What Makes Me Tick?

 Someone asked me a question recently, one that I failed to answer. She asked me something that was so profoundly simple, and yet so incredibly deep that I didn't know the answer to it. It was like casting a bucket into a bottomless well.

"Thaqief, kau suka apa?"

 I jokingly answered, "Kau," but at that point I knew that I joked about it because I couldn't come up with an answer. So she pressed on.

 "Betul-betul la...suka benda apa?"

 Clever girl; she had me stumped. I like alot of things, cars, gadgets, books, roti canai, gelangs, writing, computers, food, tea-time, movies, old buildings, photography, discovering things, meeting people, having new experiences....roti canai. But these are abstract things (except roti canai, the one solid thing in my life), not something concrete. None of these things are anything that could form my centre. Batman has bats, Superman has that big S and she has strawberries. I know I keep mentioning food alot, but that sounds like kinda a stupid thing to have at the nexus of your very being...

 But I guess its something that everyone should have; that one central glue that holds every fibre of your being together. Some have cooking, cars or computers among other things. It's good I guess; and I know how anime this sounds, but that one thing could form the nexus of your entire personality. It keeps you focused, and grounded and motivated. In short, it's a driving passion that pulls you through even the worst day.

 So, intereseting question, and one that'll take a while to answer. I don't know if it means that I'm boring, or unfocused or whatever, but what I do know is that I need to find it, that something that holds me together, whose influence will perfuse everything that I do. Wish me luck, ya'll.