i was just bored. there has been countless of times i go out at night and can't help wishing i could capture the moment right there and then. inevitably nightfall is the favourite time of the day for many people, just like how some prefer a rainy day over a sunny one.

i don't know about you guys, but i think the concept goes along the line of what we coin "romance". "sentimental", "provocating", "lovely", whatever you call it. things like that just draw on the softer side in us, don't they?

i decided to come up with what i thought would make romantic (:

Ten Romantic Elements
1.Almost complete darkness, preferably in nighttime
2.Lights in appropriately small amounts, intensity and locations.
3.Rain, preferably the heavy kind instead of the drizzly kind.
4.Privacy.. apparently when i say this i don't mean you should be ALL ALONE, of course. What will you do, kiss yourself? Oops! Haha..
5. Optional: Music of appropriate genre. If things like Chinese New Year songs can make you tear and feel romantic too, well whatever makes you happy.
7. Temperature.. Oh YES its important. For me the ideal temperature range would be 20 to 30 degrees celcius. (: no i'm not weird. (:
8.The Relationship. Things will never get romantic even if you have all of the above if you are in company of your two year old sister.
9. The Mood. You can't be focussing your thoughts on the Iraq war or tomorrow's Chess competition.
10. Awareness. I like people who are situationally aware. You need to know that you are IN A ROMANTIC SITUATION. x)

Ten Romantic Places (i think)
[the unifying criteria is that all must be at night time]
1. A beach.
2. A jetty
3. A sports stadium stadium
4. A basketball court
5. A school (deserted)
6. A Car
7. Driving on a looong deserted lighted road
8. A swimming pool
9. The wilderness (not too dirty or infested with bugs)
10. Top floor of some building

hmm, although many of the places i have just listed coincidentally seem to be ideal spots to do all the dirty stuff that men want to do, i assure you romance is not about this. To prove my point, i made this list.

Ten Places In Which You Can Get Excited And Do Obscene Things But Are Not Romantic
1. A bedroom
2. A hotel
3. Your boss's office
4. A classroom (even though a school is romantic, i mean the surroundings and not the classroom)
5. HDB Staircase
6. A park
7. Pub
8. A cinema
9. HDB Void deck
10. Dark alleys

... See. Don't mix up settings of your sick fantasies with the next place your girlfriend would like her birthday to spent at.

i repeat, i was just bored. (: Here's another comic from CAD.