Of Chemical Reactions
Let's face it.Textbooks and notes are completely useless when you want to gain some precious general knowledge.I mean,by general we expect the knowledge to be practical and useful in our daily lives.General usage of knowledge perhaps.What we learn now,are definitely redundant.In other words,useless.With a twist crudeness,its bullshit.What we need to do,what we really need to do,is to watch channel 10,11 and 12 every single day.Animal Planet,National Geographic and Discovery Channel is all you need for the knowledge of the day.Its enough to fill you up with things,not many people know.Which leads to,the showcase of your brainpower to your peers.Admit it,it feels good.

So there i was watching National Geographic channel with my mom tonight when there was an advertisement that flashed by.Now,i dont take advertisements seriously.But this time there was a sentence that hit me in the forehead.It said:

"What if Love is just a Chemical Reaction?"

Im not a chemistry student.To put the word "Good","Chemistry" and "Me" in the same sentence is just folly.I am perhaps the last person you expect to have those dorky googles on,a tong in my hands and boiling red and blue solutions over the Bunsen Burner(I hope i spelled that right).Hell,all i remember now about Chemistry is the fact that Sodium Chloride is Salt(In which,Krishna "A Student" Dermawan knows not.Haha).It is pathetic,i know.But my life does not revolve around weird colourful solutions that can kill you if you drink them.If you mistake acid for water,you are in for a rollercoaster ride with your guts flipping inside out and outside in.Anyway,i know nuts about chemistry.So you might ask,"Why did that statement hit me like it did?"

Well,i guess its just the whole definition of love everybody has.Im sure you've been asked that same question in more ways than one."What is Love?" Then you come up with some fancy definitions just to win the heart of some girl or whatever.Most people would go,"Oh,you cant explain it." Yeah,we cant.There are so many definitions for this little turn that we often mistake it with something else.For example,sex.Anyway,dont you think the possibility of love being merely a chemical reaction scares you?It totally downgrades the beauty and wonders of love,to a small reaction within our brains that made something tick.Ive read somewhere before,that when you see something pleasent or to your liking,your brain emits this substance(In which,the name is too long to remember)that arouses you.Well,not in that way gentlemen.It just makes you interested in the subject,the object you are seeing.With this assumption in mind,love or liking is merely a signal sent by the brain to the rest of your body.Is it necessary a feeling?Not really.Let's say our technology advances real quick,and in the future we can prevent this substance from sending its signal to the rest of the body.Then we wont be able to love.Be able to like.To have crushes and melt mentally.So,love is not such a powerful thing after all.Its that little tiny bit of chemical in your brain that matters.Without it,you are loveless.

I have my own set of definitions regarding this little word.Of course,i commonly agree that it cannot be explained whatsoever.But i shall give it a try.To me,love is a burden we are willing to bear and a form of stupidity we are willing to take.Well,perhaps thats a close enough definition to some.But a totally different one to the rest.A friend of mine once said that love is evil.Because when you turn "Love" around,it becomes "Evol".Pronounce that,and it sounds like "Evil".In a way,it is evil.But we are willing to accept this evil in our lives.One needs to be naughty once in a while.Haha.Anyway,we dont force ourselve to be willing.It all comes down to this little chemical reaction in our heads.Its sad to learn that really,but we just got to accept things as it is.

They say,that two humans need to have chemistry to like each other.Perhaps the mysterious "Substance" needs to be emitted to the body for both parties just to make that chemistry work.If one does not,then the chemistry fails to exist.Connection fails,you are offline.In a way,it is unfair for both parties.For the one whose brain emitted that substance,it is unfair to like someone and not be liked in return.For the other whose brain malfunctioned,it is unfair as well because your feelings are totally dictated by this little substance in your head.Then,you might be missing out on the right person in your life.But because of thise "Malfunction" within your head,you are not in control of things.Perhaps at a smaller magnitude,but it is definitely unfair as well.

If Chemistry doesnt work,perhaps we should look to Physics."What?" you might ask after you read that sentence.An Arts student going on and on about Physics and Chemistry in his blog.This guy must be doped somehow.Oh well,perhaps i am(Its the time im sure).The first law of Newton states:Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it.Once someone falls in love,he will never stop craving for it.I have a friend(You know who you are)who seems to be craving for it nowadays.Its just evident from his conversations and his entries that he needs some loving.And quick.I guess,once you fall out of a relationship,you start to understand how amazing it is to be in one.Then you want more,and more,and more.I dont know about you,but i dont have the urge right now.Perhaps im in a stop motion.Kinetic Energy?Zero.Im not moving,and im not moved.Yet.You my friend,is moving at 100 miles per hour,and you are missing out on a lot of things in life.Perhaps,going too fast makes you go back a step sometimes.Albert Einstein once had a theory that if an object were to move faster than the speed of light,then that object can actually move back in time.Well,a theory is a theory.Its sprouts from one's imaginations.I mean,how the hell are we supposed to move faster than the speed of light?Not now,anyway.When you go too fast,you actually move a step back.Interesting to note,isnt it?

I guess sometimes the only way to move forward is to take things slow.When the time comes,take charge and take the chances.Dont allow that chemical reaction to occur in your head and let it dictate you.Be your own boss.When that time comes,gain Kinetic Energy.Gain Potential Energy.Make a move,and hope for the best reaction.After all,Newton's Third law states:For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.Either its good,or its bad.Expected,or unexpected.Desirable,or undesirable.Whatever it is,we must take our chances at things,and not let some stupid chemical reactions be the man.

Song of the Moment---Memory by Sugarcult