dialing love

i realised that the phone is the modern equivalent of love. Especially so in s'pore. The phone works both ways, which of coz, needless to say, is also the way love shld work, shldnt it? Then of coz, there must be dialer and a dialee. Someone has got to initiate the calling,or the phone be wasted indeed. One shld not always just wait for the phone to ring, but rather shld, at times, put another's ringer to use. If both parties stubbornly wait for the phone to ring, they might be wasting the time that could be used for enjoying the chat waiting for it to actually happen.

The phone has got numbers to tell us who we're calling. But in order to call the person, one needs to first have the number to dial, just like a chance for love to blossom. BUT. (there's always a but) Sometimes we call a wrong number, and gets it in our face. But its onli a minor setback as we can easily get back up and start dialing in no time. We realli shldn't give up calling for the fear of hearing a disengaged tone or an indian mama picking up the phone and start scolding "!@#$%^&*" Such setbacks are inevitable, but we never know if we dun even try.

The phone was meant onli for two people to use. And when the other party is engaged in a conversation with another, one would have no choice but to wait and keep on trying. Or perhaps dial another number. But of coz that would lead to a different callee, a different purpose, a different feeling. But now, times have changed, and there's such a thing as call-waiting. So pls do not be afraid to try calling, as the callee could already be nearing the end of her conversation with whoever she is talking to now. Afterall, she have the choice of putting u on hold, or turn around and tell the initial chatter to call back later. But things have realli got more complicated nowadays when things such as call-conferencing is introduced, making the serious business of talking on the phone become such a corporate idea. making love sound like a war. The engaged tone could even more simply be put down to the fact that the callee is not ready to take any calls, or is too tired after a long-duration call, and chooses to hook up the phone instead.

leaving the engaged tone aside, we still have another way to fail in making contact. That is? A no-answer. The phone could be ringing for 2 hours, but so long as the callee refuse to pick it up, the attempt would still be deemed futile. Especially now with "caller-id", it makes it even easier for the callee to ignore the call. Isn't this pretty much the same as a one-sided love? Where one party initiates it, then puts in all the trouble and effort of holding the phone to his ear for the whole of 2 hrs to make sure he's ready to response shld the callee finally decide to pick up the phone? Whereas on the callee's part, he/she just hafta continue letting the phone ring. As time goes by, the ringing of the phone would irritate the callee and she might just either pick up the phone or press the red button on the phone. on a nokia phone, its displayed as "reject". This is such a parallel to the situation in the game of love.

One never noes how the other party is feeling thru the phone, at least if one is not making it obvious enuff by doing something like saying "i hate u. stop disturbing me and let me go to bed" straight in the face. This also shows one can never be too sure abt the other party's feeling in the phone. He/she could appear alright, or sound so, but the wire lines, its nuttin but some soundwaves converted from electrical waves across thousand of meters. Or maybe...as i oredi said earlier, he/she could be anxious in getting a call from u, but u can never see it. The callee could be hopping up and down, yet try to sound nonchalant on the phone. All these go to show the uncertainty of the phone. Or rather, the uncertainty of the other's party's attitude towards ur call.

The SMS function oso somehow shows certain characteristic. Dropping a note perhaps? A note that requires no replies?
Isn't this just like simple gestures in love? Silent communication? Sweet whispers of nothingness? Something that can be sent whether or not the receiver chooses to receives it. But whether or not it is appreciated is another story of coz.

All said, there's realli great similarities between the phone and love. However, while u get a clean end to the conversation each time u hang up the phone, the sweetness of being in love often lingers long after it has ended. Love is. afterall, special.