wishlist

Wanted. A person who:

- loves to travel to random places, like me. Places that the main crowd will never be interested in. Because it doesn't have much to offer. And not by car, not by driving nor cab. We walk, take local transport. We stand at a junction, fumbling with a map, making wild guesses, asking directions from old shop-owners.

- doesn't mind getting lost with me and finding our way again. This is a screwed up logic, but I believe that the best part of an adventure is the risk of getting lost. When you're lost, you see who you're really with, you see who you really are.

- has like 1% of knowledge in photography but claims to enjoy it just because they own a huge-ass camera that apparently can do wonders. Like me. I'd crawl or lie flat on the ground if I think that it's the perfect position to take a picture of something. Someone who I can take pictures of, and can capture great candids of me too.

- loves food, and is particular about what they put into their mouth. Intolerable of crappy food, capable of enjoying expensive, fine cuisine, and also cheap street-side noms. Understands the difference between honey and maple syrup, Valrhona and Cadbury, Mascarpone and cream cheese, Brioche and Massimo. Loves cendol made by an Indian man by an alley, and yam cakes from the Sunday market. Who wouldn't want to order anything that has been overly-processed or fried in a pot full of oil.

- appreciates the efforts behind good interior design. Hopping from cafes to cafes, we need not order anything to eat. Maybe a cup to share, and just explore, then sit and talk, taking in the view, wondering what it takes to be a genius that thought of it all.

- is a friend. We spend time together because we haven't seen each other in a while, and we want to know what's going on in each other's lives. We gossip, laugh, talk about memories, as if time never passed. People are so scattered all over the place now, I miss the feeling of seeing somebody and be like 'gosh it's been ages'. The feeling when you know you belong, and you know you can drop all the reality crap and giggle with your mouth full or rant about something that's completely ridiculous because you know that they won't judge. If you're acting like an idiot, they tell you that you look like an idiot.

- can leave their phones untouched for hours, because they think that I'm more interesting than a block of metal. 

- is hilarious and tells great stories, and at the same time, value silence. Silence doesn't have to be related to boredom or disinterest. Silence means that at that very moment, no word is required. A  moment that is wonderful by just existing. It is not a form of emptiness, but a sign of satisfaction. If something is perfect enough, why add any redundancy to it?

- listens, with optimum replies and reactions. No interruptions, no advice, no telling me what I did wrong and what I'm supposed to do. Just take in what I have to say, and be on my side. Or just be neutral. No bombarding me with a million questions. I've had enough of exams and tests, I'm tired of them, really. 

- talks to me and expects me to listen too. No asking for opinions, no waiting for a response, no demanding of an answer or solution. Just talk because it was necessary to get it off the chest, and because I'm worthy of a little trust and faith.

- reads. And has great books to add to my list. Who can do sonnets and chick-lit's. Who can explain a poem so vividly and enchanting that I would want to recite it. Who finds senses in words, and persuade me that Jane Austen can be quite romantic (3 unread Austen's upstairs).

- understands music. Unprocessed music, recorded with just instruments (that don't run on electricity at all) and microphones. Can tell the partitions, and make me regret for not trying harder in music. Agrees that contemporary , pop, can never replace the orchestras.

Yes, I'm constructing this perfect companionship in my head that can never exist.

Time to sleep.

Maybe in my dreams.