I haven't blogged for a loong while, so here I am..
Oct was pretty hectic - given the Hari Raya celebrations, the last min meeting and the amazing Kanye West concert. November started with a bang - a couple of friends' weddings, the Obama presidency, the upcoming birthday (*hintonthe23rdhint*), a short Batam getaway with the other half (cheap-cheap-good-good weekend getaway) and Shasha's (exJC mate) visit to SG, 6 years after leaving for NZ.
I was thinking just now about how long I've been staying under the parent's roof. It was since JC1, circa 2000. Next year, it'll be my 9th year staying here, and my my, how I've grown since JC1. The burn midnight-oil for A levels, Uni exams, getting exam results, the joyous occasions and nerve-wrecking events - break-ups, marriage, employment, resignation, re-employment, settling in with the hubby. No births yet, though. Hehe.
It really makes me wonder how things will be in the next decade. When I hopefully by 2010, start building my own family nest and live out the next chapter of my life. Probably with birth(s), promotion(s), school enrolment(?), parenting, naggings, etc. It just amazing how days seem to melt into weeks, months, years without you realising it.
Of course, these are all possibilities, which we can plan as best as we can, but as we know, will unfold as surely as it has been willed. Recently, a friend of dad's, who was also the emcee at our wedding, passed away from lung cancer at the age of 65. When death happens to someone connected to you, it reminds you of how fragile life is, and how we mustn't take each day for granted. Sometimes it also makes me think about my own mortality, and about losing my loved ones. It really is painful to even think about that, but that's the way it is. Death is the only certainty in life.
In the meantime, we'll have to treasure our time here, treasure those around us, and embrace change as it comes. Each step at a time.