A month ago, I read a blog entry written by a deep soul titled “Love and Cough”. Reading some of her entries, I understand why her boyfriend, who I know, loves her that much although she doesn’t look really pretty. In fact, the smart appearance only impresses people at first but the thing makes one stay longer in others’ mind is her/his charm, which is revealed by her/his soul. The girl is quite charming.

The main idea of that entry says that Love and Cough are things that people can’t hide. The more you try to hide it, the more clearly it is shown.

About one year ago, I had a colleague, whom I talked to quite often. When her boy friend, who was studying in Australia, came back in Vietnam for an one-month summer vacation, she showed her bright smiles all the day and always looked so excited. She told me that when her friends saw her, all of them teasingly asked her “why are your two lips always “opening” all day long?” ...

I had another colleague. Normally she is quiet, kind of an introvert. Once she told me about her boy friend, who is 10 years older than her. No one in the office knew about her story. The only thing people could notice is that she became very hurried when she heard the familiar tone of her mobile phone ringing. She was running out of the office to talk on the phone. She turned out very excited, smiled a lot and talked for long...

Well, it seems true. Love makes the happiness clearly shown on the face of lovers. Clearly enough for them to act unusually and strangely in a lovely way.

It’s also not so hard to recognise the signs when people are sad or touched because of love. Its impossible to hide such feelings, even when you are cheerful ones or good at hiding your emotion.

I also can’t hide my cough now although I have treated myself with some tablets specially for cough by holding them in the mouth until they melt and make the throat absorb. The cough is so heavy that I sometimes coughed out the tablets. The more i use the medicine, the heavier the cough goes...

Well,....sometimes Life is so contradictory indeed!

15 April 2007