Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Expectations, Mistakes, Misinterpretations
And so things have been sored out and i feel so much better i do hope the feeling is mutual...
MistakesMistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way.
About misinterpretations:If it is true that there is always more than one way of construing a text, it is not true that all interpretations are equal.
Expectations: Expecting the world to treat you fairly
because you are a good person
is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you
because you are a vegetarian.
Monday, August 27, 2007
Being perfect
There is so much hype about people and being perfect. Truth is no one is perfect but we have to work towards being one, its just like attending school and taking tests. The reason you are tested is to ensure you learnt what was taught and tests are given to measure how much of it was understood. Teachers go thru tests to make u realise your mistakes and ensure that u do not repeat them again. Life is similiar to this. When you do something wrong, you learn from the mistakes and make sure you dont repeat them..this is working towards being perfect.
The bottom line is that people are never perfect, but love can be, that is the one and only way that the mediocre and vile can be transformed, and doing that makes it that. We waste time thinking we aren't perfect and probably no one is, its creating perfection wihin yourself that really makes one.
“Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.”
Its not everyones cup of tea to sacrifice and love someone cuz it takes alot of courage to do it. Look at a mother for example.She spends her entire life for her child. Dedicating every bit of it to the child's well being and praying for the best for her child. She works towards being a perfect mother making numerous sacrifices along the way but what does she get? she get a child who doesnt even respect her let alone understand her feelings.Its not the mothers' fault to have expectations of the child.Why cant she? She could easily have enjoyed her life instead of choosing to give birth to you or nurturing u.She could have spent the money she spent on you diapers and milk on her on needs and wants but she chose to give you a better life so why cant she have a little expectations?
Its really easy to complain about others
but hard to look within youself
Its easy to look at another
and point your finger straight
one finger pointing out
four pointing back at you
who is more at fault?
your fingers are telling you
Accept it and move on
make changes along the way
being perfect is not that hard
u just gotta start some day
this is not me taunting you, its just me sharing how i feel. I want you to be a better person...someone perfect too.
Do take time to go thru what i said with a positive mind you're a nice person just gotta change a lil bit...
Friday, August 24, 2007
Cray Fish Premier & Potluck
Last night all the husbands were to attend a Cray fish Festival.The crayfish festival occurs in August.Before the turn of the last century hardly any traditions were attached to the eating of crayfish, but when crayfish fishing seasons and a "season premier" or opening date were established, the feasting took on the air of a festival.
The evening of the premiere or some evening during the weeks following, friends gather on terraces and balconies all around Sweden under gaily colored paper lanterns to feast on the little delicacies...Accompaniments to crayfish, boiled in salt-water and seasoned with flowering dill, are simply bread and cheese, beer and perhaps aquavit. There is a wide variety of songs to accompany the feasting.This is a very Swedish festivity ;) Cool isnt it, taking joys in the litte gifts of nature
Since the wives were not involved, we decided to have a little gathering of our own. We held a small potluck for ourselves at my residence. It sure felt good having guests over and time flew by in a jiffy.Before we knew it it was past 11pm and one by one their husbands came, picked their wives up and left...Jae brought Tiramisu and i cant express in one word how yummy it was. Serene brought grilled fish and Kimberly brought wanton and a fried chicken & cashew and a soup dish! though i am not a non veg food lover it tasted pretty good! Favier was here with her new born Kaden( i guess thats how its spelt) and i madeprawn veg briyani.Since only a little was left i guess it must have tasted good. It was nice getting to know the gals better. ;)
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Raining
My mornings are always greeted with pitters and patters on the window pane these few days.Not only that but it makes the entire day seem pretty gloomy, dark and cold. Like it wasnt already... my moods these days have been down too. must be the effect of the atmosphere.I've been missing my parents and the lil one real bad. Last night i cried myself to sleep.But i'll still say i'm taking things quite well. Afterall its just the beginning and i will need time to get myself accustomed to things here.
Started an exercise routine yesterday and had a soak in the tub.Was really refreshing! Now i hope i can keep up with it cuz there is nothing else to do..REALLY! Alvin will be home late again due to a function at work so i aint cooking today.
For the function, the first batch's wives were told to cook.Soon even the 2nd batch which includes me will have to start doing it. Not that its a huge problem.Its good in a way cuz i will be able to occupy my time but the thing is WHAT should i cook? that is such a problem really!
I'm sure all the wives would agree.Since i have been pondering over the tot of packing lunch for him to work..so now an additional headache is what should i cook?
I now truly understand every married woman's plight!!!
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Wonder...
I've always wondered why my mum had such a hard time thinking of what to cook... she used to ask me every single day what she should cook and i used to think...she gets stressed for nothing... now that it has come upon me, i realise it does require alot of thinking and planning.
As it is my expertise is pretty limited ;) but since i got here i've tried many different dishes and guess what? they have all turned out really yummy...no seriously i am not praising myself but i'm amazed at things i do now. i never thought i could. Like today...i wanted to cook fishball soup with rice.. then i thought that we just had prawn briyani yesterday so it would be a little monotonous to cook rice again. I used flat noodles and made fish ball noodles instead... no recipes at all..just all on my own.
of cuz i have had some experience back in singapore.I used to drag myself to help mum in the kitchen...and i thank god i did...its all coming very useful to me now.
So to date (the first week's menu )i have cooked the following:
1- rice +dhall and sambal kang kong
2- Khichidi
3- Fried Rice
4- Chicken curry + briyani rice
5- Aloo Ghobi + steamed rice
6- Fried macaroni
7- Fish ball noodle soup
:) well gals so u noe do try n help ur mum in the kitchen... its realy gonna be helpful in the future...
:)just my two cents worth ;)
Friday, August 17, 2007
So far...so cool
Well its been sumtime again since i updated...so here i go again...its a very cool friday afternoon...3minutes past 3..temperature is about 18 deg celcius.The wind is so chilly that i'm snuggled up on my sofa with a blankety..multitasking,watchin VIP on tv, chattin with my little sister and doin this post.@more hours before my hubby knocks off work.
Everythings been going great so far.We're adapting pretty well except for my baby who's been down with a high temperature...high as 39.6deg celcius and thereabouts. ITs been 5 days... since he first got it and it doesnt seem to subside...its starting to frighten and worry me a little.WE're in a foreign land where the docs believe in asking u to take a cold shower instead of giving u paracetemol to bring the fever down and drinking coke to get rid of that cold or sore throat you might have...well that is hearsay... but it does have its perks... kids wont be dependent on medication from that tender young age... They get a chance to build up their immune system to fight the germs... cool eh?
Well i can just hope and pray now that he gets well soon and there is really nothing except a climate change causing this temperature rise.
I'm missing home -mum dad chandini aunts uncles cousins all...and everyone back there.Chandini actually wrote a poem on her blog for me and i'm really very touched.. she never been so frank and open about how she feels...but it feels good to know...I miss you too gal!!!
I'm missing the food and spicy stuff..
I'm missing our car and my teddy-yoshi!miss shopping or just walking around town and the various hubs..hmm its just we here and the central square area called "Centrum" I Miss Singpore and everything to do with it...even the 7% GST...cuz back here its 25% so u can count urselves lucky living in clean green and great singapore...including the weather ;)
Tomorrow we're going grocery shopping... to the malmo bus...which comes loaded with asian stuff...spices rice etc...at a PRICE of cuz then going to Maxi which is equivelent to carrefour back home....ok i will update again soon.. keep tuned!
Y this one's quiet
In case u've been wondering y this blog has suddenly quitened down, its cuz i had another blog started just for my wedding... but the wedding is over for now and i'm swingin back into action here in Bitter sweet memories...
So much has happened since i last wrote here...
I've been married
I've relocated to another country
I've set up our love nest back here
Been cooking ever since :)
and for previous posts pls be redirected to the link here:
www.sacredknot.blogspot.com
from now onwards its gonna be here...
all my entries so check em out...aiight?
tack--> thanks in swedish
