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Absence makes the heart grow fonder

2 October 2009 by betty | 3 comments

Maybe I’m just a bit emotional right now, but I really do miss my dear husband. He’s been away on an extended business trip, first to Frankfurt (the expected part) and now to Bangalore (the unexpected part). I know he is in good hands, with good friends and colleagues. I know he misses me too. But I do miss him so.

I watched a girly chick flick tonight too “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” and that made me cry and miss Alex even more. All very much my own doing, I know. During this ‘alone’ time, I do realize how much I take Alex for granted. I suppose that’s one aspect of the famous quote “Absence makes the heart grow fonder”. When Alex is with me, I don’t really see so clearly how much he loves me. When we are apart, we make more effort (well, we need to make the effort) to talk to one another and to really treasure the little time we have to talk with one another. And we make the effort to say the little things that we don’t say as much normally on a day-to-day basis, like “I love you” instead of “how come this huge dining table is filled with books??” Yeah, I know that I nag too much (sorry dear!). I just pray that I will remember these times of absence so that my heart will always grow fonder, regardless of where the both of us are :)

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Where have all the morals gone?

4 September 2009 by betty | 1 comment

I just watched the UK’s most recent episode of Ugly Betty, and I was pretty shocked by it. I know it’s TV and all, and I hope there’ll be a good redemption episode upcoming, but I was pretty appalled by the way people acted in this episode.

1. Betty made a ‘terrible’ mistake in befriending a competing magazine rival. She was betrayed by that person who impersonates her and steals something precious from Betty. Okay, this does unfortunately happen in real life.

2. Betty and colleague go and basically steal that precious thing back and are praised for it by their boss. What’s with that? I know, once again it’s TV and I suppose it’s entertaining but still! I wonder if this would happen in real life.

3. And then all these affairs happening, not exactly affairs and I suppose relationships have all these layers of issues. But this part, I was not as surprised by, which makes it even more sad because now I’m numb from hearing/seeing people basically betraying their loved ones.

Maybe I’ve been a little sensitive today. I’m just sad to find the state of our society’s morals… albeit in the virtual world of the television.

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The British Countryside

2 April 2009 by betty | 2 comments

One of the things I absolutely love about England is her countryside, the gentle rolling green hills and the striking occasional tree that stands alone on a slope. Dotted along with white sheep and lambs at this time, and the puffs of white cloud in the blue sky (a rarity sometimes, but I have seen it). Sometimes I wish I can paint because the countryside would be what I’d want to paint. And my photo attempts at capturing the beauty of the countryside just do no justice to the real thing.

So my friend Christina and I went off to the Peak District for two days this week, visiting historic homes like Chatsworth and staying in a quaint village hotel called The Maynard. As we finally made it to our first stop, Chatsworth, we were both quite in awe of the beauty that surrounded us. When we drove upon the estate, we spot this rather large herd of deer! I had never seen so many deer together. It was too bad my camera couldn’t capture them very well, but that truly was a scene of British countryside that I shall not forget easily.

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2009 – what is to come?

5 January 2009 by betty | No comments

 

Happy new year to all who reads this :) I often wonder who I’m writing this blog for, whether it’s my personal reflection and in a way, a journal. I hope I won’t ramble on too much. 

I should be sleeping by now, way past my bedtime on a “school night”. But I’m wide awake. My hubby is downstairs working hard. 

So what is ahead in this year of 2009? So much happened in 2008. I’m pretty sure I won’t ever have another year quite like that one. To be honest, I’m a person who likes to look ahead and to make plans, or at least have an idea of what may be likely to come in my life. For example, ever since I was young, I would think that one day, I will meet someone and get married. As I approached the age at which I always wanted to get married by (27), I would think in more detail how I can perhaps make this ‘dream’ come true. Of course, things didn’t happen how I planned it. Life turned out even better. I’m so thankful to be blessed with my husband. I really am. Now, I just hope my heart will be open to new dreams awakening. 

So now, I shall dream… off to sleep I go.

Settling in the UK

25 September 2008 by betty | 2 comments

Hi everyone!

We are finally here in the UK, finally here in Birmingham. It’s been a long journey, leaving Vancouver on September 1st and embarking on an 18-day journey here to Birmingham. God has been very good to Alex and myself. He has blessed us with so many wonderful memories that we will treasure forever with the friends and family with whom we met up with along the way. Of course, we remember and treasure the dear friends and family we left in Vancouver too!

So how does it feel to finally be here in Birmingham? I can only speak for myself, Alex will have to share his thoughts in his blog entry. I have already been asked many a times why I would return to such a country as England, always so wet and so dark in the winter and so gloomy here. I have been quite surprised actually by all the negative comments I hear about this island. Perhaps many people are fed up, for whatever reason. The only thing I want to say is that grass is not always greener on the other side.

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