Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Over time, she realised that she function perfectly without him. And he realised that he is no longer needed by her.
Two people who used to care for each other, become parallel lines because at some point, they stopped talking about nothing, they stopped doing silly things together, they stopped laughing at the same things.
Love, no doubt became kinship, it was also eroded, somewhat.

Is it that you love him no more? Or you are tired of the obligations in the institutions of marriage? Who is to expect you to continue to bear what you do not wish to bear any longer? 

Of life, relationship, communication, bad days that turned into bad weeks, that accumulated to bad experience.

How will you be better off?

Tuesday, July 05, 2016

感动

Precious afternoon pillow talk with my mother, woman who sacrificed herself for the family. 她的心甘情愿造就了我们,让我们有一个很好的成长环境,了解婚姻就是包容,互相扶持,没有谁比谁的地位高。一个家,就是两个人的努力,加上亲人的无限帮忙。我们的成绩,不止是我们的,我们的幸福是他们的努力和期待。我们每一个都要找到自己的幸福。
我的感触很深,做人子女的了解改变了。as a mother, it is an added perspective that I have never considered. That deep down in my mother's heart, our achievements, are hers. Her heart is contented that we live fulfilled lives. 

我今天真的被感动了,了解生命的意思。了解我努力的原因。那种无所为的日子,将会结束。

Saturday, June 25, 2016

Nonchalant....

This shall pass too. One day I am here, maybe next day I will not be. No point to be/get so worked up over words. 
Fatalistic or pessimistic? Maybe. But also realistic. Otherwise you take on too much, you bring it upon yourself and eventually collapse under the weight of these baggages.
I am still capable of being/feeling happy. I laugh at jokes too. 
I am just more aware that life can change in a split second. Lives can perish and things change irreversibly. The awareness made me less caught up with other pples, words or POV that are not priority in my life/hierachy of importance.


Friday, June 10, 2016

可能是在放逐自己。。。
这样的感觉,有时很棒。

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Taking time...

The two weeks have been challenging and eventful for me. On one hand, the events took my attention away from the loss, on the other, now that everything has settled, I return to deal with myself.

I thought a movie would have helped, one of the scenes reminded me of the feeling of loss. His loss drove him bury his humanity and kill lesser humans, those whom he deem, do not deserve to live. 

We learn from the episode and try to move on, at our own pace. No one should hurry me, I owe no explanation to any one. I sometimes think of the unborn child, nothing in particular, except that I once held it in my womb. It would be heartless to not even give it some time of my day, I feel. 

Sometimes I wonder if it had chosen to leave because I give so much attention to my first born.

Sometimes I wonder if, I am overcompensating on my firstborn because of the loss. 

Most of the time, I rationally remind myself that, devoting so much time to ponder isnt going to bring me/us any where... I look forward to the time i can start to exercise and correct any inherent issue before we can try again.

I look forward to becoming healthy again, a new-old me. 

I feel a pinch as I see people post photos with their newborns. It could have been me in Nov. I went through in my head, what could have gone wrong - diet, rest, myths, etc... A twitch in my abdomen reminded me of you. Although now there is no longer any trace of pregnancy left.

We will survive this and learn how to manage the loss, in our own ways. Seeing people lose their love ones will remind me of this, somewhat - it is a pain that everyone will, at some point, have to endure on his own, but it is a kind of pain that no one ought to have to go through. 

Through this, I learn to have compassion for the people who lose their love ones. 

We treasure each life that we come into contact with, do our best to enrich our lives and others. 


Sunday, May 08, 2016

Love

Just like that, the journey ended at 13 weeks. I was informed that there is "something very odd" and my gynae delivered the bad news - There was no heartbeat detected. 
It was a routine check up after the cvs procedure, I thought I was there to collect the report. Something wasnt right when the picture of junior 2 hit the ultrasound screen. It was unusually peaceful.

After the initial scan, I cried incontrollably. Cannot described how I felt. Helpless? junior 2 was still so small, and there wasn't any sign.

At the second scan, I couldnt bear watching the screen. I remember the beautiful shape of its head, and the nice body. Head was nicely formed, really round. The first diagnosis of no heartbeat was confirmed.

Remaining time in the clinic was for me too grief, wait for TC and Er Jie to arrive. And for prof to explain what could have happened and what to do next. 

Seeing Lele lifted my spirits and reminded me that I needed to be present for this little girl. Seeing my mother reminded me that the last thing I need to do is to wallow in self pity, or to break my mother's heart. 

Sorry Junior 2 that we are not fated to meet and be family. As your mummy for 13 weeks, I will do my best to accumulate merits for you, in order for you to go a better realm. That's the only thing we can do for you and hope that all will turn out fine for you. Mummy and Daddy are grieving in our hearts, even though we looked like we are not. We will  remember you and keep you in our hearts. May you find peace and metta in your heart wherever you go. 

Monday, January 18, 2016

师父说过。。。

Remembered once I asked shifu, why do we seem like we are becoming more harsh during negotiation training?

He said, sometimes, we forget that we were there, like the trainees, once.

Today, I thought about this when I saw a snigger on my boss' face when I said "you didnt hear this from me", because I wish to remind myself that,

In the future, no matter what situation I am in, to remember where I came from, whether I am in the position of mentor, leader or friend. I think we take it for granted sometimes that, just because it is rosy for us now, mean that other people are in the same state of mind, physical/mental/etc.

It is easy to condemn.

Read an actress' tribute to Alan Rickman on how he provided his full attention to he at a dinner and told her to follow her heart when pursuing her career. Seems cliche the way I summarised it, but it is inspiring. I think of the way we are lost and hoping for guidance when we just graduated (me actually). People think that are looking at this (face) in the movie, but actually they are looking at this (heart).

I guess we need to put our heart into what we are doing, no matter what it is. It is probably easier to do so if that is what your heart wants to do. 

Saturday, January 09, 2016

Hahahaha had so much fun reading the earlier posts. I think my brain became simpler and more basic after one year of taking care of junior! 

Maybe it is a good thing, back to basics!


After so long...

Its been a year since I last updated this. And now, blogs are not even 'in' anymore. And any motivation to continue is no longer there. Anyhow, since I have kept this for more than 10 years, it seems like a pity to stop? Hahaha hoarder's mentality...
A year on, life is some what steady state again. Glad that I have managed to find the equilibrium after the new addition, somewhat. Learning to find time for myself, taking care of myself, in order to be a whole person to look after the little one.

Little one is definitely growing up too fast. I am trying to enjoy every present moment I get to spent with her, even the times when she acts up or is cranky. I always remind myself that the moment that we spent together will never come back and each moment defines itself.
Being a mother also made me a little more.... Morbid? In a sense, I am always minded that the next moment I may no longer be around or healthy enough to care for her. 
In any event, I hope that her time spent with me is memorable and she remembers us as being playful and happy most of the time :)
In time to come, I will have to face with disciplining her and instilling right values. Most of which, would mean I need to be a good role model, and people around her. So far, she hasnt behaved too badly, Im thankful for that. 
Hopefully I can find more pockets of time to make updates here!