Looking For Love
Last night, Mson called. We chatted a little while and he described how he was part of CS’s recent “restructuring”. Given his age and experience, I sensed a little anxiety in his voice.
The conversation drifted to his last girlfriend, a woman from Malaysia. They had parted during the summer, but he still refers to her when he talks to me. Perhaps he was trying to find similarities in our background, a key to understanding us “Asians”. I suppose he will one day realise how atypical Malaysians are.
Mson reminded me of his new “paradigm” in the search for love. He once had this idea of a woman whom he sought, somebody who embodied the characteristics he admired. It was a set of criteria, to do with connecting with each other, with having a good time, etc. He claims that it didn’t work. None of the relationships based on the criteria he set worked. Now, he described a new point of view - just go with the flow! No need to over-analyse the personality. So long as he feels something good in it, he would pursue and try to make something out of it.
I can’t fault his choice, even if that won’t be my way of seeing it. Good luck to him!