salah? Mungkin aku sepatutnya tanya, kenapa sesetengah orang tidak pernah buat atau cakap sesuatu yg mereka benar2 maksudkan? Kenapa? Sesetengah orang suka meluahkan perasaan mereka melalui kata2, ekspresi muka, bahasa badan, muzik, tulisan, lukisan, dan ada juga yg lebih suka memendam perasaan kerana takutkan penolakan (rejection), tidak yakin diri, takut ditertawakan, takut dipandang remeh oleh teman2, dan sebagainya. Tapi bukan itu yg mahu aku perkatakan di sini. Sebenarnya, yg mengganggu fikiran aku sekarang ini ialah jenis manusia yg satu ini. Jenis manusia ini, ah, camana ah mau terangkan? Manusia ini selalu saja buat dan cakap sesuatu yg buat orang lain perasan. Iya, perasan. Perasan bagus, perasan kiut, perasan cantik, perasan hensem. Kalau jenis2 perasan yg ini tidak mengapalah lagi, tapi kalau sampai orang tu perasan yg orang yg suka buat orang lain perasan tu tadi ada perasaan sama dia camana? Kalau orang yg suka buat orang lain perasan tu memang betul2 ada perasaan yg sama dengan orang yg perasan tu tidak mengapalah. Tapi kalau yg perasan tu cuma perasan saja camana? Tapi, kenapa dia boleh perasan sampai macam tu sekali?

Mari aku tolong jawab soalan aku sendiri. Ini kerana, perbuatan orang yg suka buat orang lain perasan tu telah melahirkan suatu perasaan dalam hati si perasan itu. Bagaimana? Dengan perbuatan2 romantis seperti memberikan hadiah mungkin? (hadiah di sini termasuklah coklat, bunga, baju, kek, bla bla bla). Mengucapkan "Aku rindu padamu" setiap pagi, tengah hari, petang, dan malam mungkin? Membawa makan sarapan setiap pagi mungkin? Post lagu2 berkaitan perasaan di FB wall mungkin? Mendendangkan lagu2 kegemaran si perasan itu mungkin?Atau apa2lah. Jadi, kalau orang yg suka buat orang lain perasan tu pernah atau selalu buat salah satu atau semua perkara yg telah disebut tadi, bagitau aku macam mana orang yg perasan tadi tu tidak rasa apa yg dia rasa? Kan? Kawan? Mari aku tanya balik. Kawan apa yg buat benda2 di atas tu untuk kawan? Ada?

Jawapannya ya, ada. Ada orang yg buat benda2 tu untuk kawan2nya. Orang itu ialah jenis orang yg baru aku cakapkan tadilah. Yg buat kepala aku pusing itulah. Ya. Apa yg dia lakukan atau cakapkan pada orang yg perasan itu sebenarnya hanyalah atas dasar kawan. Tidak lebih, tidak kurang. Bagi dia, apa yg dia buat dan cakap itu tiada apa2 makna tersirat pun. Dia ingat apa yg dia buat dan cakap itu tidak akan meninggalkan apa2 kesan kepada si perasan itu. Bagi dia, apa yg dia buat itu sudah biasa dibuat untuk kawan2nya yg lain. Malangnya, si perasan itu tidak tahu pun tentang semua itu. Jadi, tetaplah dia dengan keperasanannya itu. Kerana orang yg sudah buat dia perasan itu pun tidak perasan yg dia sudah perasan. Kasihan kan?

Tolonglah. Berhenti buat orang perasan. Sangat tidak cool, OK. Jangan buat atau cakap sesuatu yg kamu sendiri tidak pasti apa maksudnya. Jangan buat atau cakap sesuatu yg kamu sendiri tidak tahu apa kesannya ke atas orang lain. Jangan buat atau cakap sesuatu jika kamu, wahai orang yg suka buat orang lain perasan itu, tidak bersedia menerima penangan daripada apa yg telah kamu lakukan itu. Dan kamu pula wahai orang yg mudah perasan itu, kawallah perasaan. Perasan itu tiada gunanya. Ibarat menepuk sebelah tangan, tidak berbunyi. So not cool OK. Pfft.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Traffic Lights Lullabies

Tonight I learned that traffic lights will never guarantee our safety on the road. Traffic lights will only be useful if EVERYONE would appreciate and understand why traffic lights were invented in the first place more. Traffic lights were built so that the safety of road users are ensured, but only if EVERYONE understands why traffic lights were built. It is not our traffic law that is at fault, but the mindset of our people. They always take traffic lights for granted, when they know that it is compulsory for them to obey the traffic lights. Our people are so selfish and always too scared of losing time until it seems like they don't care if people or even themselves would lose their lives only because of their time chasing obsession. Tonight, I almost got hit by a motorcycle on a zebra crossing when the pedestrian light was GREEN. I was so mad that I could only scream "ARE YOU BLIND???? OR STUPID???!!!!" I really hope that people would appreciate traffic lights more, so that we can help reduce the number of traffic accidents in our country. If not much, a little. Whatever it is, I am still very grateful to Allah as nothing bad happened. I think it is a good lesson for me and also my friends as it taught me to be more careful on the road. Remember that traffic lights alone will never guarantee anything while we are using the road. All of us need to learn to take responsibility of it. Not just for ourselves, but for every single creature on Earth. Peace and love. \\// + <3 On an unrelated matter, he sang me lullabies again. For the first time in months. Didn't feel anything. Oh really Nurul? Didn't your heart just drop? Or are you just playing it cool this time?

Monday, April 09, 2012

27 Tahun Satu Hari

Iya, aku sudah berumur 27 tahun dan satu hari hari ini. Jam dan minit malas mau kira ok. Pfft.. Hahaha. Apa yg sudah aku kecapi selama hidup aku 27 tahun? Sigh... Rasanya tiada perkembangan yg ketara dalam hidup aku. Hidup aku masih macam ni saja. Lesen kereta pun belum ada. Simpanan? Pasangan? Pfft... Ikutkan hati, mahu aku salahkan Nasik atas banyak perkara, tapi, aku tidak mahu hidup dalam denial. Semua salah aku sendiri juga. I was in love with my own feelings, sampai benda2 yg aku patut buat untuk diri sendiri dan masa depan aku, aku abaikan. Masa depan, financial security, semua itu penting. Tapi, apa yg aku ada? Urgh. Sigh. Untuk menyedapkan hati aku, better late than never right? Ya, aku bersyukur pada Allah SWT kerana memanjangkan usia aku sehingga ke hari ini, saat ini. Bererti, aku masih diberi peluang untuk memperbetulkan apa yg salah dan mencapai apa yg aku betul2 mahukan dalam hidup. Sekarang sudah sendiri, jadi senanglah untuk aku tumpukan perhatian pada diri aku sendiri. I'll make the best of what I have right now. Mungkin job aku sekarang ni bukanlah dream job aku. Aku pun tidak pasti apa sebenarnya dream job aku? Do I even have a dream job? Cikgu? Sebenarnya bukanlah dream job aku pun. Tapi ya, memang aku pernah dan masih sedang mencuba, tapi nampaknya belum ada rezeki aku di situ. Job aku sekarang ni bukanlah teruk sangat. Gaji masih OK. Masih cukup. Jadi biarlah aku di sini dulu. Maksud aku? Biarkan aku berterusan berada dalam zon selesa aku? Bukan berterusan, tapi buat sementara waktu ini, biarlah aku di sini dulu. Aku memang mahu balik. Akan aku usahakan nanti. InsyaAllah...

Kenapa aku melankolik sangat hari ini? Mungkin sebab cuaca yg mendung selepas hujan? Ah. Salahkan cuaca pulak. Hahaha. Sebenarnya aku mahu menulis tentang kejadian semalam. 8 April 2012. Ya. Apa yg terjadi semalam. Cuma dua orang yg menghantar SMS untuk mengucapkan "Selamat Hari Lahir" pada aku semalam. Seorang itu Faezah dan seorang lagi cuba teka? Ya. The other person was Nasik. (ah memang nda boleh lari dari bahasa rojak lah hahaha. Biarlah! Ini blog aku! Suka hati aku lah!) Walaupun ramai kawan2 yg lain mengucapkan "Selamat Hari Jadi", "Selamat Hari Lahir", "Selamat Hari Tua", "Happy Birthday" dan "Epi Besday" di Facebook, tapi cuma dua orang itu saja yg menghantar ucapan tersebut melalui SMS. Adik2 aku, abang aku, tiada. Ah. Sedangkan mama aku sendiri terlupa yg semalam ialah hari lahir aku. Apa ada hal? This year is really different. Tahun lepas, seperti tahun2 lain, mama tidak lupa untuk menelefon aku di hari lahir aku, adik2 aku siap buat special birthday wish lagi di Facebook, dan Ally juga ada menelefon aku tepat pukul 12 malam. Tahun ini, semua itu tiada. Tahun lepas, pada masa ini, aku masih bekerja di Central Market. Aku ingat lagi, hari itu hari Jumaat. Aku jaga kedai Log Art Gallery di Fahrenheit 88. Nasik datang membawa kek Chocolate Indulgence Secret Recipe untuk aku. Malam itu juga dia berikan aku poster The Strokes yg kononnya dipesan dari Singapura. Tapi, tidak pernah pun aku tampal poster itu di dinding. Haha.

Teringat aku hadiah2 yg dia berikan pada aku tahun2 sudah. Patung kucing, harmonika, boxer Levi's. Hahaha. Tahun ini pun aku dapat lagi sepotong kek Chocolate Indulgence Secret Recipe dari orang yg sama. Pukul 12 tengah hari, tiba2 Nasik menelefon aku mengatakan yg dia sudah ada di luar pintu rumah aku. Dengan muka yg belum cuci, gigi belum gosok, dan masih berbaju tidur, aku buka pintu dan lihat ada orang sedang menyanyikan lagu "Happy Birthday" untuk aku sambil memegang kek. Walaupun agak terkilan sebab itu bukanlah perisa kek kegemaran aku, aku terharu juga sebenarnya. Walaupun aku rasa agak menyampah bila aku tanya, "Kenapa Chocolate Indulgence?? Awak kan dah tau saya suka cheese cake!", dan selamba jawapannya, "Sebab saya suka Chocolate Indulgence!". Urgh. I rolled my eyes like 5000 times, but it was still better than nothing. Of all people, dia, Mohd Haszuan Ahmad Nazri yg aku benci dan sumpah seranah itulah yg buat semua itu untuk aku. No present this year though. It's OK. Sebenarnya dia agak keberatan untuk membawa aku keluar makan. Alasannya, kerja. Ah. Aku tidak peduli! I just didn't want to be alone on my fuckin' birthday! So at last dia mengalah dan setuju membawa aku keluar makan. Disebabkan dia cuma ada satu helmet pada masa tu, jadi kami pergi ke KL Sentral untuk makan tengah hari dengan menaiki Putra LRT. Aku memilih untuk makan di KFC. Hahaha. Lame right? Tapi entah. I felt like eating KFC at that particular time, so KFC it was. I had Hot n Spicy Snack Plate, with drumstick n thigh (pandai pulak dia order my favourite chicken parts), n he also bought me an egg tart. He rambled about his planned Bali trip this May, and I talked about nonsensical things. We had a stupid little bickering that made us both quiet until we reached my place. He went back home and I spent the rest of the day Facebooking and blogging about The Cranberries concert.

Menyedihkan bukan? Tetapi, sangkaan aku yg hari semalam akan berakhir dengan tersangatlah bosannya meleset. Nasib baiklah Ezura bawa aku keluar makan malam dan menonton wayang di Mid Valley. Hahaha. Mungkin kasihankan aku sebab cuma duduk di rumah macam orang bangang menatap komputer riba di hari jadiku, hari yg mana aku sepatutnya keluar bergembira meraikannya bersama teman-teman ataupun kekasih. Lol. Aku amat berterima kasih dan bersyukur kepada Tuhan kerana aku masih ada kawan-kawan yg sayangkan aku. Ezura belanja aku makan malam di Secret Recipe, this time with a proper piece of cake that I chose myself, which was Banana Cheese Cake! Nyummyyyy!!! Malam itu diakhiri dengan "Street Dance 2". :D Terima kasih Ezura. Thanks for making my day! Sayang kau! :) Aku rasa, cukuplah aku merepek untuk hari ini dengan ayat aku yg tunggang langgang with the so-called bahasa Melayu baku, Sabahan dan English fusion ini. Hahaha.

KAMI MAHUKAN GRUNGE, Jangan Tipu Kami!!!

Hahaha. Guess what I was doing on my birthday eve??? I went to "KAMI MAHUKAN GRUNGE, Jangan Tipu Kami!!!" gig, which was held at Arjuna Studio in Mentakab, Pahang. Yes, MENTAKAB, PAHANG. Crazy huh? Instead of the 3PM bus, I took the 12pm bus to Mentakab with Key Din and Syed Aiman, whom I have never communicated with before. Lol. I don't know who these two people really are, but apparently, everyone at the gig knows them, especially Key Din, who was the co-MC during the gig. The other MC was Shibo, a Korean-looking girl I knew through Facebook (ah semua pun dorang aku kenal dari Facebook lol and apparently everybody knew everybody through Facebook/Gerakan Grunge Bangkit (GGB) too hahaha), and who was also one of the gig organisers. The journey took around 1 hour and 30 minutes. Once we reached Mentakab, the three of us went to have our toilet breaks and then Key Din bought waffles for me and Syed Aiman, and a cup of ice-cream for himself. 8D We were picked up by two guys, who are members of a band yg aku nda ingat namanya. Lol. Yeah yeah, I am such a bad blogger. Hahaha. According to the flyer, the gig was scheduled to start at 2pm, tapi biasalah kan, janji Melayu. (urgh I tried so hard not to say this but tercakap jugak haha).  Tapi understandable jugak lah sebab venue tu jauh, ada bands sampai sesat2 lagi. So in the end, it officially began at 5.30pm. Tipah tertipu bang!!! Hahahaha. Sudalah tempat tu cam terpencil skit, teda kedai pun nearby. Nasib baik dorang ada provide BBQ. FREE OF CHARGE. But I only ate two pieces of chicken and one piece of sausage. Bukan sebab aku nda lapar, ya, aku lapar. Cuma aku segan mo turun bawah pi ambik makanan. Buduh kan? Hahahaha. The gig, which featured 17 local bands (although I'm not sure whether all 17 bands were there), ended at around 11pm. Aku nda berapa aware of what happened but time the last band performing their last songs tu, it was in a haste as I heard there were police doing their rondaan outside. But tedala kena ambushed jugak. Hee... After that we all ramai2 went to eat our late night supper, which was my first proper meal for the day, at one restaurant ni yg specialtynya ialah nasik ayam berlada. Walaupun teringin, but I didn't order it sebab aku bukannya tahan pedas sangat. My dinner was non-spicy nasi goreng paprik with teh o ais. I can't believe that I spent my birthday night with this massive group of people that I don't even know. Not only people, but BANDS, you know, well-known bands in the local underground scene. (ceh, poyonya bunyi lol). Something different ey? Most of the time, I spent my time listening (and eating of course) to what they were talking about. Some of them were joking and teasing each other non-stop, some of them were talking about the gig, the bands and people involved, some of them were talking about GGB, and some of them were even gossiping. I spoke only when required, as in when they asked me things like where I'm staying, where I'm from, who I'm staying with, how long have I been living in KL, how old am I, where I studied, where I'm working, normal boring stuff like that. Hehe. Since my last breakup with Nasik (sumpah ini last!!!), I've been going to gigs/concerts/events alone. And you know what? As pathetic and sad as it may sound, I think it gives me a great opportunity and experience to get to know new people, new friends, you know. Sebab before this, kalau teda Nasik, aku memang nda akan pegi la apa2 event pun, even though aku tersangat sangat sangat mau pegi. And kalau pegi ngan Nasik, aku memang nda akan make any effort to converse with people. Sekarang, there's no limitation anymore. I am breaking all the rules (that I invented for myself before),  I am breaking out of my comfort zone, I STAND ALONE. Yeahhh... :) Moshtapha Beng Beng gave me and the others (Juan, Shibo n her fiance Riz Xan)  a lift home from Mentakab last night. It was so nice of them to keep me company during the whole day of the event, even though I felt left out sometimes. Or perhaps most of the time. Haha. All in all, the gig was a success, although adala jugak kekurangan dari segi pengurusan here and there, gotta give them credit for their hard work. Everybody had fun, so OK lah. It's what gigs are all about anyway. HAVING FUN. :) I think the best performer was Instake. They did a cover of Foo Fighters' Everlong (or was it two or three?), and a couple of Nirvana's. Tapi satu gambar dorang pun aku ndak ambik. Bodoh kan? And I believe that I did take some pictures of the other bands, but ntahlah, gambar2 tu error plak. Pfft. Haha whatever lah!

 
Moshtapha Beng Beng, Riz Xan, Shibo

Iqa! :-)

Rishi Majimbo, Soma's Vocalist

Sunday, April 08, 2012

Not My Imagination

OK, I have been procrastinating to blog about The Cranberries since Thursday. So I better not procrastinate any longer while the feeling is still fresh. Hee... I went to the concert with three good looking guys, Scott, his brother Dhameer, and Fitri. Orang lain yg berjanji mo jumpa aku di KL Sentral, orang lain yg sampai duluan. Hahaha. Jumpa dorang Scott di KL Sentral at around 6.30pm then we had no choice but to leave first as Scott and Dhameer belum beli tiket lagi n train Fitri from Shah Alam pun pukul 6.48pm. Gilak la mo tunggu sejam kot!! So kami cau duluan n Fitri sampai stadium at 8++pm. Imagine if we waited for him at KL Sentral!! Sampai2 sana, memang tiket RM113 sudah sold out. Tinggal Rock Zone ngan The Pit jak lagi. Tapi luck dorang lah last2 dapat jugak tiket from Celcom. Beli simcard Xpax RM10 with RM50 reload dapat dua tiket RM113 free!! Damn it!! Sudala dorang dapat seats yg better than ours! Kalau tau, nda payah beli tu tiket kami tu!!! Hahaha tapi ndapalah... Next time kalau ada concert n Celcom is one of the sponsors, aku namau beli tiket awal2 lagi. Lol.

The concert started timely. Maybe kalau ada lambat pun sikit jak dalam 10 minit jak lah. The opening song was Dreams, one of my favourite songs! In fact, one of EVERYBODY's favourite songs! :D I enjoyed myself there but rasa kureng skit sebab crowd yg lain asyik duduk jak. Boringnya. Bila keluar lagu2 macam Zombie, Animal Instinct, etc baru dorang bediri. Bidak oh. This is THE CRANBERRIES okay!! I was like, c'monnnnn...... Pfft... Hehe, ndapalah. Asalkan everyone enjoyed the concert as much as I did. :D

Funny thing is, I couldn't remember the last song they sang that night. Aku betul2 nda dapat ingat. But it was definitely an old song lah. Sampai sekarang aku nda dapat recall apa lagu last dorang. Aku dapat ingat exactly at what time the concert ended, but not the song. Pelik kan??? Haha. I suspect it was because I was not ready for the concert to end yet..... Tekejutnya aku bila Dolores bilang "This is our last song bla bla bla" What the??? It ended at 10.20pm!! I was expecting almost midnight!!! :( Habis jak tu lagu last, no goodbye, no thank you whatsoever apatah lagi encore, Dolores ran to the backstage and... THAT'S IT! THE END!!! Huwaaaaaa.........

I stayed for around 10 minutes in the stadium because I was hoping that they would get back on stage and perform the real real real last song....... But they never did.... :( Si Daffi yg beli tiket RM303 tu sampai menangis kunun sebab dorang cau gitu jak. Isk isk isk. Ah... Tapi ndapalah... Maybe they were on tight schedule or something. Hee... Yg pentingnya, I WAS THERE, I WAS PART OF IT. :D

Habis tu konsert, dorang Scott, Dhameer n Fitri balik sama2 naik Monorail, aku jumpa Daffi n his friends jap pastue I waited for Nasik to come pick me up.  Haha. Penat2 jak aku risau pasal camana mo balik sampai mintak tolong Nasik ambik. Padahal tu konsert habis even before 10.30pm. Bulih jak aku balik sendiri. Pfft... Tapi disebabkan sudah terlanjur mintak Nasik ambik, layan jak lahhhh... He took me to dinner n movie. We watched apa ah. Nda ingat pulak. Haha. Whatever lah.

Below are some of the photos taken before, during and after the concert. Sedih nda dapat ambik gambar close up Dolores n The Cranberries. Tapi ndapa, ada video di youtube!! Yay!!! :D :D :D By the way, today is my 27th birthday. Cough cough.

 
Here's the The Cranberries Live in Malaysia 2012 setlist. Apparently, the last four songs were the encore! Lol. And the last song was PROMISES. Hahahahahahaha macamana laaa aku boleh lupaaaa... Lolllll.....


Thursday, April 05, 2012

Awkward

Me: Assalammualaikum.
Him: Waalaikumsalam...
Me: Kenapa call tadi? Sori phone teroff tadi, ndak perasan.
Him: Oh, teda apa2. Saja.
Me: Oh...
Him: Hujan di KK.
Me: Oh. Sini panas.

Him: Oh. Bah.
Me: Bah. OK la... Bye.
Him: Bye.

Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Babi

Don't call me bebeh,
Because it sounds like you're calling me babi,
But if you wanna call her bebeh,
Then it's fine with me.



Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Maybe It's Too Late


Maybe I didn't treat you
Quite as good as I should have
Maybe I didn't love you
Quite as often as I could have

Little things I should have said and done
I just never took the time

You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind

Maybe I didn't hold you
All those lonely, lonely times
And I guess I never told you
I'm so happy that you're mine

If I made you feel second best
Boy, I'm sorry I was blind

You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind, sweet boy
You were always

Tell me that your sweet love hasn't died
Give me one more chance to keep you satisfied

Little things I should have said and done
I just never took the time

You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind

Sunday, April 01, 2012

The Platonic Lovers

Remember how he scammed me on this day exactly one year ago? Remember that stupid and embarrassing post? Yeah, he punk'd me again today!!! I texted him this morning saying "Hey, sunday morning." Then he replied telling me bullship about him being at the hospital waiting to be operated. He told me that he has been sick since 2009 and had been meaning to tell me all this while. At first, memang la I thought that this must be another April Fool prank from him. Some more, he said he had been diagnosed with "KETUMBUHAN DI DADA". Hahahahahaha stupidddddd.... Tapi bila dia cakap "Wish me luck k. 8 jam ni. Me belum makan dari semalam sebab mau operation kan." Terus aku ntahlah, I somehow bought it? Paluiiii....... Cam besak la dia kasi ketawa aku lagi. Shipppppp....... Hahahahaha gulliblenya akuuuuuu urrgghhhh.... Hahaha. But... today's prank was not the same like last year's... It is obvious that there is nothing going on between us anymore now. I was the one who ended it anyway. We are friends now. Just friends. Or is this what people call platonic love? By the way, here's an interesting article about platonic relationship I stumbled upon. I think it truly describes the situation I am in right now. If there is a situation at all. Hahaha. Kalau aku rajin nanti aku translate. My favourite parts are in bold. :)

Love Beyond Body Physics
by Ragini Puri

In the film Yuva, Ajay Devgan, a practical man, emphatically explains to a visibly romantic Esha Deol that love is nothing but procreation. It is an urge to procreate, a form of sexual gratification, which just happens to be good for the survival of a species. This need for satisfaction of the physical or rather sexual urges comes veiled in the garb of an emotion called love. According to him, it was this physical or sexual attachment and not love that was actually responsible for the couplings that result in progeny and further the human race. So, love is nothing but procreation. Period.

But the idea of another type of love, as conceived by Plato, the Platonic love, has also been the subject of countless poems and books. In modern times, the terms platonic love and platonic relationship have come to mean a relationship between individuals of the opposite sex, marked by the absence of physical romance or sex. Ambrose Bierce, or Bitter Bierce as the world calls this American satirist, may define Platonic love as 'a fool's name for the affection between disability and a frost', but his philosophical treatment of love transcends a variety of theories of sex and gender.

A traditional and conservative society like ours looks on platonic relationships with suspecting eyes. It wonders whether in a friendship, physical attraction between the friends of opposite sex can be sidestepped, whether platonic relationships (love and friendship without sexual alliance) can exist between a man and a woman. What they fail to understand is that platonic love is actually the sublimation of sexual urges into other forms of desires and attraction. It is love that looks beyond physical bodies to pure thoughts and intellectual stimulation. Thyra Samter Winslow is right when she says, 'Platonic love is from the neck up.'

Platonic lovers are not impulsive lovers. They aren't physical, but are characterized by being more emotional and intellectual than passionate. Friendship or love of this type, like other relations, is based on the pleasure that is derived from each other's company, but the relationship here is predominated by thoughts and imagination. The love doesn't live outside but inside. Platonic love, in which the loved person is idealized, is part of a dream. With the platonic love, the people idealize one person in the fantasy of the thoughts, with feelings of love, in a very creative way. This love builds an illusion in a no-love world of disillusion and it is this love, which has inspired poets and artists of all time.

People may scoff at platonic lovers and compare them to inactive volcanoes, but such lovers do not condemn sexuality or the erotic, neither do they deny that platonic love is only possible outside sexual relations. Platonic love is actually a spiritual bond between two people of the opposite sex, wherein they are attracted to each other's mind. But the reason why platonic love or friendship can be difficult is plain genetics. In most of us, attraction to the opposite sex is genetically woven into our psyche. There's no way to avoid it. Friendship between the same sex can be relatively hassle-free, but one between opposite sex may be infused with sexual undercurrents. Nothing makes a romantic relationship more successful when the people involved are friends first, and it is easy to understand why platonic relations can be difficult to keep strictly platonic.

28-Nov-2004

I'M GOINGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!


I don't care if it's the cheapest ticket, I don't care whom I'm going with (as long as it's NOT Nasik), I AM GOINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG :D :D :D :D :D OK now I should start memorising their new songs!!! LOL.