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.