Chopsticks
2005.07.09 23:18

Needless to say, we Asians use chopsticks in eating. And usually we eat in using a pair of chopsticks, two chopstics are pair in colour, design, shape, length, etc. No one feels ever it's strange.
But believe me, we don't have to use a pair of chopsticks necessarily in order just to eat. Colour, design, shape, length, no need to use the same one as the other. I wonder it's OK to use various combination of chopsticks. If one is white, it's fine to use black in the other. It doesn't have to be the same length, it has nothing to do with how convenient to use them.
Why am I writing this? I am suggesting that it is merely based on a vague assumption why we have to use an exactly same pair of chopsticks. That's an illusion. We can use any combination we prefer.
Why am I writing this? My love is from overseas, our appearances are indeed very different. But our friendship is solidly based on common interest, belief, value. What is important is not our appearances but functions we -a pair of both chopsticks - have.