The Introduction

So, here it is – the first entry.

I suppose it would be most apt to give a brief introduction, so here it goes. I’m Sam Koh, twenty years of age in November, currently studying in a Polytechnic. I am far from eloquent, so if you wandered here looking for something profound, you’re gonna be quite disappointed, I’d say. Don’t expect many quotes that come from the depths of some poets’ soul, because here, you’re more likely to find quotes from television programs, movies, or songs you hear on the radio; or even references to things like comics. Sorry, but that’s just how I am.

So, with all the boundaries laid and the parameters set, I think that’s all anyone really wants or needs to know about me, if anything at all; and now we can start. Oh wait, here’s a big thank you going out to Lance at Renaissance Publishing for starting Project Blook for all of us, think it’s a pretty cool idea (:

On to the whole point of this, my topic, “Love: Live it or Lose it?” is about… (no points for guessing) Love! I think it’s a really common thing in most people’s lives be it love within a family unit, platonic love or romantic love. Like Hugh Grant said in Love Actually, “Love actually is all around” (see, what’d I tell you about the quotes). But like most teenagers my age, I’m focusing mainly on romantic love. It’s the thing that makes us happy, makes us feel wanted, but sometimes (on not so rare occasions), it makes us horribly depressed.

What in the world is it about romantic love that makes some of us want it so badly? Let’s weigh the facts:

(1) We come into the world alone (even twins aren’t born at the exact same moment)

(2) And unless we pull a Romeo & Juliet, we’re most likely to leave this world alone

So within the time between point one and two, we chase after this thing called love, hoping that it’s everything we’ve heard of, everything we’ve wanted it to be. From On The Line, “love may not make the world go round, but it makes the ride worthwhile” – or, like I said, so we hope. In our dreams, it makes everything right, it makes us feel over the moon; but in reality, does it always turn out that way? No. At some point in every relationship, we get hurt, we cry; heck, sometimes we even come close to losing our minds.

It’s like this: we know love’s gonna hurt at some point, but we keep our fingers crossed and just hope it won’t. But the truth is that it’s gonna. We know by poking a beehive, we’re gonna tick off the bees and get stung; so (usually) we don’t. Why do we tempt fate and pursue love when we know it’s gonna hurt?

Because this is just the first entry, I'm not gonna go much further into stuff or get too personal yet. Takes time, ay? But it's plain to see that more often than not, we choose to live it than lose it; even when the odds are so strongly against us, even if it turns out one-sided or you seem to be fighting a losing battle; still, the choice is to live it. Why?

Right now, the reason I'll give is: because it's love. But I'm sure that in time, each and every one of us will find specific reasons (or a specific person) to explain this and to believe; no matter how irrational they seem to others.

As for me, I know I've found mine.