3 Hottest Topics this week

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

One is the World Cup, which is not my cup (pun not intended) of tea. So I won’t talk about it. It hurts my knee just by mentioning football. What more kicking it.

Another is the production of Proton Satria Neo, which I think is a great looking car with a well-thought-out features (yes, it has a glovebox this time) and probably, just probably, a well-thought-out price tag that should (shouldn’t it?) lurch public from dumping their money on new foreign cars. At least that’s the oracle in the automotive matrix. Proton’s new trinity (Gen2/Savvy/Neo) has potential in abundance and it’s only a matter of “reality check” before you realise what a rip-off foreign cars have been. To this day, the Gen2 in white remains my “morpheus” for I can only dream about it due to financial constraints (All puns relating to the Matrix movie intended).

The other hot topic is the Yusry KRU – Erra Fazira split. So hot that even TV3 ran a SMS poll to see how many people thought they were not meant for each other. What the…? First thing came out from every body upon hearing the news was, “What a waste!”. Of course it’s nobody’s business (or money) how much Yusry had spent on his wedding. Telecommunication companies thought otherwise, though. But a waste is a waste nonetheless.

I have never been comfortable with big weddings. Mostly because they always end up with a divorce. It’s sad. Are big weddings really the expression of love? Is togetherness in organizing a wedding a reflection of sharing? I don’t mind attending a big wedding. I do mind having one. Wedding photo albums just make it worse. Photos are like screensavers. They get ditched. Don’t have the slightest idea that they strengthen ties. They are just illusions. Women may have different views about photos, but they are the ones who usually ask for big weddings. And divorce is making official what is in reality a love lost. So some married people are divorced. They just don’t know that they are. How scary.

Moons and Junes and ferris wheels,
the dizzy dancing way that you feel
as every fairy tale comes real;
I've looked at love that way.
But now it's just another show.
And you leave 'em laughing when you go
and if you care, don't let them know,
don't give yourself away.
I've looked at love from both sides now,
from give and take, and still somehow
it's love's illusions that I recall.
I really don't know love at all.
- Joni Mitchell, 1968 –

When it comes to matters of the heart, it’s the heart that matters more.
How many rooms do we have in our hearts?
Can we lock their doors and open only one?
Shutting the heart from fellow creatures would be selfish.
Breaking it would be selfless, and probably the best thing to do.
Works all the time.
May Allah keep us all in His blessings! Ameen!