And that magical Feeling is gone

After a long hiatus off the clubbing scene, the princess returns with much anticipation last weekend. The moment she steps into that same old place, she sensed a feeling of excitement all over again.

But as soon as the princess turns her head around the dance floor, it suddenly becomes almost too familiar. The same old crowd in and out, dancing to the music that now cannot be distinguished one from another.

Same smile, same expression, same decor, same one-of-a-kind men.

In that one instance, all the magical feeling that you have about a place, a notion, a person disappears into thin air. And awkwardly, in the middle of the club, the princess was left stranded, void of emotions, wandering where they have all gone to.

Yet, strangely, there was a certain sense of relief.

As if my eyes were cursed by a non-clubber's spell, the princess could not see either the beauty or the charm of the night-life for the rest of the night.

This time, she was an outsider in a place she calls home.

And as my cab drove further away from the club that night on my way home, the princess wonders: "Can one really lose that magic moment overnight?"

Perhaps in a world, sadly, built on hype & freshness, familarity can sometimes truly breeds contempt.

The Single Gal

The princess often lament at her forever single status. She looks at happily attached couples and wonders if she too could be like them.

But then of course, the sharp-eyed princess realises that most seemingly happily attached couples are often in some sham relationship, under the pretence of joy that should come in a relationship.

And the princess wonders why one has to turn a blind eye to the obvious cheatings that must have taken place a million times. Or the right-in-your-face incompatibility a couple is in, trying to pretend everything is fine and well in the name of love.

Is it blind faith, simple ignorance or the fact that any bird in the hand is worth two in the bushes?

As we progressed well into the new millennium, how much of our irrational fears still clings with us? Why should ladies questioned themselves on their abilities to find a better man unless they do not even think highly of their own self-worth?

Why a lady of today would think a man would make her life much better than before and not the other way round?

Sometimes the princess wonders is it more pathetic to be a singleton in today's world and a today's attached woman trapped in yesterday's mentality.