A Mind of My Own

I have a love for houses. I like huge houses where the space is there for me to place or decorate absolutely anything. If I were to have the choice, I would buy a house. A house where I can have a garden, swimming pool, attic, basement and 4 bedrooms. Buying houses can also be an investment of sorts. You can sell a house fast and get back the profits.

Sometimes, moving house can be heart-wrenching if you have lived in it for a long time. For others, selling and buying houses is a way to make a living in addition to their love for checking out the houses and their locations.

Real estates are a way to be your own boss and if you have an eye for spotting good deals, selling, buying and dabbling in real estates or properties can make you happy because it doesn’t feel like working. Because it isn’t.

I want to live in a big house. One day, I will.

To my dear friends who are getting married, I feel very happy for you. I’m not one who is verbal with my blessings. For ES and WW, I’m very glad that I was part of the morning and evening entourage. While it was both fun and tiring, I’m glad that the two of you are going to be working together as husband and wife.

ES, as your good friend through these years, I was very touched that the photo of us was used in your photo montage. We had some great time during our few trips out together. You were always offering your shoulder to comfort me during my sad periods. Thank you.

Now, I should offer the both of you my blessings. I wish that you’ll live in harmony, with good kids and celebrate your many years of marriage together in future. And I wish you good health.

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You never know what you’ll get in life. Even when you have planned for it. Life can be so fragile. One minute, you are there and the next, you might not be there. While I was really excited to be one of sisters for my friend’s wedding, the whole event was tiring as we had to wake up early. It was after the event was over then I started to feel a sense of lost.

It was a lost of youth and time. It felt like yesterday when we were in school teasing each other and skipping classes. Just the Chinese lessons. We would often complain about how she would tell us proudly that some elite school would do so much better. We were in a neighbourhood school, what else did she expect?

Growing and moving on in our lives have impact, both major and minor. We start dating or flying to countries for business or start our own business. We meet up in a group during a major event such as funeral or wedding or babies one month celebration. Other than that, it’s via pitiable emails and they are always forwarded.

I have never asked my friends to my place during Chinese New Year after that one time, that was eons ago when most of us could still make it. Now, I have 3 who are officially married and have to attend their partners’ family events. The rest have their own activities like traveling for free or busy with their work.

I don’t know if we’ll be able to just get together and just chat instead of catching up during major events. Sad to say, I have failed miserably for my own family gatherings.

While this wasn’t the 1st time I’ve attended a church wedding, this was the 1st time I’ve managed to view it from the start to the end. I was very late the other time. I got off at the wrong stop. That’s another story to tell. I doubt I’ll talk about it much. There were singing and the speech from the Father about marriage being life-long commitment. Yes, marriage is a life-long commitment. You don’t just say “I do” and expect miracles.

Both have to work together and sort things out. I saw a lot of young teens attending the event and they were lost about what went on. I don’t know the bride personally but she is their teacher and when they came, she kept waving to them. Shows how much care she has for them and their love for her too. There was the bouquet being throw at the end, even the guys got the chance to catch it. DD was too tired to catch it. All the guys never slept the previous night and had to reach the groom’s place at 5.45am.

Either they were too excited or they were doing something that kept them up the whole night like clubbing. I thought bachelor’s party was being held. It started to rain just as the service started. Thankfully, it stopped when we were leaving. Kriston catered the food. It looks like the favourite for buffet spread. I love the cheesecake.

I’m tired even though I didn’t join in as sisters. My hunch for the coming wedding, I’ll be beat by 3pm. And the dinner had not started yet.

A father is someone who you trust because he is your family member. You won’t expect him to take advantage of you. You expect him to take care of you and love you. Unfortunately, there are fathers who betray your trust by taking advantage of you. Some even kill.

Take this father of 3 young boys from ages two to ten. He killed them by drowning them in a dam near his home in Winchelsea in the southeastern state of Victoria on September 4, 2005. How horrible.

Another father tried to make advances on his 17-year-old daughter and when he was refused, he decided to kill her and himself.

The horrible thing is when parents cage their children. The kids have to wear remote controlled shock collar, used to train animals. Why would they treat their own kids so terribly?