It's another month down, 11 more to go...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 8:52 pm
Time lost is time you won't get back. Treasuring each and every moment is hard work. Once you start letting it slip from your mind, it slips away quietly like the every grain of sand in an overturned hourglass - it's happening, but you're not consciously aware of it. So then when you actually do realise it, time has once again gone past so fast - wasted.
The thing about couples...
Saturday, January 14, 2012 2:04 am
Why do we have to change the way we do things just because we find ourselves in a relationship? I don't see the logic.
Ky got me thinking and debating about the things couples do for the sake of making each other happy. There are so many reasons I could have told her why they do what they do, and why we will never ever see the flawed logic or understand what they are going through, until we find someone who likes us and whom we like in return - resulting in a relationship.
I don't attempt to try to make sense of something I know I have never experienced, and I won't even judge them for it. But it does get very irritating, or frustrating, mostly, when they start doing things in a relationship that they said they never would when they were single, you know what I mean?
Hypocrisy - that's the word I ended up with after thinking about it. I mean, aren't we all, in some way or another, hypocrites? Come on, by not admitting it, are you saying you're morally superior than us? Well, then your actions are just a reminder that you're being a hypocrite yourself. It's a vicious cycle, one I had trouble trying to wrap my head around.
I guess it's some sort of pheromones clouding your judgement. When you're in love, you're literally blind, oblivious to your surroundings. You breathe for your significant other, all you want is for them to be happy. I may sound sarcastic now, and yes, it may just bite me in the ass when I get into a relationship (chances of?), but I know I can't understand RIGHT NOW. In my position at this point in time, I can't make sense of why you have to meet up almost every single day of the week to just be in the company of each other... Does that equal being in a relationship? If being in a relationship of love meant having to give up all my private time just to be in the presence of my other half, and feel his presence, then... it's really just "hanging out", isn't it?
Okay, so while being together, there is conversation and topics that one will discuss... do you tell him what you had for breakfast? How you brushed your teeth? Where you are going? Nobody has THAT many things to say, do they?
It's like having another father, just that you're nicer to him; - Ky's words.
I was a little disturbed by her thought process... but nonetheless you can't deny it.
For me, the point of being in a relationship means to have that feeling that you're loved, and cared about. That someone is thinking about you at this very moment. That confirmation and warm fuzzy feeling thereafter comforting your very soul. It doesn't necessarily mean you have to be
PHYSICALLY present at every single second of your existence. It's that comforting
FEELING, THAT SECURITY. The fact that you know he's right there when you need him, not that you need him now, but the fact that he is.
Right? I mean, yes, you can talk on the phone before you go to sleep at night, that's perfectly fine. You can text till 2am in the morning that's alright with me. But I need my space. I need him to be able to say, "Okay, I know you are going to meet with your friends. Have fun and I'll talk to you tomorrow." Not, "You're meeting with your friends? Will you be back late? Who are you meeting? Can you leave early, I want to see you." That's not being in a relationship, that's being locked up in a cage you can't break out of.
Space and trust. You've got to give me space, and trust in me that I will do the right thing by you. That's all I've got to say. And if you can't do either, you're not worth my time at all.
x
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on a brighter note, I'm interviewing
FOSTER THE PEOPLE tomorrow and going for their gig, let 2012 officially begin for me! :)
Baby we're going down in 2011...
Tuesday, January 03, 2012 5:31 pm
Just starting to recall the remnants of 2011 as another year bites the dust, but so many great things happened, I'm really blessed to have lived it at all. The start of the year was ultimately promising, as all years do, but then it kind of went downhill a little bit, but I think all in all it ended off great. If I could plot the year in a graph, which I think I should totally do every year, it would look something like this:
The gist of what I can remember, but I'm sure there was more awesome stuff going on...
February:
The Wanted showcase - wish I had the nerve to go for the interview or something... I regret nothing though - at least I've seen them in the flesh right?
Taylor Swift concert (I GOT TO TOUCH HER ARM).
Was pretty high that night, because it was like the first concert I've been to since Jamie Cullum and Paramore, and it was one of my idols. Ugh, too awesome... and she was already quite good live.
March: Penang getaway with my mom - so much fun. Only had iPhone pictures but since I had to switch my iPhone due to a malfunctioning feature, I lost all those photos cos I didn't know how to back up stuff then... sigh.
April: Tom and Giovanna got engaged. Saw McFly in the flesh behind glass doors at Changi Airport. Won tickets to Justin Bieber concert but the organiser was late in arriving and we missed half the concert.
June: Attended a Maroon 5 press conference. Graduated from NP. Stopped internship with Straits Times.
awesome friends I made while working.
July: Flew to Melbourne for university, had some trouble settling in, but then it got better.
Aug: Grandfather passed away whilst I was overseas.
Nov: Missed a free gig for Ed Sheeran, came back from Melbourne for summer break. Got a haircut (bangs, my best decision yet). Dougie McFly won I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.
The boys had one of their best years ever I felt... Love and career-wise.
Also made a new friend... :)
Dec: My 20th birthday! Floss passed away. Harry McFly won Strictly Come Dancing. Met Joe Brooks and heard him sing live. Met up with my great friends and had so much fun on the last day of 2011.
My virgin experience singing karaoke... I don't think I'll do it again.
Christmas was like, totally awesome cos I got to eat Christmas ham and turkey and pie...
Spent the last day of 2011 with the best people I could ever spend it with... eating dimsum no less.... HAHAHA. We have to go again!!! Vivocity had lousy fireworks, remind me never to go there for countdown again....
Best friends for life! Wheeeeee. :)
So, yeah, 2011 treated me quite well, but here's to hoping 2012 can be so much better...
Already it seems to be quite happening! Meeting a group of McFly fans for the first time, Foster the People gig, Simple Plan gig too hopefully, Elena coming back for Chinese New Year, back to Melbourne for school in Feb, Ky coming to Australia for holiday in June/July.... perhaps Joe Brooks or McFly will be coming back to Singapore... One Direction to Australia??? There's only one way to find out whether 2012 will be awesome, and that is to live everyday to the fullest. I've got to keep reminding myself of that - it could be my resolution, I haven't really thought about it though.
Till the next post,
xxx