love is

monday, 21/12/09 - elizabeth's christmas party

two guys and i were in a heated argument about what seemed to be the definition of love.
" let me ask u then, what is love to u?" he asks me excitedly.

i sat there, dumbfounded by a question with a topic so subjective and deep, i would have to be in an extremely intense situation or extremely mellowed-out in order to answer this question.
" umm. i cant answer that now. its too general." i said.

" no its simple. what is love?" he asks again.
" energy!!!" chimed a fellow cheerleader who was standing behind me.
" well okay according to ms cheerleader over here, love is energy."
" no, no. love is gentle, love is kind." says the party host herself, who is, evidently, a devout Christian.

laughter fills the room as, from the adrenaline-induced cheerleader to bible-quoting girl, a variety of definitions were shouted out.

" there are different meanings to love. but to me," he started, " love is life. life is love. its simple as that." his hands swayed in enthusiasm as he preached.

" im just saying," i began to digress. " when u say 'i love u' to this person, how can u say those three words again to the next person ur with? if there's no definition to it, then why say it in the first place?"
"cos its just experience girl." he then began to explain the different definitions of cinta and sayang, as well as the sayang we feel for our parents and our friends, talking about a different game entirely.

tuesday, 22/12/09 - msn

a: out of curiosity, what is love to u?
b: what i had before with u

an hour later, i then asked my dad, what is love. " love is always...being in love with your wife."
mom then smirks, " he's saying that cos im in front of him."

love can be so many things.
but i think, love is only when it's real, sincere and complementary:)