Lost in translation

Just in case, here it is again...

THANK YOU. :)

My Weekend Dose of Daily Bread

Combining the lessons that I've learnt from Our Daily Bread for the past two days....

If you think it's possible to love your partner too much, you probably haven't loved enough.

 It's a two-way street in a relationship: sometimes you give, sometimes you take. Sure, it's nice to be fussed over and paid attention to by your boyfriend/girlfriend, and it's nice to spend time together, but end of the day it's important to make sure that both sides have their own space to do the things they like/want to do/have to do. Like soppy dramas or shopping. Or like soccer matches or Starcraft or...soccer matches. Everyone's entitled to their own 'Me-Time' and learn to resist their 'Me-First' urges. So you miss your boyfriend/girlfriend because he or she is away doing whatever (doesn't matter what, what matters is that he/she is NOT there with you) and you put that down to, "It's only because I love him/her so much. If I didn't love him/her, I wouldn't miss him/her so much, right?!" WRONG. It's not love if you're stopping them from doing what makes them happy the most. It's not love if you're only thinking about yourself and what makes you happy. It's not love if you don't look beyond what you want and what's good for you, to what he/she wants and what's good for him/her. It's not love. How can it be love? (Of course, it's different if he/she makes no effort to spend time with you or makes you no. 11 on his Top 10 Priority List. By all means, get mad!)

Anyway, hiting the nail on the head: Christ-like humility equals placing our partner's needs before our own. 

What I've learnt: It. Isn't. Always. About. ME.

God's love confronts and corrects.

Oh yeah, you can say that again. Probably the 1736th time it's happened, with me anyways. But thanks Lord AGAIN, for the timely reminder. 

What I've learnt: God's love never fails. 

(Hang on, but I already knew that! Hmm...xP)

senso

Whether it was a joke, a semi-joke, or not a joke at all...

....it hurt.

now if you'll please excuse me i would like to go and sleep it off.

Wicked Weekend

I've just had one of the most relaxing weekends of the year! My friends and I call it the Pod Weekend Getaway. With absolutely no commitments (or well, no commitments that we wanted to think about, anyway =P), it was great to be able to sleep in, laze around and chill with some friends over brekkielunchdinnersupper, cardgames, drinks and movies...*sighs* if only time went by a bit slower! Alas, all good things must come to an end. And even if we don't end up having a real post-graduation trip at the end of the year, at least we had this weekend together. :)

The not-so-fun bit, unfortunately, was the drive down by myself. Before reading on, you must know that I have the tendency to fall asleep in the most random places at the most random times, and I'm quite prone to micro-naps while driving too. Sometimes blasting music through the stereo doesn't work. =/ So how on earth was I supposed to keep myself occupied during the entire hour's drive?!?! As ironic as it sounds, Wicked saved the day! One of my mates gave me a CD of Wicked The Musical soundtracks, which pretty much kept me awake, together with some lollies and a frozen coke. So there I was, laughing and humming myself silly to those songs on Kwinana Freeway all the way to Crab Manor and  back. I now know the tunes of all the songs and I have a few favourite ones.

And because it was such a long drive down, I also had the opportunity to do some thinking. About the lyrics and the music. About the characters and the story. These are the few lines that particularly stood out, maybe because they relate to me, or someone that I know, or maybe because they actually make sense, or I just like it:

"Don't wish, don't start

Wishing only wounds the heart."

"Unlimited, together we're unlimited

Together we'll be the greatest team there's ever been

Dreams, the way we planned 'em if we work in tandem

There's no fight we cannot win

Just you and I, defying gravity

With you and I, defying gravity."

"There's a girl I know, he loves her so."

"So much of me is made of what I learned from you

You'll be with me like a handprint on my heart

And now whatever way our stories end

I know you have re-written mine by being my friend.

Who can say if I've been changed for the better

But because I knew you, because I knew you

I have been changed for good."

"kiss me too fiercely/hold me too tight/I need help believing/you're with me tonight/my wildest dreamings/could not foresee/lying beside you/with you wanting me/and just for this moment/as long as you're mine/i've lost all resistance/and crossed some borderline."

"Ev'ry so often we long to steal to the land of what-might-have-been

But that doesn't soften the ache we feel when reality sets back in."

Wicked. Possibly one of the best musicals I will ever have lived to watch. :)

Robot.

"....to love and to serve You with singleness of heart..."

It used to be easy. Well, easier.

Now it's steadily becoming more and more difficult.

It seems to get only harder from here on. 

Or maybe that's just me, seeing a half-empty glass instead of one half-full.

Kinda like saying 'Asian-failed' instead of 'White-passed' (LOL). 

Yeah, right? Maybe? Maybe not?

ANYWAY.

To sum up, currently in Struggleville. 

Needing some prayers and God-time. 

Yup, EXACTLY where I am right now. 

Oh dear. 

i love you

"Those three words

 Are said too much,

They're not enough."

- Chasing Cars, Snow Patrol -

drama overload

Sooooo i just had my first exam today. i came out of it feeling the same way i did about my midsem. very MEH, to be exact. i'll probably pass, but i'll probably also NOT do so well. totally warrants half-price waffles and some green tea ice cream, but it's just been raining ALL day and i'm close to being frozen - so in the end i settled for a soy hot chocolate and bran muffin, in front of Vampire Diaries & One Tree Hill. oh yeah, did i mention? today's exam totally warrants an entire arvo+night study-free too. will prolly take a guilt-trip tmrw, but whatevs.

Vampire Diaries: I believe i'm finally up to date! Gosh, never a dull moment in Vampire/Werewolf/Witch/Warlock world. Still crushing over Damon Salvatore as much as ever. ho ho. I think it's his character that's making me continue watching the series - it's true, he's evil by nature, but i guess the right way to put it would be that he just always seems to be "wrong in all the right ways". He acts on impulse - something in life I would probably close to NEVER do - so i guess it's nice to put myself in Damon's shoes and just...live the impulsive side of me through the movie. While vampire conditions aren't ideal, I haven't watched or read of any character that is THIS impulsive, but then again, I don't watch too many films/dramas. Anyways, his actions may seem stupid, impulsive or dumb, but it's always ALWAYS to protect the one he loves. And it's heartbreaking because while he's fighting so hard to protect her, his feelings are unrequited - she is madly in love with his brother. Totally sad and tragic to not be able to be with the one you love, but i wouldn't wish Elena upon Damon - coz i think she's silly. Lol. Now i'm just rambling. Moving on..moving on..

One Tree Hill - only one statement I can say at this point of time: GOSH how much drama can one go through in life?! Speaking of drama...

...About 3 days ago I found out that one of my schoolmates, only a year above me, has just become a father. 23 years old. I can't imagine what that's like: the shock. the happiness. the joy. the pain. the responsibilities that come with having a kid at such a young age. the commitment. the realization of not being able to live out the moments between young adulthood and parenthood. the excitement. the anxiety. The IMMENSITY of it all. nope, can't even BEGIN to imagine it. But I do wish them God's blessings and all the happiness in the world. :)

Alright, it's bedtime for me. Back to study for me tmrw. and the day after, and the day after, and the day after. Until next Tuesday. Maybe i'll go out for waffles then.

p.s. I hope woopwoopWOOPland is treating you well, dear. Till I hear from you again! <3