Fragility

Hello Mystery Blogger / Stalker / Hacker!

Well, well, well, what a pleasant surprise! A Happy Valentine's to you too, although I still insist that it is a rather stupid concept to have only one day to explicitly show your love for your other half. Me thinks it should be re branded as a novelty day and be celebrated only by those who are in love for the first time or are still trying to fall in love (desperately). But saying all that, it still feels nice, warm and fuzzy inside to know that you are wanted.

Almost a month and half with 2 hearts split over two lands and we have both learnt a little bit more about each other. And we thought we already knew everything there was to know. Admittedly, it is more difficult for mystery blogger to move to a totally new place and to build up social networks again from scratch. In my case, it was much easier as I was going to be surrounded by my family. However, that's not to say that I don't slump into mini depression mode once in a while. When you are apart, feelings, both good and bad are bound to be magnified. Small little things can set you off or make you delirious. All we can do is to try to make the best of cheap phone cards, web cams and daily SMSes to ease the physical and emotional distance.

And the scientific me is happy to report that for the last month, we have achieved 98% Happiness, 2% Minor Dissatisfaction. The 2% dissatisfaction score stemmed from housing infrastructure (1.2%) and work communication (0.8%) issues. However, both issues have been quickly resolved and we are striving to achieve a 100% next month.

Ok, this is a rare chance for you readers to see my philosophical side.

I think,

• Relationships can be so fragile.
• Time can be a two edged sword for relationships.
• Its a cliche to say this but its like a little seedling.
• When you provide the right amount of light, water and fertiliser, it keeps growing.
• Too much, you smother it,
• Too little, you deprive it.
• Every one's relationship is different
• There are no fixed rules.
• You set the rules.
• It takes 2 hands to produce a thunderous clap, although some prefer 3 or more.
• I've seen relationships build up and break down around us in the last 10 years.
• Some are still being built up, others are breaking down rapidly. That's life for ya, always changing, never static.

All I want to say in this very serious post is that I've found the missing jigsaw piece that completes the picture, and I am going to do my very best to stop this puzzle from falling into a million bits (with lots of help from the mystery blogger, of course).

Ok, for something completely different. I am now an official computer nerd. I just spent 3 hours of my weekend at a computer superstore and about $300 upgrading my computer. Now, it is much faster, has a wireless keyboard and mouse and a 640GB external hard drive!!!! I am in geek heaven!!! That's a good thing about Singapore, it allows me to step out of the technology closet, for a good price too! To make sure you guys reap the rewards as well, I will be hurrying my blog revamp by working on it today and hopefully by next week it will be all loaded up......

And by the way, I have been called many things but never "precious" (see comment on last blog entry), so I betta make sure I check. ("PPPRREECCIOUSSSS........" reminds me of Gollum in Lord of The Rings!)

pre⋅cious   /ˈprɛʃəs/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [presh-uhs]
–adjective 1. of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
2. highly esteemed for some spiritual, non material, or moral quality: precious memories.
3. dear; beloved: a precious child.
4. affectedly or excessively delicate, refined, or nice: precious manners.
5. flagrant; gross: a precious fool.
–noun 6. a dearly beloved person; darling.
–adverb 7. extremely; very: She wastes precious little time.

I'm insisting that only meanings 1, 3 and 6 are applicable to us.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY EVERYONE

(and hoped you did something meaningful for your relationship other than injecting your hard earned moolah into the flower, chocolate and restaurant industry)