Friday, November 23, 2012

公主病

又一個睡不著的夜晚,剛從麥當勞回來的我回想起了兩件事。其一是無意間聽到一些年輕小伙子的對話,一個足以讓他們談了一小時有餘的話題:公主病。 (第二件事請留意另一片有關文章)

 
不久前有為朋友在面子書上放了有關於此話題中國某節目,事情不是很嚴重而有了好的結局。我想了很久,到底什麼是公主病?病患者都帶著什麼病兆?怎樣才算是患上了此病?來源呢?
 
經過一番思考(有點吃飽太得空的感覺)有了以下的結論:
問題一:什麼是公主病?根據理解,凡是被寵壞的女人談戀愛時顯得自私而採用了不理智的方法去戀愛者都有此病。

問題二:來源?

可能性有幾種:

1.從小嬌生慣養而長大了和社會有代溝(往往與家庭和環境灌輸的概念有關)。
2.不了解愛情​​運作方式而踏入了(初戀)。
 
3.太多幻想和期望(大約是電視劇的惡作劇吧)。
4.被男友寵壞了。
5.完美主義者 (常以他人做比較)。
6.將以上所提到的都混在一起。


愛情佔有了女人一生中的多少是男人無法理解的。從小很多小女孩都希望自己是個漂亮的公主而希望某日王子會騎著白馬到來。到了青春期,女孩接觸了世界而對愛情有了幻想和期望。從小要風得風的小女孩和從小什麼都得不到的女孩都希望從愛情上得到安全感,無論是物質上或心靈上,有誰不希望自己的另一半能滿足自己的每一個慾望?
 
 
初戀時期,相信每個人都上了寶貴的一課。有的醒覺了,有的成熟了。至於那些沉睡於夢幻的公主呢?有的仍然不停的尋找王子,有的還期望另一半化身王子。當然還有一些真的遇見王子了,繼續被那傻乎乎的王子寵著。當然我所提到所謂的“期望”和“寵”是非凡的。
 

很多男人都很怕自己的另一半患上此病,但是往往是自己把這病菌注入自己的女伴。有些人說只要訓練好自己的女人就不會患病,也有人說女人是拿來寵的。我再次告訴大家,女人是拿來愛的,寵物是拿來寵的,別把自己的女人當狗狗貓貓了好吧?別等到把她寵壞了,無能為力了,她說你變了,你說你累了,鬧翻了才來後悔。

 
在我的世界裡其實並沒有什麼所謂的公主病,這些女人只不過是一些缺乏安全感的人。只要你給予她最基本的愛那就夠了。若有必要,請喚醒她,提醒她這段感情的重點在哪裡。沒有了愛再多的物質與陪伴都是無謂的。學習享受一段感情,放下所有其他無謂的,這就是愛。
 

如果男人非相信此病存在不可,那不就代表世界上也有王子病?世界是圓的,換個方式去想的話,所謂的公主病其實就是男人無能女人無知?愛等於了解,別隨便投入,否則後果自負。

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Foodiot

Not long ago while I was having lunch with my friends, a young female appeared beside me from nowhere to stop me from digging in to my food. She said that my food looks interesting and would like to snap a picture of it. The conversation (translated from Chinese) as below:
Lady: WAIT! Don’t eat first, I would like to snap a pic of your food.

Arthur: would you like me to hold the dish up?

Lady: No, I only want to take a picture of your food but not you.

Arthur: so you are going to take a picture of my food without me being in it huh.
Lady: Yes, I wanted to post on my Facebook. With you in it, viewers might misunderstand that you are my friend (snapping away without my approval).
Arthur: so you decided to befriend my food instead. By the way, my name is Arthur and nice to meet you and are you one of those food reviewers?
Lady: I am here to take picture only.

Arthur:  Hmm, a tourist from another state huh?

Lady: No, from where you get that idea? Just because I have a DSLR in my hand doesn’t mean that I am not from local.
Arthur: oh okay, my bad, so can I assume that you like to collect food photos?
Lady: why you ask so much?
Arthur: just curious of why would a local snapping tons of picture of a local dish.
Lady: is that against the law?
Arthur: of course not, is just rather rude of you to do it even without my permission and if you may, kindly please allow me to eat now as I am very hungry.
Lady: you are not the chef, I don’t have to ask for your permission.
Arthur: but I am paying for the food, that makes me the owner of the food and you are breaching my privacy now, and when you are done, please walk away before this gets any uglier (unbelievably that my face still have a smile on it).
Friend A: we are kind of in a discussion, so when you are done, please allow us to carry on.
Lady: ok (walk away)

 

After that weird conversation, I literally scratched my head, a lady just befriended my food and refuse to talk nicely to a human. Questions of the day:

1.       Why would a local take picture of a local dish?

2.       Can’t she afford a RM5.00 dish?

3.       Isn’t it easier to snap with a phone camera (she had a smart phone)?

4.       Why would a local carry a heavy DSLR everywhere?

5.       Does my food have a fan page in Facebook?

Am I the only curious one? Why would people snap and share their every meal on social media? It will be all different if that meal were:

1.       Taken by tourist

2.       You made it (something special)

3.       Specially decorated for an event

4.       Mean something to you

5.       Being review

6.       Comes with a hefty price tag

If this is a new culture, I think I will suggest to restaurants that they should have photo taking service or to have food photos to social media uploading service. Okay, before you slap me in the face, I do take picture of my food as well but I am sure that it fit the above reasons.
What do you think? Are you one of them?

Thursday, August 30, 2012

To love you but not to understand you?

A female friend of mine once told me that when comes to relationship management, guys should not attempt to understand their female partner but to love them whole hearted will do. Well I must admit that I am not a person that always gave fast respond answers as at that moment, any feedback from me might trigger any offensive response (please refer to another article of mine by the title of pride management). Thus at that moment, all I can do is to nod my head silently and reply with a smile. I’ve been doing some thinking lately and the below written should be my best feedback to the related issue.

I know there are plenty of authors had mentioned that how males and females reacted when comes to handling relationship, in any language and culture, males and females are always classified as two different species. Well, not biologically but mentally. I am not thoroughly agree with most of the so called research conducted between men and women but at times we have to just blame it on the culture.

Before I sway further away, let’s get back to the topic: Understanding a female. That is not something new I guess, but it is really impossible for guys to figure a girl out when comes to relationship? (Ok, found guilty of narrowing down the topic but I really need to or else this article will become a freaking thesis about women). In the past I had plenty of friends came to me for some advice on this matter, sounds weird but don’t ask why they approached me, I have no idea as well. The solution will always be the same – Profiling. It is the best way for guys to understand girls if that particular guy really care about their female partner.

A person who knows me well knew that I profile nearly everyone. That is the best way to enter anyone’s life. Well, everyone actually does it, the only difference is between whether you do it consciously or unconsciously (please refer to article: profiling). So is female not to be understood? My answer is a sweet NO. Guys if you are reading this and felt relief, seriously refer to some profiling method I reckon in another article. Wait, I have to put this in capital wordings: FEMALE ARE MEANT TO BE UNDERSTOOD AFTERALL, YAY. (If you are wondering whether had I lost my mind, don’t worry, I had not!)

Bear with me for a while, let’s make things simple by breaking down. Can you even love someone without basic understanding? Let’s test all your senses and hope there’s not a case of malfunction. For a man, it always starts with sight. Once your brain registers an image of her, it will automatically ping you that whether this girl is your “type”. Once approved (within seconds), a dude will start to calculate a million possibilities about the girl (stereotyping is not healthy for you). On first level, that my friend is not an understanding yet as you had not find out the truth about her.

So you walk across and introduce your-self or you asked around, now that is trying to understand (basic profiling) and you are likely to get a set of answers (till you get those answers only you are certified with basic understanding). After using your bunny ears, the most common thing that you will do is to exchange information, typical man huh. From there, it tells us one thing which is even before starting a relationship, the upmost common understanding between both parties must be there to spark a fire (well let’s not talk about the case of she is not that in to you). Where had it gone wrong after being together?

To be very honest, love it or hate it, it is always the case of either the male stop trying or the female start asking for more (or both at the same time). In this situation, the question is no longer “do you understand me?” but “are you tired of me?” or “had you lost interest in me?” etc. A lot of girls always complaint that their partners do not understand them, in some case yes, but most of the time, that is a big NO. It’s nearly impossible for anyone to love someone or something without further understanding unless he or she is gifted in a way or blinded in another way.

Look at your shopping patterns, okay, look at the things you bought that costs you at least half of your earnings and above, from something as simple as your smart phone to a car (or even an apartment). Had you not consider the specs or criteria before throwing out the cash? It proves that we have to understand before we fell deeper for it. Let’s not compare with items, it can be very offensive to some. But come to think of it, you girls dare to absorb a guy that merely understands you as your life partner? I don’t think so. Conclusion: when guys said that they “don’t understand”, it is most likely they don’t want to further understand due to any reason (the cause can be from either party).

So when a girl ask a guy not to understand her, to me is a joke, are you asking me not to further develop interest on you or are you trying to hide something from me? From my personal opinion, to love means to understand. You can’t tell me who and what to love. If I don’t like Chihuahua (I really don’t like them) means I don’t like Chihuahua, why? Because I don’t understand how to shut them up and why are they always so loud. On the other hand, if I said I like to play tennis (I do play tennis), that means I like it as I understand how the game works. I can’t be saying that I like it when I don’t even know how to hold my racket right?

So why does female said such a sentence? To me, very simple, you are asking for one or more of the below stated:

1. Seeking for attention (more time together)
2. Pride protection (no discussion no argument)
3. Money spent on you instead of another person (including the guy’s mother)
4. Etc. (go figure!!!)

To all the girls that are reading this, never ever said that to a guy (well, at least to me) you are merely asking for trouble or a fight. It is equivalent as asking me to think without my brains. Do not attempt to use this for the above stated. It will only make your male partners lose their hair due to over scratching. Guys, never say that girls are not meant to be understood. Same theory applies.

(I have a few related articles coming up to support my theory, if you like to view them, do let me know, I will post it up)