Chapter 10: The call

22 June 2000

It has been two weeks since I danced with the princess of my dreams, but nothing has happened after that. The breath catching performance seemed to be long gone

Just two night’s back now, I was sitting on my bed after a heavy meal with nothing to do when one of my buddies dropped by on phone, pretending as if nothing more matters to him in this world than the queen on the other end of the line.

To tell you the truth, I always wondered about how a romantic chat would sound like on phone. I mean hey, people take hours on phone and I can’t help wondering what they keep blabbering about. Just imagine if you say nothing at all apart from I love you, I love you, I love you and more I love you!

Anyway, he came and sat next to me and caught me by surprise, “Hey, could you give me “HER” number?”

Literally speaking, I fell off of bed like someone shot me in the head! He just hung up and flashed an evil grin. “Want to call her? Here’s the number…”

That made little fire crackers explode in my brain, not just one at a time, but all at once. “What the hack am I supposed to say? How am I supposed to start? What if I say something stupid?”

“Relax you ‘love pareyko manchey’ (means: the man in love), just speak!” he dialed the number and passed the cell to me. One ring gone…two rings gone…A sweat drop slid down my forehead, clinging on to dear life and my spine was rigid as steel. My stomach started doing multiple back flips when…“hello…” came the voice…

I thought my heart skipped a beat. That voice was so sweet…"hey...It’s me…" and I started off…time passed and eventually we said our good-nights. I didn’t realize it was almost an hour since I was on phone, but it didn’t even feel like 30 seconds. Jeez…I was feeling like soooo….

The guy just kept staring at me and I said “what” and he started laughing like a mad monkey! I jumped on him and started to wrestle him. With all the energy from that sweet voice of hers and the laughter that gave me goose bumps…the night ended with indescribable feelings and silent thoughts running up and down my brain, not to mention the effect on my heart rate!

They dirty game people think that they know...

People often talk about politics as if democracy was a simple maze where you enter from one end and get out from the other. It’s really easy once you view it on a piece of paper, to scribble down curves and bends without hitting the dead ends, but did you even for once think of how the situation would be if the maze was real? If you had to enter a dark place with an oil lamp to light the way, trust me you only think you know which way you are going, but you yourself will get confused about the right way. The thing that bugs me most is that some people rattle on about politics and they don’t have a clue about the seriousness of the matter.

Lately I get so irritated that when I catch the phrase “this party brought democracy home…” from someone, I cut across, asking the person what democracy is and the person either shuts up or tries to be the hero by saying “it’s the rule of people”, and when I say are you sure, they get this confusing look on their face and add “maybe”. Seriously, I have a pretty good idea that some people at this point maybe wondering whether they know the real meaning or not…So here’s something to help you…

Democracy is a form of political organization in which all people, through compromise, direct referendum or elected representatives exercise equal control over the matters which affect their interests. The term comes from the Greek: δημοκρατία – (dēmokratía) "rule of the people", which was coined from δῆμος (dêmos) "people" and κράτος (Kratos) "power"

The "majority rule" is often described as a characteristic feature of democracy, but without governmental or constitutional protections of individual liberties, it is possible for a minority of individuals to be oppressed by the "tyranny of the majority". An essential process in "ideal" representative democracies is competitive elections that are fair both substantively and procedurally. Furthermore, freedom of political expression, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press are considered by some to be essential so that citizens are informed and able to vote in their personal interests.

As for me, from the political turmoils so far in my country, it has taught me that democracy is just another name we give the people whenever we need them.

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The first people to accept us and say "YES" to us...whether we're a girl or a boy, they welcome us to the world with a smile. They "LOVE" us unconditionally and never ask of us, but gives us everything. It's sad to know that some of us give up our lives thinking that we don't mean anything to the world without realizing that we are the most "IMPORTANT" part of a man, a woman, a girl and a boys life. When we feel lonely and cold, one of the few things that keep us warm are the sweet "MEMORIES" of the people who love us and make us feel like someone even though we do not realize it from the very beginning. They are the very people who gets irritated, sad and "ANGRY" if we do something that is unacceptable, but forgives us all the same. They are the people known as "FAMILY".

Developmental "defects" in the society...??!

The world is a freaky little place; funny how people say “generation after generation changes”, but I find that every new generation reflects an old silhouette of the non resent past. Instead of trying to go too deep, let me help you exercise your brain a bit by giving you some examples.

The hot topics when I used to be a teenager were like,

Love (the top priority back then): do you believe in love at first sight…?

Friendship: A friend in need is a friend indeed; I got your back brother!

Girls: A nuisance or a Blessing…?

Boys: Do they have hearts…? I like guys with chest hair…

And so on…I mean you can imagine the sort of stuff our teenage generation used to blabber about. When I spent some time with some of my teenage friends these days, I noticed that they spend most of their spare time gossiping about the same topics although with a twist, which go like,

Love: The “heart-break” story of my next door neighbor, me…? I go for those one night stands, that's true love...I can't handle it, it’s too much for me…! I'll think about it later..(this is the result of excessive awareness among the new generation about POPULATION CONTROL)

Friendship: Do you think if I love my guy friends, I’m gay and if she loves her dudettez friends, she’s a lesbian…? (parents teach their kids the phrase, "think before you leap" when they are too young and this is the stuff they think about)

Girls: “Boobitals theory about girls”…(Young scientists with new and unique theories trying to apply the knowledge from school in real life)

Boys: Oh my god, I hate hairy men…they must be infested with worms…Oh god, my boyfriend cried for me on the phone…(I guess the new generation guys, well some of them, have a hormone imbalance i.e. excessive estrogen/testosterone secretions accompanied with high levels of adrenaline as well)

Don’t you notice that it’s just the same person wearing a different set of clothes? I guess change is change even though its just the pants and shirt, though the underwear is still the same...