30+ is a turn-on

One of expectations society brings us is that love is the reason for marriage. In the olden times, it's 100% true. But as time went by, it started going down.. down to let's say.. 50% (I'm being kind at this point). But wait, it's half past the 21st century.. hmm.. I really want to say that it's.. 25% love-75% the other reason.. but I can't seem to convince myself of that.

Anyway, what I wanted to say is..

at age 30 and above, I believe girls become even more attractive. This is for a number of reasons:

1. Loss of cards - she loses the "if you don't marry me before I hit 30, I'll break up with you" card. My favorite reason. The most f_cked up reason for breaking up with your guy I suppose. The solution? Find and hook up with a RICH guy. If he doesn't marry you before you hit 30, he's probably not serious about you. But if you're banking on a poor Filipino guy - there you have it.. tough luck.

2. Lessened shopping attitude (actually I think this isn't true, but whatever) - I can really compare, having seen girls at their early, mid and late 20's. Come early 20's, a good number of girls are so full of "it" (go figure this one out yourself). Mid-20's.. well yeah they're still there, wanting the *icing still. But come late 20's, omg, it's like a race to the christmas rush. They can only ask so much from a man. If the guy couldn't marry them due to financial reasons, and you want to get married NOW, then what do you do? Here's what you do - you break up with the guy. And marry the next guy you are in a relationship with. Right? =D

3. No wasting of time
But all that pride and sh!t disappears when you hit 30.. since it doesn't matter anyway in the long run. The 30-something girl will no longer beat around the bush when giving a guy feedback. For guys, you will more or less know if your time with each other is leading somewhere. I wasn't implying that there's no courtship. It's just that for people who want to be honest with each other for the rest of their lives, it is probably one of the hyprocritical acts we do, because someone wanted the icing, when what they really want is the cake.

For a guy, this theory also works - If you do fancy a girl who is in her 30's, then you must probably really really like her. Why? Because there are probably a lot of younger girls in your life which will almost satisfy your every fantasy, but no -- you decide to hang out with a girl who crossed the 30-line. The most plausible reason in my head right now is that we'll know immediately if you'll like each other. No need for icing.

4. Open-mindedness - I hate the country whoever influenced a nation that 30 is the "get married before or else" age. If you happen to fall in this category - congratulations, you have just contributed to the correction of a 300-year long bad habit.

5. Experience - I don't know about you people but I like someone who I didn't have to teach "things" to. Most especially for someone who hit 30,

* Taken from a smart Filipina friend - Icing = "the BS". Sweet nothings, anything which causes the sparkle.

The Pen that doesn't write anymore

I always have a pen with me wherever I go. This pen, I make sure it runs out of ink before I actually buy a new one. It's the way I've always been. Because of this habit I have, every pen other people give me ends up for months into years of not being used.

When a day came that I actually wanted to use one of those never-used pens that I had for months, I find that they don't write that well anymore (if at all). It seems that the ballpoint pens when left too long without being used, end up being unusable in the long run.

While I feel sorry for the pen being unusable, I figured it's like I didn't want to use it. I didn't use the a pen because I already am using one and I was happy with it. By "being happy with it" - I mean the pen renders good service, given it writes as it should.

Looking back now at the many pens in my desk drawer that have gone to waste, choices in our life are like that - they come to us in many shapes, colors and features. We don't have to feel bad about not taking them all. You simply have to make a choice and stick with it.

Screw the use of the pen - that's what the printer is for.. ^_^