Living in Auckland promises a surfeit of choices without failing to confound you at the same time. Food, for example, is available in variety of choices ranging from our favorite Malaysian delicacies to Koreans, Japanese, Western, Middle-Eastern, and of course Chinese.
But my forever favorites remain ramen and chajangmyun above everything else.
Wait. Not really. It is Malaysian food of course, from the heartland of eateries like no where else.
Anyways, I would like to talk about more interesting topic. Relationship.
Like food, people here are just as abundant as Manhattan could be. Since Auckland demographic is extremely packed, it causes a lot of friction, a lot of heat. I personally like this kind of heat, because this is the place where all urban Asians accumulate. And it just happened that I have a thing for Asians so I'm actually living in one of my sweetest dream. However I am without real relationship with any kinds of Asian, be it Korean, Japanese or Chinese.
When I sat on the toilet, waiting for moments of displeasure and explosions, my mind was raided by the thought of having a relationship. Yes, to finally have one. I am 22 and yet single as I ever be. And reaching the end of my second year of study makes me wonder, how long should I wait for the moment to come?
To be honest, there were several times that I have been secretly disappointed with my 'good' pals, whom I regard as more than friends. And in the moments of heartbreak and confusion, some great people have wormed in the foxhole and spoon me the remedy, causing another phase of confusion.
You know how people are easily swayed at their weak moment. Yes, these people are bloody tease.
I remembered being bemused by the idea of courtship and claimed that sex would change everything.
Yet in my prime of manhood, something tells me that my age of youth is incomplete without a relationship, even the failing ones. I knew the pain of heartbreak, when the people walk away and never turn back. But I didn't know the real pain of dissolution.
Anyways, like any other scholar students, I can never be more content with my life now. Thank you MARA. Thank you God.
