What's in a hug?

Badly needed a hug this few days...not the online type but a real physical one.

I believe that hugging has certain soothing effect on people. It makes you feel good and needed. If you hugged an worried or agitated person, you might be able to calm the person down faster when you are loss for words.

Unfortunately, this action does not appear to be widely practise in Asia where Asian lives in a relatively conservative society. Hugging seems to be deemed as intimate action between lovers. Family members may give one another hug but that may also be limited to ladies. Men tend to hold back on such action, perhaps for fear of appearing 'weak'.

I recalled that an ex-colleague of mine who got married and she got so emotional on the wedding dinner that she hugged almost half the guest that were there (including me, haha) !

New Year is approaching, people will be partying. Perhaps during the New Year celebration you could spare a few seconds to open up your arm and give your family members/friends/colleagues a big hug!

Anyone wanna give me a hug? ;-)