I had a long drive with my new baby over the weekend.
Had Damien Leith singing along with a few idol favourites.
I must say that, this year we had a really talented lineup for Australian Idol 2006.
It is funny though that our top three was a South African, an Indonesian and an Irishman... haha.
I had asked myself...
What is the point of this meeting, chasing and dating?
I have had enough of buying her drinks.
I have had enough of the idle chatter and to tell jokes just to to make her laugh.
I have had enough of the text messages and phone calls.
Maybe I have gotten lazy...
I no longer want to meet her, just to be disappointed and then to leave.
I want to settle down and trade up... a better lifestyle?
But I still have time time and my youth.
Do things really change so much, once you have been in love?
What do I want?
One - Do I look twice when you cross the street?
It is only natural, that men are visual creatures and we like to look... maybe even twice.
Do you give me whiplash when you cross the street?
Do i do a double take when you call me from across the room?
Do you take my breath away in mornings?
Two - Conversation.
I cannot abide by people with whom I cannot communicate with.
I have a VERY hard time being frustrated if we don't speak a common language.
What is the point of entertaining you if you cannot talk to me?
Or, are you too beautiful I just happen to have nothing to say...
Do I come across as witty, or just olde funny?
Do I seem smart and charming, or am I just bragging?
I know you are pretty as a flower with your hair and in your dress.
Please tell me what are your likes and dislikes?
Do you take my breath away?
Talk to me, then take my mind with you...
Three - Character and Integrity.
Who are you?
Are you pretty, but just dumb?
Are you honest, kind or smart?
Can you stand up against me when I get annoyed and moody?
Who are you?
Do you have ambitions?
Do you have a passion for life?
Who are you?
Where do you come from?
And, where do you want to go?
Four - Love me for who I am.
What interests you (besides me) ?
I get very paranoid around people who take an interest in me.
I am but plain and ordinary...
I have ambitions to be a better person.
Do you reflect my strengths?
When I am with you, do you make me want to be a better man?
Five - Today, 3 weeks later?
What happens after three weeks?
I'd like to think that you look pretty standing next to me when I am in a suit.
That you understand when I am drunk or am late at your door.
Would you still call me and want to catch up after work for drinks?
Do you leave your toothbrush by my sink?
Can I live with the fact that you take an hour to get ready?
And, that you make me wait an age while you are on the phone?
Am I still interested?
Six - Meet my family.
This is probably the toughest thing relationships need to endure.
I hate the whole meet the parents and show your good side.
What about when you do have meet my parents?
Does my family like you?
And, I don't mean just mum and dad.
I have an extended family of heng dai and friends.
Would they all like you?
Seven - Today, One year later...
I like to call it as such because it sums up what I would have liked to have happened.
It's prudent to have waited and to see how we are after the span of a year.
Will we live together?
Share a life together?
The thing is, to really know a person is all about time.
I think it takes a year for me to drop the bravado.
Does it take you a year to give up the facade?
Show me the person you are... inside.
I do not need to know the woman in her make up.
I will no longer be the man working 9-5 in the suit and tie.
But, a boy who plays too much video games.
Are you the little girl who giggles when she has her french fries in my soft-serve?
I'd like to think that after all that
granted by fate and destiny...
I am ready to settle down and start something more with you.
