Must-have qualities. Maybe.

Oh, now I get what Lu meant when she went, "You've been tagged." I thought she just meant she's tagging on my tagboard.

Anyway, I've never done a meme, so here it goes!

RULES:
1. The tag victim has to come up with 8 different points about his/her perfect lover.
2. Have to mention the gender of his/her perfect lover.
3. Tag eight other victims to join this game and leave a comment on their blog.
4. If you are tagged the second time, there is NO need to do this again.
5. Lastly, and most importantly, HAVE FUN DOING IT.


Broad-minded
This is a must. Especially in religion.

There is such a thing as being too religious (pushy about their religion, disrespecting other faiths, etc), which does not fit with me. Agnostic-type discussions would be interesting, don't you think?

Also, has to be fairly acceptive of people. You know, no racist comments, not homophobic, that kind of thing.


Clean
By this I mean not drinking / smoking / doing drugs. I cannot imagine living with someone who is intoxicated half the time.

And if someone goes and gets himself involved with that kind of thing, you know he probably isn't very intelligent.


Optimistic
Very, very important.

I've had a few clashes with my mom because she is pretty much a jaded 53-year-old who is cynical about things, people, and the world at large. I think she thinks the world is ugly, and people cannot really be trusted.

I think it's the cynical people that make the world that way.

I believe in good things to come. I believe in serendipity. I believe in The Apocalypse That Changes The World. I believe in the world during Genesis.

You have to. Otherwise life would be like dry toast.
("Ian Miller's family is like a piece of dry toast. Ian has a toast family!")


Chews with mouth closed
I'm sorry. It annoys me to no end when someone chews like he's worried no one knows he's chewing.

Also, you can tell a lot about someone by the way the handle bones when they eat. People either
1. put them aside on their plate, or
2. dump them on the table then scoop them onto the plate when they're finished, or
3. dump them on the table, and leave it there

Number 3 is a big no-no.

Eating habits is obviously very important to me.


Doesn't mind a bit of mess
If someone can put up with my mess, then that's a very big plus. If someone clears my stuff without first asking me, they're struck off the list right away.

And just to make things clear, I'm not dirty. My room is a mess (organized mess - there's a difference), but there are no dirty plates lying around, no candy wrappers, no mold growing on stuff.


Likes females
Pretty self-explanatory.

You've heard of people finding a decade after their marriage that their spouses are in fact attracted to the opposite sex.

Of course, who is it that likes females (i.e. what gender they are of themselves), is a different matter altogether!

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Um, that is only six points, but I cannot think of anything else.

If you must know, the points above are in order - from being the Most Important at the top, to being the Somewhat Important.

Who do I tag?

I dunno, everybody seems to have done it already (a year ago somemore), so I tag whoever has nothing else to write in their blogs. Or who want to match-make themselves with blog-readers-cum-prospective-life-partners.

I broke the "8 points" rule, might as well break the "tag 8 people" rule.

I hope Mr. Yap doesn't see this.

It's not a very appropriate blog topic for your lecturer to see.


I am a bit too idealistic with the whole "soul mate" thing.

I mean, I actually really do believe in love at first sight. And having THAT ONE PERSON somewhere on earth.
(Which of course, doesn't makes sense, because if there already is a soul-mate, my list is then rendered useless.)

I also naively believe in first-real-love-that-lasts-for-eternity.

Which is why Gajendran asked me last year, "You think life is a fairy-tale?"

Actually, yes. Kind of.

Only just a little less perfect, and a lot more homework to complete.