FINALLY after almost a year? C&K shoe sale!!! It's really not a sin since I've maintain abstinence for the WHOLE time!!! Not a tinge of guilt in my veins! woohoo~ ultimate happiness~
I'll follow up with that shopping mood for sunday and do some major wardrobe overhaul!!! Happiness~
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Friday, 8 October 2010
Love and Responsibility
This week's news has been all about the passing of Mdm Kwa Geok Choo or Mrs Lee Kuan Yew as most of us will likely remember her as. I had always heard of the strong unfaltering and somewhat authoritarian ways of Mr LKY. However over the past few days, he portrayed none of that. All that was seen was his need for privacy. Likely to come to terms with the inevitable. His health seemed to have taken a rapid downturn. His frailty was more evident. He must have loved her dearly. He must still love her, even when she is now in God's arms.
This brings a thought to mind. Was she so loving to the extent of holding herself responsible for her family? Or was she so responsible that she took it upon herself to love her family so much? I think she did both. It was what my colleagues had discussed previously on functional and unconditional love. Unconditional love cannot be sustained without practicality. While functional love can never blossom into lasting happiness. If either kind of love is missing, the love will likely be short-lived or unhappy. To fulfil the functions of a wife and mother, and also balance the romance is something I truly admire.
To match it up to Mr LKY's speech where he said about marriage, it fair to relate it to women's perspective. "You either marry the man who loves you, or make the man you marry love you." It works as a 2 way-traffic. And to do so, the responsibilities and romance in the relationship must be balanced.
So please do not blindly tell someone you love him and have no means to take care of his basic needs. True love doesn't ask for lofty desires, but the simple companionship and peace of mind. This is my take-home for the entire episode of Mrs Lee's (which I prefer 'cause of how excellent she was as a partner to Mr Lee) passing.
This brings a thought to mind. Was she so loving to the extent of holding herself responsible for her family? Or was she so responsible that she took it upon herself to love her family so much? I think she did both. It was what my colleagues had discussed previously on functional and unconditional love. Unconditional love cannot be sustained without practicality. While functional love can never blossom into lasting happiness. If either kind of love is missing, the love will likely be short-lived or unhappy. To fulfil the functions of a wife and mother, and also balance the romance is something I truly admire.
To match it up to Mr LKY's speech where he said about marriage, it fair to relate it to women's perspective. "You either marry the man who loves you, or make the man you marry love you." It works as a 2 way-traffic. And to do so, the responsibilities and romance in the relationship must be balanced.
So please do not blindly tell someone you love him and have no means to take care of his basic needs. True love doesn't ask for lofty desires, but the simple companionship and peace of mind. This is my take-home for the entire episode of Mrs Lee's (which I prefer 'cause of how excellent she was as a partner to Mr Lee) passing.
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