Friday, May 05, 2006
I know I'm not ugly, but...
The couple, clad in matching light blue, were holding hands and walking towards the bus stop. In tee shirt and jeans, medium built, with the guy taller, they would have just strolled past my mind like the hundreds and thousands of couples off the street.
Except that, in this case, the guy was barefooted.
Hmm...
The next pair of feet answered my mental query. On them, were a pair of flip-flops obviously too big for the girl.
And in his hands was a pair of pumps. A very girly pair...blue, white and pink in color.
I couldn't help smiling. Such a "My Sassy Girl" moment...
Once they reached the bus stop, they made the appropriate footwear swop. My interest piqued, I tried to take a closer look at the heroine of our story but our affectionate male lead kept her veiled in his arms.
When their bus finally arrived and the couple finally pulled away from each other, it felt rather anti-climatic when I saw the girl. With her back-length, highlighted and rebonded hair, she wasn't ugly... but well... she wasn't outstanding either.
But as I recalled how her boyfriend couldn't keep his hands off her and their little Korean romance moment that my voyeuristic eyes intruded upon, Badass' words came to my mind:
No matter how ugly you are, somebody will love you.When I first heard that, I found it a little too sharp. But after it has been sitting around my mind for so long, I've realized that really, its beauty lies in its sharpness, astuteness and in the multiple ways it can be read.
Every dog has its day (bad analogy, I know...) and every happily in love couple have their little sweet moments where they are no longer John and Jane but Romeo and Juliet.
Complete with stars in their eyes and fireworks in the background...
And no one else can understand the why and how. But you know what? At that moment, it doesn't matter to them.
I guess this is why whenever I read about Itz moments with his Caramel or when I (am forced to) hear about Lam's exploits, I'll wear this half cringe-smile. As much as I am happy for them, my eyeballs will be rolling all over the floor whenever they recount certain "us" moments. Because no matter how well I know them, I am and will be an outsider and will never ever know exactly what it is that clicked and ticks for that couple.
With that said, I'll leave you to your musings of your own cringe-worthy moments.
Excuse me while I go pick up my eyeballs.
=P
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