A THOUSAND CROSSINGS X

Dear Diary...
New Year's Eve
samedi 13 février 2010

Arrived in Kuala Lumpur at around 1am last night. My 二姑妈 and my 二姑丈 picked us up at the bus terminal and brought us to my grandmother's place, a really really small government flat in Cheras.

Went to the market at Pudu with my parents just now to purchase some groceries, that are necessary for my grandma's new year prayers as well as our "reunion dinner". You know, I would rather do math the entire day than to visit that market. :/ It's a wet market, much wetter than the "wet markets" we have in Singapore at Tekka, and the small one in Bishan North. It's really really wet. Wet with mucky water [: Feel like a commando yet?

So tired ): And bored. I'm totally disconnected from the outside world, stranded in this small room. We have become very dependent on the Internet yeah?

Sigh, and I miss Taylor L.

Anyway, I believe many of you have read about the Stomp Article "I am 10cm taller than him." It's an article posted by the 'girlfriend' or even 'fiancee' of a Catholic High student. As a Catholic High alumnus, I feel..."embarrassed". The couple met on the online game, "Maple Story". They dated for a period of time and then the guy asked the girl to be his fiancee. Wow.

For now, I would like to bring your attention to an article the Telegraph Mobile published. It's called,"Valentine's Day: How do I love thee? Let me count the probabilities." A mathematics tutor at Warwick University has calculated the probability of ever finding true love.

The man, Peter Backus estimates that our chances of finding love are just 1, one, uno in 285,000. So, we have about 6 million people in Singapore including foreigners. If half of that were women there are about 3 million people. And probably 3/4 of that amount would be the amount of women that are in your suitable age range, that would make 2,250,000. Of this amount of suitable women in Singapore, only 7.8, or 8 women MAY be the one. A small number, and it's still a "may", a probability.

So...how sure is our dear Catholic High gentlemen sure he has met the one?

Fine, love is illogical, love is blind yada yada, yeah I've been through all that. -.- Who hasn't? Anyone of this age with raging hormones WOULD SURELY go through all that. (Btw, this sentence is a fallacy haha.) Correction: Most people would have gone through all that. So let's ignore the math. You are currently schooling, would that girl burden you, or assist you? Well, from the pictures I have seen on Facebook, I have good reason to believe she would be burdening our dear Cat High gentleman, or vice versa. Why? If they really knew what they were doing and the severity of the issue, they wouldn't have snapped pictures of themselves while they were still in school uniform, uploaded this Valentine's Day article on Stomp and gathered so much flak, or in geek language, get flamed.

I do know of responsible young lovers who do understand what they're doing. Their dates mean going to the library and tutoring each other. And then, they also do well in school! Or, they cut connection from each other except during the weekends and holidays, or times when they are free enough to take up this additional "subject". This kind of behaviour, I commend and applaud. But then, it's a rare case.

If they were really serious, and mature enough to well, fall in love, I think it would be done in some form of secrecy. You know, 地下情. haha. You wouldn't let the whole world know and then let gossip affect your relationship. Your young and tender relationship will probably be known to people your are really really really really EXTREMELY close with. Which means, your very inner circle of friends, and not the ENTIRE Singapore population, unless you're telling me you're very close friends with the whole of Singapore.

Sigh. Then again, it's their choice.

Standing on their side, I don't think they should be "flamed" so badly either. They are still young, still learning, and this may just yet be another learning journey arranged by fate. [:

So, let life go on, make mistakes, and fall in love this Valentine's Day. HAHA [:

Words I wish to say:

Leonard - I just realised our birthdays are exactly one month away. LOL.

Au Revoir

yongliang

maybe two is better than one. (:

he closed his diary at {10:48}