Pissy drove up the wall

I copied and pasted this from someone's comments somewhere. And I thought it is very meaningful. Now I hope that my mom could read this and understand it.

Yes, we had an argument over the phone yesterday. Over the issue of driving AGAIN. I think until the day she lets me drive without screaming at me for every little thing I do, this argument will never end. I actually got pretty disgusted that she actually said, "Well, there's no reason why you cannot drive alone." NO REASON, she said!! So I asked her whether she means unreasonable and then she quickly said that she did not want to dwell on the argument and want to hang up. I win. Muahaha.

But seriously, I have gotten my driving license in 2003 but I have yet to drive for more than 10 times. And before that, she was pestering me and brother to quickly go sign up for driving courses and hurry up with the driving exams. So now, 2+ years after getting the license and she is eating her words. And she said I was being overconfident. I think she has forgotten that "confidence" is the thing that brought me to where I am today. Pfft.

I am already a good few years into adulthood and yet she controls me like how I was back in 1998. I didn't mind it then because I was still young, but I mind it now.

And so you wonder where I got my paranoia, unreasonable behaviours and controlling streak from. Hah.

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And a woman who held a babe against her bosom
said, “Speak to us of Children.”

And he said:
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.

Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so he loves
also the bow that is stable.

Kahlil Gibran
1883 – 1931
Lebanese poet, artist, and philosopher

Just for TLY

So YOU think that the birthday post was not long enough. And since I was out the whole day (I just got back a while ago), I did not have the opportunity to edit the post.

So here it is. A LONGER birthday post.

Here's a Happy 22nd Birthday to you my dear. Yes, you are very much younger than me (stop sniggering you fools) and so that gives me a legitimate reason to boss over you. Wahaha. :P

Anyway, I've actually typed out a rather long entry but have decided to delete it after reading through it. I sound extremely materialistic and superficial. :(

Well, I must say that you have made my life complete. To quote from the Japanese serial I watched (Crying somethingsomething center of the earth), I had to be alone in this world for x months before you came. And yet it took us almost xy months to get to know each other and another xyz months to be together. [x,y,z: whole numbers not including 0]

So I'm thanking you for your existence. Thank you for your presence in my life and thank you for being such a huge part of my life that I'll be crippled without you.

Happy Birthday!!

Happy 22nd birthday to my favourite boy! One year older now. You should start acting like an adult, TLY.

Nevertheless, I love you! And I can't wait to see you again. :)

Cepat-cepat

Just some very quick updates. Have been very busy lately.

This week passed by very quickly because there were choir practices everyday (except today). I'll be going home next Thursday (8 Dec) and the competition will be from 9 Dec to 13 Dec. I can't wait. Am excited, but judging by our performance for the past few days, I doubt we can deliver anything spectacular. Something is missing. So we'll see. I hope I get proved wrong.

I did my nails today. So happy. And so very poor too. Boohoohoo.

He'll be home the following Wednesday (14 Dec), right after my competition. I'm quite excited, but I'm too busy to be caught up with the excitement.

And, I have a Japanese Language placement test tomorrow and I have forgotten most of the things I have learnt. I have since given up on revising and decided to just take the test for fun lah. Since it's free-of-charge and I am still considering whether to take a Japanese language module next semester.

And ah...I need to go buy my bus tickets soon.