Few days before February 14 this year, I received an emails from my friends from the Philippines. They were organizing a date for dateless individuals, or planning to. It was sort of consoling themselves for being loveless in the day of love. Sound pathetic, but the situation resembles that of a senior high school girl frantically looking for a date at a senior prom. Re-imagine Pretty in pink the movie --but not the teen age girls but ladies looking for a mid-life romance.
May, a long time acquaintance, emailed me an article, asking me if I still remember what I wrote. If blogging existed 7 years ago, the article will be in my blog. The unpolished article was about love and trying to explain love through science (and that explains why I'm in graduate school, I like science but I'm not geeky). After reading and examining my long lost article (thanks May), I realized how 7 years made a difference in how I write and how I presented my ideas.
Anyway, in the span of 7 years, I still wonder why May is still loveless. She's cute, hot, easy to get along with and some other superlatives you can think of. If I was betting money on among my friends, gambling on who will tie the knot in 7 years, May is one of my friends I'll put money into. If I did, I lost.
At the rate life is going, I think she's not frustrated and will soon find one. Love moves in a mysterious ways, just read on the link (this one's for you May, Divine or Mayang, whichever you want me to call you). I got it from the Reader's Digest Feb Edition.
http://www.rd.com/love/valentines-day/what-they-did-for-love-true-love-stories/article.html
2 comments:
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(May's violent comment:
kudos emil! jest, well said..but is this some sort of `hey, wake up! Why still single?-sort of thing? Thanks though. If what you meant by loveless is automatically associated with being single, well, I strongly disagree, non sequitur..for 1 reason, i`ve never been loveless..haha! (i believe being one is really pathetic..). carry on with unrequited times.. good enough to feel the `natural high` (..more often the `natural downcast`) --- Being Single does not necessarily mean loveless.. i think it`s more of love unanswered. From the article, Love moves in mysterious ways.. i think, it has been working on me obscurely. Just wait and see.
I`ve been thinking.....had i bet on it too, i would have won. I knew it back then. i knew it talaga! I`m a late bloomer tsk tsk. =?
Nice work emil! Although this comment is already late i couldn't help but relive the good memories i have of Valentine's Day. I must admit that i'm one of those "loveless" ladies year after year that's why we organized the V-Day date among the QC members and everyone is required to wear red! Now, i'm no longer "loveless" because love did moves in mysterious for me hahaha!!! :-)
May, lahat yata tayo sa QC ay mga late bloomer! Di ba Ate Arlene??? :-)
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