A REALLY hot kiss is when you feel like your whole body, mind and soul are immersed in the very act of pressing your lips against another's.
My first kiss was truly forgettable.
I was 16, very impressionable and slightly desperate.
The fact was that all my American friends - I was living in the US then - had already experienced their first kiss while I, the nerd from Singapore, had only gone as far as getting a peck on my forehead from a guy two years my senior named Brad Peppo.
So, yes, I badly wanted to be kissed just so that I could say I'd had my first kiss.
A girl's first kiss is like her first period. It marks a transition into the next chapter of her life and she wears that mark proudly on her sleeve like a badge of honour.
I remember I was ecstatic when I first got my period. And I was happier still when I had my first kiss!
It didn't matter that the kiss meant nothing. It didn't matter that it took place on a dirty old couch in the boy's home.
It didn't matter that I hadn't met him prior to that day. And it didn't matter that I would not remember his face years later.
What mattered was that I, Jamie Yeo, had had my first kiss. Finally!
I was so stoked about it that I remember all I could think about while he was kissing me was how I was going to describe it to my best friend that night on the phone.
And when I did tell her about it that night, I might have embellished the story slightly and told her that my heart was all aflutter when his lips touched mine, and that I felt the sensation of a mild electrocution as we got into it.
(Okay, maybe there was a lot of embellishment.)
Truth was, the kiss wasn't forgettable because he was bad at kissing. I mean, it's not like he had bad breath.
On the contrary, he did everything right.
No, the kiss was horrible because I didn't feel for him - there was no connection.
I've experienced hotter kisses since that torrid summer afternoon, of course.
Call me a hopeless romantic but, to me, a kiss is a good gauge of chemistry and passion, and, sometimes, even how long the relationship is likely to last.
There's unexplainable power in a kiss.
A kiss can heal, ignite, calm, comfort, reaffirm, arouse and more. A kiss lets you explore and learn more about the other person.
