Forgiveness

Today, during our guitar lesson, the topic was on forgiveness. It is one of the most preached about topics and yet, one of the most difficult to practice as well.

Why do we find it so difficult to forgive? Is it because we feel that by holding grudges and not forgiving the person who had hurt us, we're actually hurting that person back as well? But in the end, it is us who will be hurt eventually.

No, life is too short to be angry with someone for too long. Besides, a person who truly cares for you will not hurt you intentionally either. And for someone who does not bother about you, he or she is not worth any of your tears, or bitterness for that matter.

Haha. But this is easier said than done.

Posted on 16 September 2008, Tuesday , 12.30 am

Frenemy??

I was randomly surfing the net, while waiting for my hair to dry, when I came across this interesting word. Frenemy.

Got this definition from Urban Dictionary

A person with whom you may have a lot of fun and/ or a lot in common, who also has a vile and random dark side. These relationships are worth doing a cost/benefit analysis on. Also, limiting relationships with frenemies to non-SO relationships is a must. Why? Because it’s ultimately all about them after all, and you will need to be in a position to get away from them for indefinite periods of time. Know too, that you will probably become their frenemy as well—because you won’t be able to keep from talking behind their back. If this happens, don‘t expect everyone to get it—some will wonder why this person enrages you so much and others will wonder what you see in them.

It is recommended for your own safety/sanity that you limit yourself to one frenemy at any given time in your life.

Do you have a frenemy in your midst?

Posted on 10 Sept 2008, Wed, 12.46am

Post no. 202

I've been wanting to blog about this since last week but somehow just didn't get down to it. Ok ok, I'm lazy :P

Anyway, I watched "Wall-E" with Kia last Sat at Marina Square. Had used the 1 for 1 offer by GV since it was my birthday month. It was quite a nice show. A feel-good movie with a happy ending. It started off by showing the consequences of pollution, though I felt that it was rather unrealistic as some of the buildings were still standing, intact, after 700 over years. Oh well, guess it's just an animation. But I like the quote made by the captain of the spaceship: "I don't just want to survive, I want to live." Haha, don't we all?

Contrast this with another movie I caught with Kia, Yuejia and Yuejia's friend 2 Saturdays ago, "12 Lotus". It had such a sad storyline. And throughout the show, I kept hoping that something good can happen to Lotus (the lead character). That perhaps there can be a happy ending for her. But it was not to be.

To digress a bit, I heard this song on Kia's blog sometime ago. She's learning to play it on the piano. Maybe I'll learn it too someday. A very big 'maybe'. Haha.

My Valentine

By Martina McBride

If there were no words

No way to speak

I would still hear you

If there were no tears

No way to feel inside

I'd still feel for you

And even if the sun refuse to shine

Even if romance ran out of rhyme

You would still have my heart

Until the end of time

You're all i need

My love, my valentine

All of my life I have been waiting for

All you give to me

You've opened my eyes

And showed me how to love unselfishly

I've dreamed of this a thousand times before

In my dreams i couldnt love you more

I will give you my heart

Until the end of time

You're all i need

My love, my valentine

Posted on 7 September 2008, Sunday, 6p.m.