Love knows no boundaries

What prompted the birth of this post is that I just discovered how ugly my coll’s bf is bwahaha. Ok yes, I am evil but who cares. Maybe I am this evil cos she pissed me off when she emailed to ask about my bf. Firstly, there is no need to ask. No one ever did. Secondly, there was this need so raging that she had to email to find out. And finally, weeks later and email unanswered, she had to ask in person. Wow, my bf ignites such curiosity!

What she failed to do was to look back at herself. Paedophile, dating a guy so much younger than her! Nah, take that!!

Back to the story, love knows no boundaries. If being paedophiliac isn’t bad enough (she is older than me and her bf has just finished his studies – not sure college or form 5, how’s that), the guy is so ugly. If you wanna get a college boy, there are tonnes of cute boys in private college. There are some really model-like and with hair all over their faces like Taiwan boy bands. Ini pulak, aduh aduh aduh.. (Addition: Timmy said he looks blur and nerdy like a Japanese ...)

*turning off my bitching mode*

I have been wanting to write about this for some time. Once in the train, there was this man whose hands were handicapped. He needed help walking too. He has a gf and she was fully covered from head to toe and face. I must say that they don’t look like the average couple. It made me realize that all sorts of people can get together, and love is very strong to withstand physical impairment. My mum married my dad despite knowing he had a heart condition. I salute those who can love beyond the physical disability/differences, I really do. Committing a lifetime of caring is no easy task and we all know the toll it takes on the family/caregiver. And we all want things perfect – the perfect life, the perfect partner etc…

I myself, am another case of love without boundaries. Tell me about it.

This leads to another thing I have been feeling strongly: Gratitude.

Being blessed to be able to speak.
Being blessed to be able to see.
Being blessed to be able to hear.
Being blessed to be able to be just physically perfect.

We often moan and whine about our wrinkles, eye bags, dark circles, pigmentation.. but a newcomer in the office taught me that even having eyes that look straight ahead is a blessing. We don’t realise how many things could possibly go wrong. My cousin was born with his eyes juling but as he grew up, they self-corrected. This new coll has eyes that look in opposite directions, such that neither of them are looking at me when she speaks to me (I find it hard if someone looks elsewhere when they talk to me). She might have gotten into an accident for her nose is crooked too and her lip is sewn. I must say we haven’t been very nice for we don’t speak to her. I don’t know the reason why, maybe we don’t have anything to say but we don’t ask her out for lunch either (cos we usually ta pau). I am actually disappointed with myself as I usually choose to make newcomers feel welcomed, but ahh.. I just am not making effort this time.

Back to the cock-eyes syndrome, another coll told us of her friend who had a corrective surgery done. To have eyes that look in the ‘correct’ direction, he had to sacrifice his blinking ability. So he can’t blink and sleeps with his eyes closed. Now, how many of us appreciate the fact that we can close our eyes at night?

When we moan that our job sucks, at least we have a job (that’s sucks :D). Think about the 2.2million unemployed in UK. It is stressful to be jobless, talk to me about it.

And when the public transport sucks, take a deep breath and think ‘Hey, I can get out of bed to wait for this transport’ instead of having to wheel your wheelchair up the train and ask for assistance to push the lift buttons. Just appreciate every step you take.

And don’t forget the simple abilities to see, hear and speak.

I am blessed that my life has been good, other than the fact that I don’t have a complete family because God loves my father more. Despite the difficulties, we have a place to stay, I finished my education, my bro is about to start his and we are all in generally good health and I thank God for that.

Disclaimer: Some parts of the post may be contradictory with the starting, but wth.