From the movie ‘The Perks Of Being A Wallflower’: Charlie: Why do nice people choose the wrong people to date? Mr Anderson: … We accept the love we think we deserve Charlie: Can we make them know that they deserve more? Mr Anderson: We can try. While Charlie wonders about...

Super Short Story (185): Romantic Diehard She was speechlessly touched when despite his passing away three years ago, she still receives deliveries of flowers on Valentine’s Day. She thought he must have been so romantic and meticulous that he had planned this in advance. The truth is...

In the movie ‘The Words’, an old ex-writer, who became estranged from his wife many years ago, after she accidentally lost his manuscript on their semi-tragic love story. Having realised he was wrong to have blamed her, to the extent of causing their breakup, he uttered,...

Super Short Story (181): Undying Love She heard a line from a song that went ‘I’m in love with a dying man.’ It struck her that it’s true for her. After all, who isn’t dying? The question is, with the inevitable approach of death, will her love by undying, or will...

Super Short Story (171): Wonder She wondered why she was ignored… Was it because he hated her? Was it because he was interested (but didn’t know how to approach)? Was it because he just doesn’t give a hoot either way? She decided why she wondered… Was it because she...

Super Short Story (168): Phantom She didn’t realise that she was secretly responding to every guy met with a sense of interest or disgust, with the few in between simply ‘skipped’. She didn’t realise that that was precisely why she hasn’t met a...

‘Remember how much I loved Cinderella? It’s what messes little girls up!’ Says Lola in ‘Lola Versus’, on waiting for her prince to come. Instead of waiting for someone who offers a perfect fit for you, how about becoming ‘more perfect’ to better fit the...

Super Short Story (154): Solace Confused by each other’s mixed signals and mixed feelings, they toggled between being unofficially heartbroken by each other, the non-official lovers, and missing the phantom lover that each other kind of is at the moment. If they were real lovers, would...

Sam & Sara #390: Unconditional Love Sara: Why do you like Barney (the dinosaur)? Tot: I just like him. Sara: Unconditional love? Tot: What’s that? Sara: If Barney is another animal, with another colour, and sings another way, will you still like him? Tot: Sounds like Big Bird! I...

Super Short Story (122): Love She thought… ‘If I wouldn’t fall in love with myself, why should I expect anyone else to fall in love with me? ‘But if I fall in love with myself, why would I need anyone else to fall in love with me? ‘As such, love is more for...

Super Short Story (67): Fantasy She didn’t dare get too close, lest her fantasy of how he  is, or the possibility of being with him gets dashed. Then again, she can never really be with him, exactly because she didn’t dare to be closer to know his true...

Despite being married, he flits from one affair to another. When pressured to divorce to recommit, he simply flits on to the next affair. Just as he isn’t committed to his marriage, he’s not committed to any affair either. Looks like he’s committed to not...

Emma: (During year one of their meeting, after which they part for a year) Whatever happens tomorrow, we’ve had today. And if we should bump into each other some time in the future, well that’s fine too. We’ll be friends. Dexter: Yeah, right. One day we might meet One day...

An event’s marketing material: ‘Vesak Day Carnival: Loving the World!… Food Fun: … Vegetarian & Non-Vegetarian… let’s increase our awareness and efforts in… reducing our consumption to save our planet Earth…’ ‘Loving the...

Tori Amos’ intriguing music video for ‘A Sorta Fairytale’ tells an unconventional love story. Unfortunately, it’s the kind that might be seen as weird by many (but not me)! It reminds me of a paradox about love… We tend to love one another because we feel...

The movie ‘The Fox and the Child’ is an amazing unconventionally scenic story on how a young girl encounters a wild fox and became obsessed with befriending her. They go on intriguing journeys together and when the fox became tamed enough, she even brought her to visit her...

‘Never mind, I’ll find someone like you…’ who I will fall in love with again, who will break my heart like you again. After which, I will sing this song again… ‘Never mind, I’ll find someone like you…’ who I will fall in love with...

Happy belated Valentine’s Day! Unique Valentine’s Day flower offering from Depeche Mode’s Facebook group, a virtual rose from the Enjoy the Silence single’s cover. Beats real flowers any time. (I noticed the flowers getting bigger in bunches this year.) If we love...

A popular refrain asks, ‘Where is the love?’ The answer is simple. ‘Love is in the loving.’ The others definitions, however ‘lovely’, are mere thoughts and...

Does how fickle you are in changing your favourite love song reflect how fickle you are about love itself?