Rising Standards

It's been a long time since I visited my own blog, and much more longer time since I posted here.

I've been busy making plans (and having them shot down), amassing wealth (which is still way below target), and enjoying life (the good times never last and life is very much a spinning wheel that takes me up and down, up and down and up...)

I guess once you start sleeping on the bed you can't imagine sleeping on the floor ever. I feel blessed to have all the comforts that life now has to offer. Needless to say, I am very much thankful to God for it on a daily basis. This growing lifestyle can be very addictive to the point that I notice that my standards keep rising. And as a consequence, I notice little defects, inefficiencies and thus tend to complain more often on the slightest inconvenience. I know this is not good and I need to learn more about contentment. I'm young and contentment is such a difficult word to digest.

The Partner In Life

What skills and traits should your life partner possess?

I've been doing a lot of reflection on this question and have found that it is not about what is right and what is wrong. It's not about whether a two timing liar and cheater is better or much worse than a spineless and indecisive partner. And neither is it about whether plain Jane and goody two shoes Betty is more or less desirable than voluptuous yet bratty Veronica.

It's about the FIT. And it goes without saying that an ideal life partner is non-existent. No ones perfect and the choice of a life partner is weighed on a scale. It's about enriching her good qualities and accepting her flaws. It does not take one to be married to know that marriage does not change anything about a person.

At this point I am not sure if I am able to accept the "flaws". I can forsee what it can do to my future family. And if I can't deal with it now then most likely I also can't shut my eye to it by the time that future family comes to form.

I am not complaining but just stating. I am well aware of what kind of person I am. I am not perfect and I know I am more flawed than most people. But that's another story, and a longer one at that.

The Mother

I am not in good terms with her and probably it never will get any better. Thankfully my brother is back in Cebu so I get fewer calls from her (It's never about any good news) and as a result I have less to deal with. It's the mobile phone's fault. Imagine the world without mobile phones. Life would be slower and more meaningful. Everything now is right at our fingertips. It teaches people to expect that things like money and other forms of conveniences can be had at the snap... er flick of a finger.

I am wishing I had a sister now. When my time comes to be a parent, I'll make sure I'll have at least one or two pairs of a son and daughter.

Weddings

Have been invited to like 5 weddings this year and I am attending just 1. Boooo!
I guess many of my friends have decided to tie the knot and I am happy for them and wish them a blissful married life. At this time I still can't picture out myself like them in those photographs. You know what, I am starting to see it as what they say, the ball and chain. Wonder what would happen if I just decided to fly to America tomorrow and take everything with me. It may not be a smart thing to do but surely I can do that coz I'm single and have no one else to be responsible for but myself.