expectant.
Friday, January 20, 2006
reflections...
9:16 AM
women,
where or hu do u turn to when u're feelin down? girlfrens, i assume. perhaps tts my own answer as well.
Or how abt when u're lonely, needin a shoppin spree, a bitchin session n a clubbin nite? that answer fits well with all of them yea?
but when u're 30 n suddenly everyone ard u begins to settle down, be it gettin attached or married, won't u find tt the company of frens can onli extend to some point? ur married frens won't possibly want u to live in wiv them even if they obligingly suggest, even then u'd be too embarrassed to accept.
And then a few yr passes, n u see ur bestest frens runnin after their younglings n thought to urself, 'hey, i wish i had a few of those..' like u would if u saw the diamond rings on the hands of ur girlfrens. very muz alike aren't they. both treasured displays of ur husbands love for u...
its strange i noe, for mi to suddenly be thinkin abt this... all along i always hoped to grow up independently, never needin to rely on a man for anythin if i realli can help it. but after last nite, things changed. my perspective evolved. matured a lil perhaps.
mom nurtured mi to become the person i am todae. i'm onli stubborn n headstrong becoz i am like her. hu left home at 19 to be wiv dad. yet she doens't allow mi to do anythin she's done be4 n made her mistakes, which leaves mi to rebel even more. i'm onli independent n a mild feminist becoz we believe that convent gurls mostly live each dae not needin men to fend us, n tts y i accepted being head prefect, to prove it to mom, to show it to everyone else. i'm onli crude n judgemental of men becoz i cannot entirely trust them, juz as mom as taught mi not to. unless he's Father. unless he's ur father.
both mean the world to me.
And so, last nite, it struck mi tt no matter how strong my mom seems to be, a woman will always need her man. For the past fe daes, the water flow at the kitchen sink was minimal. in fact, hardly any water came other. so dad did his thing. he fixed the water pipes in a jiffy.
it was simply that.
it realli isn't abt the fact tt he can do alot of strenous manly labourious work tt solidifies the need of his presence, but rather, the knowin tt he's around. tt my mom chose a man of little qualifications but many capabilities. Anythin tt my dad puts his hands on, he fixes. n tts wat makes mi love my dad. becoz he's reliable. how many dads can sae they fix everything in the home? most probably juz call the plumber or electrician or juz buy a new one. its realli not abt the money, its the feelin tt dad exudes. as if everything in the home, needs his special attention, his care.
i rmbred not too long ago, i was complainin to tappy how the washin machine became cranky n i had to hand wash all the clothes. it sucked so much. but one dae dad didn't go to work, stood in front of the crazy machine for almost 2 hours, n fixed it!
i realli dunno, its juz this fuzzy feelin... like dad's the coolest most manly man ard. i swear! haha... talk dark handsome. i'm not kiddin. in primary skl, dad once came directly to my class to pass mi a book i forgot to bring. i was pretty sure Mrs leong was gonna punish mi,but when my dad left, she asked, if he was my brother! i said no, she said he's so gd lookin ah, n let mi return to mi seat. coolness....
i need my man like tt. no, i need my man better than dad. in that case then i can be pretty sure he's gonna be the best for mi. n den mom n dad won't be able to deny ;)
cheers.