Nummy Yummy

"A synergy of taste & quality from across the globe - every hour... every day... " - a motto for a local restaurant which somehow makes me think of how sweet it will be if referred to men.

An asexual micro-orgasm

The hetero male population in this 2010 Winter Olympic host city (where I live) has a special talent in leading a rather girlish girl (full of Shakti power) into feeling like a mere asexual micro-orgasm. Organic cleansing or intolerable cruelty? Lately, it's been an inclination to tbe latter. Yes, yes - time to plan a get away so that I can feel like a woman again or risksdissolving from an asexual micro-orgasm into a speckle of dirt.

No firearms allowed

Upon entering Bumbershoot music festival grounds this past weekend, I noticed the following sign: "No firearms allowed at events". I did think to myself - was this sign really necessary?

While waiting for Jason Mraz to step on stage, I overheard an interesting conversation between two guys and a girl. In attempts to impress the girl, one of the guys said to the girl "I used to be in the Marine - they really train you to kill. Till now, I still have the itch to kill".

THAT was why the no firearms sign was necessary at public events.

Dear Judd Apatow

Dear Judd Apatow

As entertaining as your movies are - I do wish to express my concern on the effects your movies have on dating for girls like me. Your movies which usually feature the average guy hooking up with the hot girl has made it more so challenging for average girls to meet guys (any guy). Well, you see, your movies have led the average guys to believe that only very hot girls are deserving of them - which leads to no men for the average girls. So, we, the average girls, are not only shut out from the hot guys but also the average guys now.

My plea to you Mr. Apatow - could you make movies about the average smart & funny girl ending up happily ever after with the hot, smart & funny guy? If that's beyond your capability or if that somehow breaks the mancode that you may have with the brotherhood, could you please convince the very talented Tina Fey to take on such challenge?

Yours truly,
Smart & Funny Girl

Do you find love or does love find you?

In this business of finding love, efforts certainly do not translate into results. There is absolutely no correlation, whatsoever - which leads me to think perhaps one can't find love but love would have to find its way into one's life. Love - by which I mean romantic love - is like family and friends - they just somehow happen; we certainly did not seek out family nor friends. These gifts are somehow blessed upon us naturally and organically.

Of course there is the camp which purports finding love is akin to finding a job. But getting a job translates into having to work. The last time I checked, there is still a negative connotation attached to "work".

In the business of finding love, I am just going to sit back and let love find its way to me. My part in this is to do everything that I enjoy doing and cracking open my heart. When love arrives, my heart will be open to let it in. Deal, Universe?

Oh, Lenny...

As I was listening to the Best of Lenny Kravitz last Sunday, this song spoke to me & finally inspired me to clean my apartment.

Heaven Help

There comes a time
To be free of the heart
I wanna be ready
Ready to start
On a love journey
Got places to go
Made up my mind
And I have got to let you know

Heaven help the heart
That lets me inside
Heaven help the one
Who comes in my life
Heaven help the fool
That walks through my door
cause I decided right now
Im ready for love

A funny feelings coming
Over me
Now Im inspired and open to being
In a love place
But its out of my hands
Im telling you baby that you got to understand

Heaven help the heart
That lets me inside
Heaven help the one
Who comes in my life
Heaven help the fool
That walks though my door
cause I decided right now
Im ready for love
Ready for love

I can't see whats out there for me
And I know love offers no guarantee
Ill take a chance and im
Telling you something babe
I got to let you know

Heaven help the heart
That lets me inside
Heaven help the one
Who comes in my life
Heaven help the fool
That walks through my door
cause I decided right now
Im ready for love

Ready for love
Take a chance
Take the chance on love
The heart, the fool

Summer solstice

This morning of the summer solstice I dozed off into a delightful lucid dreamland. I was flying in the cool blue sky and was greeted by beautiful heart-shaped clouds and a rainbow. I was happy and free. I was liberated by the wrath of looking for romance - it was a sign from the universe to set me free. I will struggle no more and surrender to the liberation that welcomes me. Total freedom to explore - to be the ultimate wanderlust.

Unskilled

Hooking a guy takes more skills than beauty & that particular skill sets, I seriously lack. Is it too late to start learning? I certainly hope not. Any love guru out there who would be so kind to share your knowledge & most importantly your expertise in this area? I need help!!!!

Ice lolly

I could seriously use an ice lolly or two in this scorching heat. I could in particular use the ice lolly that is inspired by Daniel Craig 007 out of the water shot. Yes, Del Monte is selling the special "license to chill" lolly - however, sadly only available in UK.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/5416143/Daniel-Craig-in-007-lolly.html

Sisterhood Unite!

To my dear little sisters:

I must share with you my experience with naysayers. Time over time, you ,as a female, will encounter many naysayers who convey to you negative messages such as you are not beautiful, you are not smart enough or too smart, you are weak, etc.

I was recently told that boys do not like girls who are funny and intelligent - unless you are hot. (Yes, I gasped when I heard such comment being verbalised - shocking). I cannot believe female oppression being so prevalent even today - "modern" times.

My dear little sisters - be as smart and as funny as you are - embrace all that God has given you. You are a creation of God and therefore you are always a beautiful being. By saying otherwise, the naysayers may have just spat in the face of God by negatively criticizing God's creation.

Do not fear success and self-sufficiency - by being able to take care of yourself, you essentially give yourself freedom to be curious, freedom to learn, freedom to explore, and most importantly freedom to love.

You are all beautiful in the eyes of the enlightened ones.

Om namah shiva ya

p.s. If someone tells you that you are not hot, just tell them that you are more so an editorial beauty over a commercial one - something useful I picked up from watching way too many hours of Top Model.

Reckless Abandon

'Tis graduation season for young adults - everytime I walked pass the local theatre, there seemed to be a graduation ceremony. Ah - those young faces, full of exuberance and excitement for the future. Youth reminds me of the reckless abandon ways to life - especially with respect to love. When did I start losing that reckless abandon ways? Like the Pepsi commercial, I wish to regain my reckless abandon to love. Rock on.

Blind optimism or an audacity to hope?

Often when asked what I want in the man (who I seeketh as a partner in life) - I answered "someone like Barack Obama". The usual responses range from "be real - that's not possible" to that beyond words but mere laughter.

I am not dreaming about making my life with a president (in fact, I rather not). It is not the power behind the man that I admire - but the many qualities of Mr. Obama (that are apparent to the public) that I am in awe of. I am taken by his quiet strength, the way he listens before he speaks, the humility he's unafraid to display with his self-deprecating humour, his intelligence, his "audacity to hope", his belief in the goodness in humanity, and most importantly the way he conducts himself with grace.

I need a man with such awe-inspiring qualities who will catch me before I slip into the path of Plath. In turn, I offer my utter devotion, respect, love, support and acts (which no words will do justice of - or simply the "catch-all" category).

Dear readers - if you wish to play matchmaker, send to me guys with such admirable qualities.

Pavlov's Dog - Classical conditioning

Love takes flight

Air New Zealand just announced its inaugural "matchmaking" flight set to depart Los Angeles for Auckland on October 13. The experience will include a pre-flight gate party, themed food, drink, games and entertainment. Passengers can upload their dating profile six months before the flight to scope out the other singles. What a fantastic idea? I think my travel plan for the fall is set.

http://www.thematchmakingflight.com/

Kiss Goodbye

I had drinks with my friend, LoveSickBoy, over the weekend who was clearly heart-broken. He recently parted with his love interest who had to return to her home country across the ocean. Before her departure, LSB surprised her by renting out the music studio with a grand piano at the local music school so that he can sing her a Chinese song titled "Kiss Goodbye" - very very sappy Chinese song. LSB who had not touched the piano in years rehearsed for a few weeks before he performed the song for his special girl.

I thought that was quite the romantic gesture (since I brought out my air violin and played it while he told me the tale and also again when he retold the tales to my other girlies). What was the most romantic gesture that someone had ever done for you?

State of Consciousness

There are three states of consciousness: awaken, dreamy, and unconscious. I often choose to stay in the dreamy and unconscious states where I hang out with the likes of Lenny Kravitz & Jamie Foxx meanwhile in my awaken state I have to be in the company of Socially Awkward Guy or the Disinterested Guy - which do you think is more sufferable?

Dharma

Very sad to share the news of the passing of great yoga guru - Sri K Pattabhi Jois. He who popularized asthanga yoga in the Western world and also taught many others who in turn spread the goodness of yoga to all.

The guru may have left the mortal world but he left us with the legacy of the goodness of yoga teachings.

Om shanti shanti

What is Love?

Hmm....that I don't know. All I know is the Universe isn't showing me much of that these days. Sigh.

Accessorize

Have you ever notice a guy's accessory? I, who usually am too distracted by a witty conversation or fine abs, to notice the kind of watch a guy wears was brought to attention of the case of digital watch by a buddy. According to my buddy, a grown adult male who wears a digital watch at a social function often falls under the category of unchic geek. Agree or disagree?

Hmm...I wonder what guys think of a girl who wears studded cuff along with a strand of opera length pearls...

Say what?

Last Friday, I headed to a charity function at a local pub/club with the usual fab girls after our happy hour drinks. There we met a few new faces - friends of friend. One of the new faces, let's call him Socially Awkward Guy (that is the nicest moniker I can come up with and you will soon realize why I said "nicest"), came up to me and started a conversation which went down like this:

SAG: Hi - you look familiar to me.
BB: Oh, really? Maybe we went to the same school - which program did you do?
SAG: No, you were in my dreams [Such cheesiness should have been my cue to exit conversation but I continued to be nice]
BB: So, what do you do besides hanging out at clubs & dreaming about me?
SAG: I play with myself [That was the exact phrase he uttered - I was certainly shocked by this point]
BB: Hmm....maybe you shouldn't tell strangers that you play with yourself, especially girls.
SAG: What's wrong with that? Everyone plays with him or herself. I'm not good with girls.
BB: Umm...maybe you're not good with girls because you spend all your time playing with yourself.

I had enough of this conversation and turned to the fab girls and retold them the convo that I just had with SAG. They were as shocked as I was. For the rest of the evening, I avoided SAG.

As the girls and I were dancing and having fun, I felt someone grabbed me from behind - and it was the disgusting SAG. EWW!!!!!!! The girls, as reliable as always, came to my rescue & immediately built a wall to protect me against SAG. I was kept safely away from any further grabby hands or rude conversation from SAG.

I think I may have hit the lowest low in terms of my social interaction with the men in my cities.