I love you because…
December 16th, 2006
Do you remember how as kids we always (the more annoying among us anyway) asked why-questions? Mommy, what is that dog doing on top of another dog? Er…they are making friends. Why? Coz everybody needs friends. Why? Coz we need to talk to someone and feel belonged. Why? Coz we don’t really wanna end up in the abyss of loneliness. Why? Coz we will spend a lot of money on prozac to make us feel good again. Why? Coz we desire it.
More recently, moving into more adult environs, I discover the reason why why-questions arise is because adults are deliberately vague. Sentences beg further elaboration. It’s very much a verbal version of penny wise, pound foolish that compromises the virtues of clarity and word economy. You must invest in this company because it has tremendous growth. Why? Because they are selling phones that make perfect half-boiled eggs. Why do people want that? Because it’s healthy and cool. Why do people want health and coolness? Somehow they just do.
The tipping point of why-questioning is when objectivity moves into subjectivity. When dependency moves into in-dependency. When effect moves into cause. At the tipping point, reason becomes a free agent, further questioning becomes either futile or academic or both. The tipping point is the place of desires, choice and instinct. The tipping-point can be reached right away by injecting economy into the opening sentence: this company is investible because they sell cool Boilr phones that promote health. Or: We make love to feel happy.
Why do I love you? I just do.
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15 Comments Add your own
1. TheRealAnonymous | December 16th, 2006 at 4:02 am
WHY am i even reading this ?!? =Þ
hahahaha…
There are many un-answered WHY questions in this world…
- Why does it always rain after I wash my car?
- Why do I always feel like i’ve forgotten something when I travel?
- Why is love so complicated?
- Why am I head over heels over that special someone?
- Why is life unfair??
But ultimately… the main WHY question everyone asks themselves when they’re lost is… why am I here? ie: What is my purpose?
And some may never move on, until they find an answer…
=Þ
2. alvin | December 16th, 2006 at 6:45 am
Pau is a lucky girl.
Well i guess that goes both ways.
3. Lalita | December 16th, 2006 at 7:02 am
I guess why is a staple question in our lives huh? Sometimes, the whys can be too much analysis when the answer is really so simple. Like the answer to your why do I love you - simple truths!
4. Lalita | December 16th, 2006 at 7:03 am
PS - I really like this post Su Ann. Something about it just touched a chord in me! Thank you. So much insight for one so young … (heh, doesn’t that make me sound like one old aunty!!!)
5. Kevin | December 16th, 2006 at 9:10 am
Why do you like to eat so much?
6. FeR | December 16th, 2006 at 8:12 pm
completely off topic.
i still remember. you don’t want to teach me how to make those muffins. :(
i want muffinsssss!
7. tze | December 16th, 2006 at 10:02 pm
why am i pretty? cuz i just am. wtf.
8. Carmen. | December 17th, 2006 at 1:30 am
Wooow. The post sort of reminds me of my childhood life. A curious annoying kid. Haha.
9. Adrian C | December 17th, 2006 at 9:44 am
who’s posting this? Pau or Martian?!
10. ria | December 17th, 2006 at 10:18 am
loved this post ^___^
11. bodicea | December 17th, 2006 at 6:51 pm
why am i commenting this even though su ann has never commented in my blog?
just because. :o)
12. martian | December 17th, 2006 at 10:39 pm
realanon: and some of them go..ok freak it, i’m gonna watch some tv
alvin: i definitely am :)
lalita: of course sometimes cannot be so lazy… the poetry that goes with explaining why you love some one is called for
kevin: wasnt is some famous british dude who said, if food be the music of life, eat on. something like that.
fer: pinkpau never made me any, let alone teach me.
tze: you know, i spend a lot of time asking myself that.
carmen: i’m still a curious annoying kid but that chemistry set is losing its novelty.
adrian: it’s me, martian.
ria: glad you did 0-)
bodicea: you are totally magnanimous dude.
13. Sze | December 18th, 2006 at 1:17 am
if music be the food of love, play on and the famous british dude was shakespeare. but you already know that so wipe that smug look off your face
14. kristof | December 18th, 2006 at 8:53 pm
“if food be the music of life, eat on”
lol. thats some wit you have.
15. martian | December 19th, 2006 at 2:22 am
sze: are you sure??? i think the shakespeare dude is fronting for some rich fast food mogul.
kristof: i still can’t quit my day job :(
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