life's like a box of popcorn in the cinema

in the dark, you wouldn't know if you are getting an exciting, brown, caramelly, crunchy one... or a plain white, not even buttered, so don't mention the caramel, fluffy airy bit.

life is such. one minute boring. the next, unpredictable but interesting.i suppose it's good that there are suprises from time to time. otherwise, i would have sprout mushrooms or start rotting. maybe even sprout a rafflesia. which by the way, takes 2 months to bloom. then die in a day. and it only stinks when it's dying.

i guess i should stop whining about being bored. that would probably bore ppl to death. and friends are not obligated to entertain me. though it would be nice if they do...

so now, i'll whine about how spontaneity seems to have diminished as age catches up. so it is pretty difficult getting friends to gather for a simple dinner at a moment's notice. a friend said that happens when ppl get hooked up. there is no longer a need to hunt. so there is no longer a need to go out to the field. another friend said that it might be because ppl have been there, done that. nothing is exciting enough to entice one to go out anymore.

i say, it would be nice just to know that we are still capable of going out at a moment's notice. being spontaneous, i think requires effort. sometimes, you might not feel like going through the trouble of picking out a nice outfit, plying on the layers of shu uemura, driving there, parking, smiling, doing the hi-how-are-you-what-do-you-do conversations... but sometimes, these moments are the ones that lead to the caramelly crunchy bits in life. you'll never know when it is coming....