you don't say

I realized that I don't do well with goodbyes.

Dot.

the wedding season

how many brides pictured their wedding day from the day they first heard of cinderella and prince charming, beauty and the beast, snow white, fairytale, romance, love, happily ever after..the works.

did those very same brides get their picture perfect wedding? the ones they've always wanted. their own wedding. not the wants of the mother of the brides or that of the countless aunties who pitch in to help with this frill and that flower, this colour and that theme.

would you rather plan and execute your own wedding or have others do it for you?

i'd rather just have a wedding. regardless. so long as it's picture perfect in simplicity. but we don't get it all our way do we :)

happy planning to the future brides & grooms.

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From an excerpt of North & South by Elisabeth Gaskell

in the midst of marriage preparations..

Margaret: But are all these quite necessary troubles?

Brother of the groom: Oh of course. There are forms and ceremonies to be gone through, not so much to satisfy oneself, as to stop the world's mouth, without which stoppage there would be very little satisfaction in life.

to that i must say, word! LOL.

DOT.

jotted

on an old travel note I once wrote:

Ma wants the theater and dance, I want the alleyways and adventures.

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of course i love the theater. bt when on a travel i love to walk on, breathe and explore.

Dot.

Dear ... ,

(you won't read this coz you won't know how to work the internet, or you refuse to know but i need to let it out without hurting you).

you are the reason i'm so scared to love. thanks.

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happy father's day :)

eyes and mouth on the game

when I was a kid, I remembered being brainwashed with Vision 2020. I remembered understanding the importance of making good grades and eventually landing a great job which in turn would mean replacing the older generation and leading the nation with a more youthful, forward mindset.

then I grew up. and I noticed that, people from my generation don't want it hard. everything has to come easy. good pay, not so much work, stable post. of course the selected few will go ahead and work their workaholic ways through lunch, dinner, nap time. but the complaints and the sighs don't stop.

that's what I see, imagine what the older gen. see in us.

see, i don't remember mom and dad complaining this much. I don't remember grandma and grandpa complaining either. they accepted their fates not to mention worse situations and they improved for the sake of their future generations. but the future generations, all we constantly ask for is, an easy life.

maybe brainwashing wasn't such a good idea. can we still hold the torch after 2020?

why do i say this? because, as much as I do complain myself, this has got to go. or at least quiet down a little. energy should be focused on getting the job done, fast and save the extra hours for sleep.

to my working friends, power on! we need to prove to the older generations that we're not one whiny bunch of kids and we can handle the pressure.