The other night I was talking to Lydia about my previous post, “To be the rebound, or not to be“. She gave two good reasons why sometimes you might want to wait and not be the rebound guy.

1. Some girls do have to go through the rebound guy before being “normal” again.
2. There’s a chance that the girl might get back together with her ex. If you’ve already stuck your neck out, there’s no place for you to retreat to. It’s already out there. And that’s just really awkward. Even worse is if you do become the rebound guy, and she goes back to him after you. Ouch.

I’ve been the rebound guy once and the whole thing fizzled out pretty fast. Luckily for me, I didn’t feel too much for her so I wasn’t cut deep. And the fooling around was good while it lasted.

Live and learn, right?

Don’t mess with him…Trust me, you don’t fuck with a man that sleeps next to a woman he never screws. They’re unpredictable.

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Had a lunch and movie date with my parents today. We watched “Up In The Air” with George Clooney and wow, it was awesome. He plays a guy whose company is contracted by other companies to fire people on their behalf. The “up in the air” bit refers to the fact that he’s constantly flying all over the USA to do his job, and the movie is about how his job and lifestyle affects his relationship with women, his family and his female protege.

It’s not often that I’d admit to it but I laughed and I cried. Well, almost – I choked up. Go see it.

What if the person that you have a crazy crush on is suddenly single? What if you knew she was on the verge of breaking up with her boyfriend and you have been waiting for that day and it’s now finally happened? Would you jump in straight away or do you wait?

Would you tell her how you feel but at the same time, tell her you’d understand that she will need some time though really, you can’t wait to be with her?

But even if she already knows about how you feel, would you jump straight into a relationship with her?

What if you decide that she needs to go through a rebound first before you can be together? What if her rebound turns out to be another long term boyfriend? Would you go insane? I know I would.

What if you decide that you don’t care about being the rebound, and that you just want to be with her no matter how short the relationship might be? Would you regret it that you blew the one chance of being with her forever?

And how do you know which is the right decision? I know I don’t. Though I have a hunch that I’ll be impulsive and not care about being the rebound. Life is too short to over-analyse it.

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Bioshock 2 is coming out Feb 9, and the launch trailer is freaking awesome even if you know nothing about the story.

Here’s more creepy goodness in a trailer that shows gameplay. I’m gonna play it in the dark with headphones for maximum effect, like I did with the first one. w00t!

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And I still haven’t finished playing Bayonetta yet. Ah, it’s a good problem to have.

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This has now made its way around the Internet and boy is it a good one. A Macquarie Bank employee was caught browsing at some girlie pictures while his colleague was doing a live interview with Channel 7 News.

What is surprising is not the fact that he was caught looking at NSFW stuff while he’s at work. Assuming that he sits at the same desk all the time, he would surely know that they do the live interviews just behind him. So what caused him to just browse the photos so casually? He couldn’t wait 5 minutes? Were they that enticing? What was also funny was that at one point, he still had a girlie photo on his screen while he was presumably talking some work stuff with another colleague of his.

And then he turned around, saw the camera and suddenly realised …. “oh crap”. Wonder if he got fired?

There’s a Cantonese saying that roughly translates to: while you are looking for a horse to ride on, you can ride on a cow in the meantime. The meaning is that while one searches for their ideal something, one should be patient and be ready to compromise in the short term. An apt scenario to apply this to would be job hunting.

Another scenario is one that I spoke to my mom about a few days ago …

Me: Hey mom, why don’t I ride a cow while I find a horse (in Cantonese)? I need to get back into the game and I need the practice.
Mom: That’s not a good reason. If the girls end up liking you, it is not nice to treat them as stepping stones to someone else. It’s bad karma.

My mom’s response was unusual in that she’s been worried about me finding someone to settle down with. I guess to her in this case, the end does not justify the means. So, the search for the one, my one, is ongoing. Meanwhile, I’m gonna enjoy myself until that happens. No more melancholic brooding around. No more emo-ness.

Well, I’ll try anyway.