a part of a friend's blog that i felt like commenting...


Vanilla as an analogy of the "Nice Guy"
Vanilla: a flavoring, in its pure form known as vanillin, derived from orchids in the genus Vanilla.

Uses: ...One major use of vanilla is in flavoring ice cream: the most common flavour of ice cream is vanilla, and thus most people consider it to be the "default" flavor.

The Nice Guy (aka. TNG), the "Nice Male" that everyone raves about. Sensitive, caring, goes out of his ways to help you. Always ready with the listening ear, always there when you need him. Did I mention "sensitive"?

This theory is formulated with observations of female interactions with TNGs:
1. All women report to desire a TNG as a romantic partner/husband.
2. Most women have access to at least one TNG, although whether they realise that they do remains to be speculated.
3. Yet most TNGs are single. In fact, one enduring observation is that more often than not, TNGs serve to listen to their lady friends' relationship problems with supposedly "less worthy" men.

Some characterstics about the TNG:
1. Probably not the Adonises of the world, although by no means the Hunchbacks of Notre Dame either.
2. Highly sensitive to others' emotions
3. Highly patient, willing to listen at ends to others before expressing any opinions of his own.

When asked to describe TNG, more often than not, he would be referred to as "Oh, he's nice". When asked to describe the "less worthy" men, it is more likely that degatory, but specific terms would be cited, e.g. "Oh he's such a jerk/buaya/ego freak." .........



well, how should i put it? ....i had vanilla but i gave it up because it was too vanilla.

regrets? alittle.. but we were all so young and immature then... (erm.. at least i was) but it was for the best i think.

surprise surprise

sometimes life is so amazing.. there is no way of knowing wat's going to happen next.

i would never in a million years imagine that i would someday be going out for lunch with someone whom i was never close to when we were classmates and was one of those ppl that i had labeled as confirm different frequeny from me kind.

gosh! hahaha.. i'm still alittle stunned. can't help smiling when i think of how this sudden twist of event that occurred. one thing's for sure, glad that i am going to have another good friend around! haha.... truly.. still stunned.

well, not that i have never seen cases like those whereby some classmates that didn't seem to clique then are good friends now.. and there is nothing such as impossible in my dictionary. But still.. haha

this feels so good! hope i can have more of this kind of opportunity.. to be able to see that people who once were so different can come together and understand each other..

i guess we have all grown up bah. less of those self centred views and opinions and alittle more care and understanding for others..

if the world could be alittle more like that, it would be a wonderful place to live in. pure and true. no false pretense of friendliness.. no backstabbing..

wat a perfect world i am dreaming of..