..my battle stance..

Sid Mohede shared this and I went to watch. Well.. it was emotional indeed. I believe her first song that got her famous had something to do with her dad too. And now she is back with another powerful song. Now with the story of how her husband has restored her faith in man. Man as a husband and man as a father. And ultimately, man as a man. But if you know me well, you know what I will ask. How? how do you know? That this new man will not fail? Yet for people like her, I really really really pray that she does not get hurt twice. I can't imagine that. Well maybe I can. And precisely because I know, maybe.. that I pray for her marriage. Been thinking too.. There was a time when I was in a relationship with someone who came from.. what I would call.. an ideal family. Well they sure have their share of problems and disagreements but really.. no drama no scandal no skeleton in the cupboard. Just loving bunch of people in her home. I realised then that we had a v

having observed how people generally go through their lives.. the years of being teenagers, being 20s, and then 30s, 40s, and so on.. I figure that the greatest challenge in life is to keep one's heart pure. after so many disappointments, bitterness and betrayals.. it is almost impossible to remain pure. to believe in what we used to believe in our early 20s. i can understand now why some parents can be so disillusioned with this thing called 'love'. it doesn't help that I just found out that one of the most celebrated Christian singers has just announced his divorce. it just goes to show that so many of us are clueless after all. yes.. that includes those writers of relationship posts that went viral. even as I look at my friends in their 30s now, they have become so different from who they were 10 years ago. and maybe I too.. have changed. at least recently. there is that helpless romantic part that will never disappear entirely. but it takes so much

I love Nov-Feb time in Singapore. When it doesn't rain.. it is awesome. Nice temperature.. nice cold wind at times. Well.. cold by our tropical standard anyway. When  it rains.. it's great too. As long as I am not stuck somewhere outside. 2016 has rolled by faster than my expectation. A stormy year so far. Before I knew it, Rak*ten has closed its South East Asia's shops. A few other big tech companies falter. And so are banks.. and then some manufacturing companies too. Oh and there is this fat boy up north with some nuke toys who is making some noise too. The world is happening. Of course, being in Singapore we remain in our safe cocoon. But who knows for how long? So it kinda tickles me when some friends out there are still doing their part in standing up for social issues such as gender and sexual orientation 'equality'. not knowing how manipulative the world media is. and how such issues are deliberately amplified to keep us away from the re