tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14370371501255732582024-03-06T08:34:49.372+00:00Chumi LakshmiChumi @ Lakshmi @ Luckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312828356245593404noreply@blogger.comBlogger360125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437037150125573258.post-49676384780212838572019-09-14T19:29:00.003+01:002019-09-14T19:29:36.850+01:00Ignorance is bliss they say. Is it really though? <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">I chanced upon a welsh YouTuber’s videos recently, where she’s living on £1 a day for meals. Not because she couldn’t afford more, she’s a YouTubers with almost 1 million subscribers, surely, she can afford more than £1 a day. She says she’s been doing this challenge to be more appreciative of what she has and to see first-hand how life is for many ppl who are less privileged.</span><span style="font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">Now, I get why she’s doing this, and I’ve not got anything against her for that. But what threw me off guard was how she managed it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">Let’s do the math here first. £1 a day for 7 days. What would do if you only had £1 a day for the whole week to feed yourself? Option 1: You buy a combination of groceries for £7 and cook several meals for the week. Option 2: Go to the grocery store every day and look for reduced item food or cheap canned food and survive with it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">My common sense says buy food for £7 and cook several meals for the week. Saves time so you don’t have to think of what to eat every morning, saves petrol from unnecessary traveling to different grocery stores every day, reduces stress cos you know that you already have enough food, most importantly, you would still be eating somewhat healthy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">This YouTuber chose the latter. Day 1 till day 3 she did this. She uploaded day 1’s video at the end of day 3. So when she started for video for day 4, she announced that she’s read the comments that indicated that she was cooking spaghetti wrong, gave tips that McDonald’s gives free ketchup, she can get free food by looking for coupons online, and that she can microwave her stale hard bread to make it soft. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">Who cares whether you break the spaghetti in half before boiling it, I do that too for convenience sake? Who’s to say what is right and wrong anymore now. What works for one wouldn’t necessarily work for another. Didn’t anyone suggest that she could have gone for option 1? Didn’t anyone think of it that way? Or didn’t she read all the comments? This bothered me for a bit, so I took it upon myself and read the comments. Nope. No one suggested this. Ok, let’s set that aside for now. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">She’s a YouTuber with almost 1 million followers. She’s been doing this for almost 7 years now if I’m not mistaken. She basically lives in the internet, hasn’t she heard of Google??? For the number of times that she complained about the hard bread, a simple 1 minute google search would have solved her misery. She was stating that she had to hunt for cheap food every day and cook every day, and that was tiring her out. Hasn’t she ever heard of meal preps? How can she have spent that much time on the internet and not heard about such things?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">Is she being ignorant, or am I the one who’s ignorant? I had a similar thought when I came across another YouTuber some time ago who didn’t make much sense about something rather common, and I thought, how can he be so ignorant. I mean, I myself rely on Google and YouTube for almost everyday living. Don’t people who make a living out of these platforms learn things from it too? Wouldn’t it make more sense for them to be more aware of their surroundings rather than just say whatever they want to say and allow themselves to be subjected to ridicules? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">Lately, there has been many open discussions about mental health, anxiety and depression that comes with putting yourself out there on the internet and opening your life for others to see, comment and condemn is a scary thing. If you are willing to do that, wouldn’t you want to be prepared and have your defences ready? It is one thing to be knowledgeable and share that with others and another to think that you are the know-it-all just because you’ve got a large number of followings. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">I’ve been thinking about this for some time now and still do not have an answer. Why would someone who works with the internet not use it to their benefit? </span></div>
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Out of the blues, I decided I needed to pick up a new hobby. A small voice within me said my juggling clubs would come crashing down if I added one more to the current mix. However, my mind said, “You need to pick up something new”. </div>
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When I was younger, the standard hobbies were reading, swimming, photography, travelling etc. Been there, done that. In fact, reading, swimming and travelling is now a necessity, while photography has become a profession. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Since I had been unsuccessful in figuring out an interesting new hobby for the last 2 weeks without consulting google, I randomly brought this topic up to my colleagues. They eagerly gave me some of their ideas; extreme sports, knitting, crocheting, painting, cooking, baking, blogging, you could cook/bake and blog about it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I had my reservations for each one of it. I’m not into extreme sports, and I’m not fond of knitting. Crocheting is very similar. Painting is a thought, but the potential mess doesn’t excite me very much. I dislike spending too much time in the kitchen, and I can’t handle any recipes with more than 5 ingredients, so cooking and baking doesn’t rank very highly with me. I already blog now, even if it’s once in a blue moon, it still counts doesn’t it. Hey, I’m not picky, I just want to make sure I pick something that I will actually follow through and not abandon ship. <o:p></o:p></div>
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That evening, I started rethinking the options that were laid out before me. To be honest, despite having an opinion that spending too much time in the kitchen is not productive, I have indeed been doing just that for the last few years. I have slowly but surely embraced the need for me to do so. It hasn’t been very graceful, but it has happened. I now only spend about 2-3 hours on Sundays to cook for the whole week, and that’s me done with the kitchen for the rest of the week. I couldn’t have been happier with my new found plan. But what I failed to see till today is that I’ve been spending the better half of my Saturdays making a new dish for the last 3-4 months. <o:p></o:p></div>
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How did I figure this out this weekend? I was making protein balls on Friday night after work because I was bored. This provoked my own curiosity. A quick look into my phone’s photo album proved my suspicion. Every Saturday that I have been at home where I didn’t have any guests or plans to go out, I’ve been spending hours trying to make a new dish. <o:p></o:p></div>
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First, let me dish out a disclaimer; food is a food and cooking is cooking regardless of whether you use the hob or not, or whether your dish is sweet or spicy. Having said that, the ratio between desserts and main meals that I have tried is probably 8 out of the 10. I, for one, can eat desserts instead of meals, so according to my rules, desserts or not, food is food and cooking is cooking. I can’t help it when I have a major sweet tooth, and I naturally gravitate towards dessert recipes. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As mentioned earlier, I cannot deal with anything that has more than 5 practical ingredients. Practical, according to my dictionary means available in the grocery store that I frequent. I’m not going to take the extra effort to go to another store to find it. Most of my experiments in the kitchen were rather straight forward, but not all of them were successfully identical to the images that were plastered all over the websites or YouTube videos at the end of the recipes. <o:p></o:p></div>
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On one such auspicious day, I decided I was going to make mango mousse, what I got at the end of it was a mango lassi instead. Here’s what happened. The recipe called for only 3 ingredients; mangos, whipping cream, and condensed milk. As simple as that. I got all my ingredients in my local grocery store; frozen mangos (I’ve got this thing about seeing the seed of a mango fruit when you cut it – there’s a long childhood history behind this), single cream and light evaporated milk. In my defence, there wasn’t any whipping cream, and google told me double cream was a good alternative. I took it a notch further and decided to go with single cream to make it healthier and cut down the fat. There was also no condensed milk in this shop, so the same applied here, I got the light evaporated milk thinking of healthier options. To top the mismatched ingredients, I winged my measurements. What? It was only 3 simple ingredients, surely measurements were not that important. <o:p></o:p></div>
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And that’s the story of how the mango mousse recipe became mango lassi instead. This is just one tiny bit of my kitchen chronicles. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Maybe I should start a series called Chumi’s Kitchen Chronicles soon. I feel like that’s a new hobby right there now. <o:p></o:p></div>
Chumi @ Lakshmi @ Luckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312828356245593404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437037150125573258.post-45765940122165225422019-07-16T20:47:00.002+01:002019-07-16T20:47:05.992+01:00Half way through, and barely making it?<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">This would be a good time to check in with some updates on my no buy year. It’s now 6 months into my no buy year, I can’t really decide if it is going well or not. I’ll tell you why and you can decide. Also, I’ve now realized that there are people checking on me and I am accountable to them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">Let me just put this out there first; my main reason for not buying anything this year is not finance, it’s my mental state of mind that I wanted/needed to conquer. Last year I spent quite a number of times binge shopping, just because I wanted to divert my mind, because I felt like it and mainly because I felt I didn’t have enough clothes. I just got fed up of always wanting more when I already had enough clothes, but didn’t want to repeat clothes on holidays, for occasions etc. I’ve got a huge wardrobe in my house, which is full to the brim and another huge wardrobe in my mother’s house, that I usually clear out 3-4 times a year and yet is still full. This is not even a humble brag. It’s mostly old clothes that I’ve been hanging on to hoping I would fit into again at some point. Yet, to be honest, it’s not even the biggest wardrobe I have seen. I know of people who have so much more than I do. But I don’t care about that, it’s my own attitude towards shopping that I wanted to change. I don’t have a problem with spending, I have a problem with appreciating what I have, and this is what I needed to change. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">In January this year, went cold turkey and decided I was going to stop shopping and started a capsule wardrobe out of my existing clothes. I wanted to get as much wear out of all my existing clothes as possible. I feel the urge to add a bit of a disclaimer here. What I created is anything but a capsule wardrobe. To get rid of clothes that I’ve been holding on to (just because I want to see a full wardrobe all the time) was an achievement on its own. I got rid of clothes that I saved for thinner days and ill-fitting clothes that were gifted that I held on to for donkeys’ years. I also managed to separate my winter and summer clothes. If you know me, you will know that I’m forever freezing and will gladly wear jumpers and winter coats in the middle of summer in UK. In my defense, UK summers are deceiving and a disgrace, except for this year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">Having said that, in terms of not buying any new clothes, I have truly been doing quite well so far. Especially when I’ve been back home to Malaysia and India and had a holiday in Spain in the last 6 months. I thought India especially was going to be tough since I was going for a wedding, and said weddings are no easy feat. I had to make a schedule on what to wear 3 times a day for 4 days! My mother bought me a saree for the main wedding day, I ended up ‘borrowing’ my mother’s saree for another day and got a Punjabi suit as a gift from one of my aunts. Initially I was going to allow myself to do some shopping in Malaysia and India. I justified that it’s not often that I would get to go back, everything is much cheaper and better there, especially the Indian wear, it’s a one-off thing etc. However, I avoided the shopping malls in Malaysia and India like a plague. *A well-deserved pat on the back for myself for achieving that. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">Every time my husband complains about the only pair of black jeans I now own/fit, I keep reminding him that I can’t do any shopping this year. It’s fine, it’s not torn, I can still wear it despite it not being fashionable. Still proud of myself for holding on to my principles. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">What I’m not really proud of at this point is that I’m desperately counting down to the end of the year. I’ve planned out a budget for my year end shopping, started preparing on how much to buy next year (read; planning on a whole new wardrobe), and where to go shopping. I am very aware that this is deemed as cheating. I am lying to my own self by saying that it’s ok to plan for end of the year shopping, as long as I don’t buy anything this year. The challenge was only to reduce/stop shopping this year, next year doesn’t count!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">This evening when I was extremely upset that I couldn’t buy anything, I told my husband I was feeling very spend-y and needed some motivation to keep me grounded. He says, “Let’s go shopping together!” How does that even help?! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">NO! I am not going to lose to myself! I refuse to lose to myself! Only 5 more months to go! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Chumi @ Lakshmi @ Luckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312828356245593404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437037150125573258.post-73545044464897185662019-01-05T22:08:00.000+00:002019-01-05T22:08:10.320+00:00I have taken an oath with myself that I will not do any shopping for myself until 26th Dec 2019. <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">This </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">is not</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">a </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">new </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">year’s resolution, but</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">it has </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">come at a time where</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">my </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">recent hysterical shopping behaviour has led</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">me </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">to put</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">myself </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">in a non-existing naughty corner;</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">no shopping for this whole year</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Period.</span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
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I tried to do this about 6 months ago, only because I went crazy shopping during my holiday trips in the middle of the year. I went cold turkey back then, and it didn’t help at all. In fact, it back fired on me and made me shop even more in the next few months. I got into the habit of seeking some retail therapy when I needed to release some stress or displayed an unhealthy amount of sympathy for myself. I called it treating myself; that is never a good reason to do it. The realisation struck, and i devised another plan. I decided that I was going to shop all I wanted up till boxing day, and that will be my last for a year. If I’m well stocked up, I wouldn’t need to buy anything. #It’sCalledPrePlanning<o:p></o:p></div>
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I had a list of things that I <s>needed </s>to be wanted. It was a lovingly compiled list that I spent hours looking online and in shops and wanted to wait for the sales in December. Come December and the long-awaited shopping day, low and behold, I did not get any of it!! Not one thing from my list! I just got a few bits and pieces here and there, and I wasn’t even happy with it. To make matters worse, my husband ordered a pair of black converse online, and it was delivered on 31/12. I tried it on, and it was so good!!! It was what I needed and didn’t have the common sense to think of before! Why doesn’t he have a size 4 feet like me! I contemplated ordering it online with the budget that I had left from my ‘Final shopping in 2018’. If I used that money, it’s not cheating then it is. But I didn’t do it. It’s hardly a need is it? Now that black leather hi-top converse is number 1 on my list for 2019 Boxing Day shopping. 355 days to go. #JustSaying<o:p></o:p></div>
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Every day after this I kept obsessing with the ads that was flooding my inbox. Everyone seems to be selling everything that I <s>needed </s>wanted now. The only way around it was to unsubscribe from all of it. I loved looking at all the sales and new items. All the ideas I got from everywhere. I just love online shopping and browsing. I look at everything and store it in my head for some unknown,unforeseen future reference. I wanted to be up to date with the latest fashion and promotions. #NotLikeIAmAFashionDiva. My nieces are probably better dressed than me sometimes. </div>
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I also felt important that I had so many emails in my inbox, but the painful reality was that 9/10 emails every day were either ads and bills payment confirmations this week. Sigh. Welcome to adult life, where bills take over fun shopping. I spent one whole painful afternoon unsubscribing from all the emails that came through to meand spent the next day being upset that I wasn’t receiving any emails. I am not as important as I thought I am. <o:p></o:p></div>
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While one side of my brain is telling me to stop shopping, the other side of the brain noticed one of my colleague's work wear style and got fascinated. I said to myself that I need to try that style rather than prints and florals ALL.THE.TIME! On a side note, I finally packed my summer clothes this week and noticed that ALL my skirts were florals; ALL my summer tops had busy prints! I don't know how i matched those together. probably why i hardly wore my skirts. What a shame that such realisation only comes when I keep telling myself that I cannot buy. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This rule doesn’t apply to holidays and experiences though. It’s not like I go on holidays every month, and holidays are not the same as shopping. What is going to be challenging is shopping while I’m on holiday. Back when we were really broke and did budget holidays, I only bought fridge magnets for myself as remembrance while I bought gifts and souvenirs for the family. I was still satisfied with it. As times changed, fridge magnets weren’t good enough for me anymore. I increased my shopping with each holiday after that. I enjoyed buying things that I could use and has a story to tell. </div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Like a crystal water jug that I got from my trip to Athens, that I’m so precious about it only comes out for dinner parties, where I proudly tell anyone who bothers to ask ‘Oh, that’s from my holiday to Athens’, ‘And my coasters are from Paris’, ‘I got that pot from Dubai, as you would’. ‘Nice earring? They’re from Germany’... and so on. Maybe I’ll allow myself to buy one thing when on holiday, in addition to a fridge magnet, and a little something for the house perhaps. I definitely have to stop buying more new bed sheets this year at the very least. The new-bed-sheet-addiction is really I tell you, so real.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></div>
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By the end of this saga, I hope to have come to the realisation that I’m not sacrificing anything at all. Shopping isn’t all there is to life. Being on top of the fashion game is not everything. I am after all someone who wore the same clothes to work 5 days in a row. Albeit not being happy for my own personal reasons, I survived it. This time, I hope to survive with much more grace than feeling sorry for myself.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’ve decided, and there’s no more turning back now. I really want to see how I can cope with it, and how it feels. So the rule is; no shopping for a year, however, if something I already have is broken/finished, I will get a replacement. I’m just not going to get new clothes or shoes. I can, however, accept (hope to receive) gifts throughout the year in addition to anniversary, my birthday, and Christmas. CC: Please take note, my family and friends, if you are reading this, especially Laxman Sivanathan! I’m a size 8 for clothes and a size 4 for shoes. ;) <o:p></o:p></div>
Chumi @ Lakshmi @ Luckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312828356245593404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437037150125573258.post-7475569722510294162018-12-31T13:10:00.001+00:002018-12-31T13:10:59.315+00:00Good bye 2018, Hello 2019.<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">2018 has been a memorable year, several achievements, breakthroughs, etc. like all previous years. Memorable for many reasons; good and bad equally. But being a child of God, I always choose to believe that the good outweighs the bad and trust that God has something good out of everything. All things work for good to those who love God (Romans 8:28), doesn’t it?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">There were times throughout this year that I felt God spoke to me so often, so easily, but there were times where I hadn’t heard from him at all when I desperately needed to. I could have been too consumed with my own reasoning that I didn’t really listen tok Him, but I blamed God for being silent. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As I’ve been praying for the last few weeks about 2019, I wanted to hear from God directly on what he has in store for me in 2019. I just didn’t want to listen to random promises and take it for myself. I heard God loud and clear on what he wanted me to do a few days ago, but I didn’t accept it. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">2019 is going to be a year for me to re-learn to have faith in God all over again, more precisely, to have steadfast faith in God. </span></div>
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If you know my personal story, you would know that I’m one of those people who have absolutely no reasons whatsoever to deny God’s faithfulness because of all the miraculous, extraordinary and supernatural things he has done in my life. And yet, to hear that God wants me to re-learn faith in Him was somewhat an embarrassment for me. I’m not a young Christian who still needs to be fed baby food, I’m longer one who needs to be lead to know God for who He is, I’m not the lost sheep. In fact, I’m on the other end of the rope now. God, you are surely mocking me now, aren’t you? </div>
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I fought with this thought for a good few days, but gave up in the end because I realised that I actually needed it, but I just refused to accept it. One can never claim that they fully understand God, or completely trust Him without a doubt when things don’t go the way they excepted. One cannot comprehend God’s infinite wisdom. One cannot deny the fact that it’s their faith that takes a beating when their foundation is shaken. </div>
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I may sound foolish when I say I trust God is in control when nothing works in my favour. I may look stupid when I say I let God take control of things in my life. It may look like I’m surrounded, but I’m surrounded by God (Surrounded, by Michael W Smith). </div>
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In 2 Thessalonians 3:5, Paul said to the Thessalonians "May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.” It’s not my faith that is unwavering, it’s Christ’s steadfastness that I need to be focused on. </div>
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When everyone was talking about the new year, I felt as if I wasn’t prepared, but not anymore. Bring it on 2019, I’m ready for you now! Let’s learn steadfast faith. </div>
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Instagram for example, is all about being happy, showing off luxurious things, travel pictures, holidays and gifts, pretty cafes and the list can go on and on and on. It’s all about prettiness. But life isn’t always pretty is it? No one wakes up pretty, no one can travel to his or her heart’s content without working hard. It’s just not served on a silver platter. <o:p></o:p></div>
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And then I recently came across quite a few people explaining that there was a major fight that broke out just before and after the happy family picture on Instagram grid was taken. Another one showed on her Instagram stories that she took hundreds of pictures that were 1 mm different from each other before she chose the best one. Another said he did it for the Gram. Yet another said she put on make up and did her hair before uploading her #IWokeUpLikeThis picture on Instagram. Someone uploaded a professional photo shoot picture that was filtered and airbrushed, saying she’s had a tough time -life is not all that easy and talking about keeping things real. Some over think before uploading anything to Instagram, worrying if the grid looks good, thinking if the picture would be worth putting up online, denying herself of the freedom of being whoever she or he wanted to be. <o:p></o:p></div>
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#Confession: It actually makes me feel better about myself when someone online says that life isn’t a bed of roses and they too have difficulties behind all that gorgeous make up, fashion, luxury, holidays etc. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It’s nice to see that all things on Instagram pretty and perfect. But is life really perfect? No, it isn’t. Not even for those who are perfect Instagrammers. Does someone else’s ‘perfect’ life make you feel insufficient? Zooming into Instagram, comparing pictures, planning a pretty grid, planning pictures, and making up activities for stories. #IAmGuiltyOfItAll and so are all of us at some point or the other. #PuttingYourselfThroughUnnecessaryPressure. (How I wish my hashtag game was actually this good while I’m thinking of some captions for Instagram!). <o:p></o:p></div>
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I don’t quite believe in jinxing or superstitions, but I’ve found myself to be extra cautions about what and how much I share I social media these days. From someone who uploaded every single picture on Facebook, I’ve now become the invisible one. I don’t talk about my travels, happy stories, success stories etc. And if I do share something, I go online from time to time to remind everyone who’s watching me that I’ve had my fair share of difficulties, as if in a way to remind people not be jealous of what I have.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I remember when I went to Dubai for 2 weeks last year as a wedding anniversary trip, I wrote a blog to share with everyone that it was my husband’s work trip that I tagged along, and I was sitting in my hotel room being sick, and that it took us an argument and grumpy cold shoulder from my part to take a nice “Anniversary Picture” for social media. This is just one of the examples. I recall doing this a few times, but don’t quite remember what exactly it is. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I’ve come to the realisation that I should not need a reminder about one bad experience behind all the good ones. And someone else’s airbrushed picture shouldn’t change your perception of how life is for you. I no longer care about how I look like in pictures; hence I do not rush to look at the picture before it is uploaded to social media. I no longer care about scars and marks on my face, I no longer care if I cannot find the right angle that makes me look thin. I no longer care that I don’t take selfies anymore. I no longer seek validation in others’ #BehindTheScenes. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The irony of this is, while I’m writing this, my husband is sat next to me, zooming into his LinkedIn profile photo shoot that I did for him over the weekend, and complaining that he’d got bad skin, doesn’t look good, has pimples etc. All because the other LinkedIn profile pictures on Google are airbrushed. This is coming from someone who’s actually confident and never lets anything bring him down. It happens to the best of us sometimes. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Chumi @ Lakshmi @ Luckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312828356245593404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437037150125573258.post-91057322821622659592018-05-04T22:58:00.003+01:002018-05-04T22:58:40.840+01:00I deleted Facebook and Instagram for 5 days<br /><div class="MsoNormal">
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I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with social media.
Sometimes I cannot have enough of it, and other times I’m so sick of it that I
never want to see it ever again. Who would have thought such lifeless piece of
technology would provoke strong wavering emotions over an inanimate part of
technology that has taken over everyone’s life. Of the numerous platforms, I’ve
been sucked into Facebook and Instagram, while I think Whatsapp should be
included in that list, and I can’t stand it anymore. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I one thing that I loved doing while I was growing up was
read. It didn’t really start early in life for me. Let’s just say I was a late
bloomer, but when it happened, it happened! I LOVED reading! If I got hold of a
good book, you can be assured that I would be awake the whole night reading it,
and stay awake the entire day in school the next day as well. It was a vicious
cycle, and mind you I was about 15 or 16 at this time I think. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I never evolved with techonology in
reading. I always loved hardcopy books, I enjoyed holding the book and flicking
through pages, Kindle just wouldn’t cut it out for me. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This went on for a good few years, until Facebook, Instagram
and YouTube took over, all in that exact order. Actually, Facebook took a back
seat a few years ago. I went cold turkey with Facebook, abruptly stopped
uploading and sharing stuff, stopped stalking people, stopped commenting on
stuff and even stopped communicating with people. But I still spend a bit of
time passively looking through my newsfeed once in a while. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Instagram and YouTube were the real culprits that diverted
my attention from books. Instagram was so colourful and exciting, such a huge
platform to learn, grow and develop. I used to upload pictures every day and
communicate with people. I literally built my own world in Instagram; I was
always thinking about what to upload, what to write as captions for my
pictures, spent time researching and understanding the algorithms of Instagram
- just like I did with my blog, and then let it die a slow painful death.
Priorities changed, it became too time-consuming to plan, edit pictures, add my
watermark, resize it, transfer to my phone and upload it to Instagram. Even
when I wasn’t actively putting on content, I started browsing the discovery
page, and boy did I discover more and more photographers and interesting themes
and ideas. <o:p></o:p></div>
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YouTube was a whole new world that teleported me into it.
YouTube has everything literally under the sun. I’m all for learning, so I used
to reason with myself that I was learning stuff. I was basically in denial; it
just consumed my whole world. I spent hours during my lunchtime at work,
mornings, evening, while sitting in traffic (not when I’m driving), just every
minute that I was free and didn’t know what to do, even when I had so much work
to do, I would mindlessly scroll through Instagram. 25GB of data from my mobile
network fed my crazy behaviour even more. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I obviously didn’t have any more time to read, because
social media on my phone was far more relaxing and easier compared to reading.
But in the hope of winning back my first love, I was still buying books that I
fancied. Every time I went to Waterstones, I would walk out with a book, read
it for 3 days, then forget about it for about 10 days, and start it all over
again, only to stop a few days later. My once bare bookshelf (6 months ago)
began getting filled quite quickly because Laxman and I were buying a lot of
books between us (he wouldn’t let me buy clothes or household stuff, but never
says no to books), and received books as gifts as well. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Something in me snapped on Monday last week. I deleted
Facebook during my lunchtime and started reading a book (I strategically place
books around me at home and work so I can read, should the urge arise and in an
attempt to make myself to read). But this was only after I finished scrolling
through Instagram and was updated with all the useless stories and random
pictures. I got about 20 minutes reading time, which was better than nothing if
I say so myself. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Then on Tuesday afternoon, I deleted Instagram, only after
scrolling through for that day’s updates though, and then continued reading. I
think I got about 30 minutes reading time, and it felt good for some odd
reason. The book was so interesting, that I didn’t even want to get back to
work. I texted Laxman to tell him I wished I had the afternoon off so I could
continue reading. I had a sense of pride, an achievement that I was longing
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On Wednesday, I thought it was YouTube that was going to be
axed off next. Surprisingly, I didn’t even bother watching anything on YouTube,
I went straight for my book. It could be because the book was so interesting or
that I finally came to my senses. Regardless, I continued reading the rest of
the week, and had double thoughts about bringing the book back home for the
weekend so I can hopefully finish it, but I’ve got another book that I’m
reading at home, which I’m desperately trying to finish so I can start another
book that’s next in my list. (I’m reading two different books simultaneously;
one for home and one for work, something that I started about 2 months back for
practicality purpose, but have not been very successful yet)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Throughout the 5 days that I somewhat succeeded in spending
more time reading than wasting time on my phone, there were many occasions
where I looked at the top right corner of the book to see what time it was, and
plenty a times used my thumb to scroll through the page once I reached the
bottom of the page in a hard cover book. Is this what you call a millennial? Ha
ha ha, yeah right. I’m not going to lie, I also had FOMO – fear of missing out.
On Wednesday, I was a bit concerned that I was going to miss out people’s
stories on Instagram, and I was gravely concerned on how I was going to catch
up with everything I’ve missed. Why did I think it was important to follow
other people’s life every hour? I don’t know. And on a side note, I slept quite
well that whole week. <o:p></o:p></div>
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After 5 days, I thought I had attained the highest level of
self-discipline that I needed. So I installed Instagram once again on Saturday
morning. I’m not proud of myself to report that I must have spent at least 3
hours on Instagram throughout the day, with occasional gaps of course, and did
not sleep well that night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To redeem
myself, I uploaded a picture on Instagram today. Took me 10 minutes to figure
out what to upload, and another 10 minutes to figure out this hashtag business.
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I might delete Instagram again in the coming week. Or I
might try to discipline myself more this week. Either way, I’ve spent the last
two days trying to figure out what to upload in the family WhatsApp group.
Apparently, my 83-year-old grandfather is now in the family WhatsApp group and
is especially eager to see photos and send photos. The only problem is, I’ve
not been taking any pictures of myself, nor do I have anything interesting to
post, but I don’t want to miss out, so looks like I might be digging out old
photos. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Chumi @ Lakshmi @ Luckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312828356245593404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437037150125573258.post-83762138642526619332018-02-25T01:50:00.001+00:002018-02-25T02:14:53.757+00:00New item on the shopping list <div class="MsoNormal">
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Remember the day when I was talking about wanting to buy a
new watch that cost about £200 about 2 weeks ago? I’ll admit, I had/have
absolutely no valid reason that I can justify and it’s definitely not out of
necessity. </div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fast-forward to present time; I’ve found something five
times more expensive that I’m obsessing about. Again, absolutely no valid
reasons whatsoever, not out of necessity, and definitely not because I’ve got
£1000 ready to spend on this. <o:p></o:p></div>
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When Laxman offered to change my phone for me months ago
(I’ve been due for an upgrade for donkey’s years now by the way), I declined, I
said I didn’t need a new one, this works fine, it’s all the same thing, the new
phone is far too expensive, so I’m not changing my phone, and all that jazz. A few
weeks later he knocked my phone out of my hands and it fell, sustaining some scratches on it. I still insisted I didn’t need a new phone. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A few weeks ago I started noticing really nice pictures on
Instagram that were shot on the iPhone X. I started changing heart slowly, but
surely. I started telling Laxman how annoying my phone was. The speakers were
not working so I had to reboot my phone almost everyday, I didn’t have any
storage space on my phone at all that I kept getting that annoying out of space
message every time I tried to take a picture so I kept deleting everything from
my whatsapp history and gallery, I cannot update my phone cos there isn’t
enough space! <o:p></o:p></div>
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So 2 days ago, upon Laxman’s regular coaxing, I started
looking for upgrade deals on Vodafone. iPhone X was far too expensive that I
didn’t have the heart to do it immediately, but neither did I want to get
iPhone 8 which was half the price. Laxman said go ahead, it’s your early
birthday gift and I said no. (I know what I’m like, I’ll take this now and come
June, I’ll wait for another present.) Not whole-heartedly though. <o:p></o:p></div>
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However, I didn’t stop there and leave it all behind me. I
was still looking for iPhone X cases and screen protectors in Amazon and putting
it in the basket, constantly kept looking at the Vodafone website, hoping there
would be some miraculously good deal. I don’t know what I was trying to
proof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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The cheekiest was this evening. When I was talking to mum
over the phone this evening, I was looking for my headphones. I didn’t find it
in the usual place, so I searched all over the house, twice, and even between
the sofa cushions. There’s no way I’d let anything go between my sofa cushions,
leave alone stay in there. I made Laxman search for it as well, but we still
couldn’t find it, so he got me his old headphones to use temporarily. I used
it, but in my mind, I had devised a cheeky plan. I was going to use this as an
excuse to get a new phone. I don’t have my headphones, so I deserve a new
phone?! What was I even thinking?? Don’t ask! 10 minutes later, I found my own
headphones in my coat pocket, the coat that I have been wearing for the last
hour. I sneakily walked away to the room to hide it so Laxman doesn’t see it.
But looks like he’s more observant than I give him credit for. He noticed and
followed me to the room to see what I was doing and found out I was trying to
hide my headphones. And then I had to explain my master plan to him. All this
while I was talking to my mother on the phone. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I don’t know if this will ever die down; the need for
wanting to buy everything that’s brand new and jazzy. 2 days ago I actually
prayed that this desire for wanting to constantly shop should end. I mean, it’s
not the end of the world if I don’t have the latest trend in clothes or bags or
technology. But 2 minutes later, I found myself telling God not to take that
seriously. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Instagram is solely responsible for this misbehaviour. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I'm telling you again, this might not be interesting for you, the following is only the random thoughts that go on in my head from day to day, much more today than a regular day. I'm actually allowing you to come into my head and listen to me think, talk to myself, motivate myself, and encourage myself. There's usually a lot that goes on in my mind. And this is a small snippet of it. </div>
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<span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 12px;">So, I can safely say I am now a Marvel fan now, and I loved Black Panther! There might or might not be any spoilers. I cannot comprehend how the whole team has been so creative, that I don’t want to be careful about what I speak. </span><br />
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About a few months ago, I used to muse over how some music directors are so creative. How do they know what will sound good and what won't? How do they know what works and what doesn't? Who decides what the trend is? Who sets the bench mark? The truth is, there's isn't a set bench mark for creativity. It's what they've decided they like and it trends. </div>
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There’s no such thing as normalcy when it comes to creativity. There isn’t a set of rules to follow. But that doesn’t mean you can randomly put things together and declare it as creative or the new standards. Creativity comes from a lot of practice, hardworking, and experience. And most importantly dedication and discipline. Always remember that there's bucket loads of experience and hard work behind every achievement that has paid off. </div>
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Which leads me on to this movie in particular. I’ve seen other Marvel movies, like Ant Man, which I enjoyed because it was funny, and I’ve seen Captain America: Civil War, which I did not enjoy because I was uncomfortable in the front seat of the theatre, had a splitting headache and didn't have a clue how each of the characters came about. But with Black Panther, it didn't matter whether I saw anything else or not. 1/3rd into the movie and I was already telling myself that I wanted to watch it again (partially because I didn’t follow the first bit of who was who and who killed whom, but mostly because it was really good that I wanted to see the details the second time round). The first thing that struck me about this movie, is how well planned, how creative and how completely out of the world it was. </div>
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As much as the praises we have for the movie, it’s really important to remember that the entire team haven’t started off now. This isn’t their first movie. They've obviously got so much experience under their belts in the past years, that has led them to improve their skills. What they reap now is what they’ve sown in the past. But having said that, the director of the movie said in an interview that there isn’t a day that he didn't doubted himself throughout the whole shooting process. Doubting yourself doesn’t mean you underestimate yourself. It only means you need to challenge yourself everyday. There was a scene in the movie where the King’s sister says that she has an improved upgrade for some of the devices, for which the king says it already works fine. But then his sister reminds him, just because something works, doesn't mean you can't improve it to work better. Continue to work hard to have continuity in improvements. It's always good to have a better version of you. It's always beneficial to sharpen your skills. </div>
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At the end of the movie, the King speaks at a global meeting, and announces that for the first time in world history, Wakanda is going to reach out and share it’s knowledge to make the world a better place. Now, I’ve seen the movie, so I know what he means when they are willing to share their knowledge. The technology and riches in Wakanda is at a place where the rest of the world cannot even imagine, but it’s been the best kept secret ever that the world only knows Wakanda as the poorest third world country that does want help from anyone else. One of the politicians on the panel asked, ‘With all due respect, what can a farming third world country teach the rest of the world?' 'With all due respect, don't judge someone that you don't know'. Don't just take someone at face value. </div>
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Chumi @ Lakshmi @ Luckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312828356245593404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437037150125573258.post-1367143822738016822018-02-10T15:53:00.000+00:002018-02-10T16:01:28.018+00:00I wore the same clothes to work for 5 days in a row. Here’s what happened.<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
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been contemplating this for a few days now. I first thought about it a few
months ago when I saw a video on YouTube, but wasn't bold enough to do it then.
I always brushed it off as unnecessary. But this morning I got the courage out
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">So,
the challenge is mainly to wear the same clothes for a week, for whatever
reasons it may be; haven’t done laundry, broke, woke up late, priorities,
saving etc. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are my two reasons; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><i>1.
Personal experiment </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">I’ve
got more than I need, but it’s just never enough. I hope to try and eliminate
the desire for more wants. I want to re-teach myself to value money, to be
appreciative of what I have. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">No
matter how much shopping I do, no matter how much I extend my wardrobes, I
still find myself saying I don’t have enough clothes. Am I that greedy when it
comes to clothes and shopping? A £20 watch would do the same job as a £200
watch, but I want only the £200 watch. Truth be told, I honestly don’t have any
needs, it always only wants. Can’t I live a minimalistic life? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">I’ve
also read that people like Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg wear the same shirt
every day because they do not want to waste time/brain energy in making
decisions on what to wear. If I wear the same clothes every day, I could
probably become Facebook’s or Apple’s next contender. You never know! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><i>2.
Social experiment </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">I’m
the only person I know who takes half an hour every month to make a monthly
schedule on what to wear for that month. This plan obviously takes into
consideration the events and activities I have for each day after work, and
whether I will be chauffeured to work or if I have to walk to take public
transport. Weather doesn’t matter cos it’s always predictable in the UK, i.e.,
it is cold and rainy every day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">I
also end up with clothes that I outgrow without even wearing them. I used to
think I’m super OCD about it, but it’s got nothing to do with OCD. It’s called
smart planning. By spending half an hour a month, I get to wear most of my
clothes and not repeat it, I save more time in the mornings, and I feel more
confident that I’m well dressed. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">I do
this because I’m not very creative under pressure to begin with, and I end up
wearing the same set of clothes very often because I’m always in a hurry in the
mornings. When I do that, I feel I’m being judged. But am I really being
judged? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Does anyone ever notice or care?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">So,
the ultimate goal is to hopeful want lesser and understand if I’m the one who’s
being so self-conscious and judgmental on myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">05/02/2018 – Day 1<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">As I
stood in front of my wardrobe, I stared at all my clothes long and hard, trying
to figure out to what wear for the whole week that would be appropriate. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">What
would I want to wear for 5 days in a row? If I’m going to be wearing the same
thing for 5 days, I might as well be comfortable. I was going to wear my
thickest and warmest jumper, and then I thought, I wouldn’t mind looking sloppy
for a day or 2, but probably not 5 days in a row. After a good 15 minutes, I
decided on a smart top, cardigan and jeans. At least I won’t be so cold. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">Time
spent: 15 minutes <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">Level
of confidence: 100% <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">I
couldn’t have been any more wrong with my option for this week. How have I
lived in the UK for so long and still underestimate the weather?! I was
freezing most of the time! I should have just worn my jumper. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">So,
day 1 was easy breezy. I had some free time that evening, so I did what I
usually do to relax - online window-shopping. I was looking for some potential
clothes and shoes to buy, and checking if there were some excellent deals on
the watch I wanted. Only day 1, and I’ve already defeated the goal. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">06/02/2018 – Day 2<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">I
hesitated as I stood in front of my wardrobe this morning. Should I continue
with this? I reluctantly did. I didn’t want to give up too soon, it’s only day
2 after all. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">Time
spent: 5 minutes <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">Level
of confidence: 80%<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">I
went to work slightly later than usual today, sat at my desk and continued to
chat away to my colleagues and carried on with my work as usual. But, I had
this thought at the back of my head if they had noticed. When work got busy, I
forgot I was wearing the same clothes, but every time I went to the toilet and
looked at myself in the mirror, I was reminded and kept asking myself what I’m
trying to prove and why am I doing this to myself. I don’t think I can give up
on buying new clothes and live a minimalistic life with limited numbers of
clothes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">I
don’t think I will continue doing this tomorrow. I want to give up, not because
I’m not strong-willed. I just don’t see the point of it. I mean, I saw an Asos
haul on YouTube this afternoon and made a mental note to look at it later in
the day, cos I’ve never shopped from Asos before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">07/02/2018 – Day 3<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">Day
3 and Laxman hasn’t even noticed it yet! Should I still wear the same thing? Am
I learning anything yet? No! Am I more appreciative of what I already have? No,
cos I’m not seeing it or using it! Do I want to give up already? Sigh, no… same
clothes <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">Time
spent: 10 minutes <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">Level
of confidence: 40%<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">When
I reached work, I was expecting for at least 1 or 2 of them to notice. But no
one saw, no one even batted an eyelid. Every time I walk down the corridor to
get a drink, I had this feeling that people from other teams had noticed and
were silently judging me. Well, it’s impolite to call out to someone who’s been
wearing same clothes. So I didn’t really expect anyone to do that publicly. But
I thought some might come to me personally to talk about it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">It
was such a long and draggy day at work, and I was feeling really down and dull.
Oh well, that’s the end of the third day. I got Chinese take away for dinner to
make myself feel better. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">08/02/2018 – Day 4<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">I
just couldn’t bear to wear the same clothes again this morning, and I refused
to do it. I took out new clothes from my wardrobe and reasoned within my head
that I’m technically not giving up; I just didn’t see the point of it anymore.
But I was itching to know if Laxman noticed, so I marched into his office room
and asked him if he saw what I was wearing to work this week, and he rather casually
said no, just as I suspected. Then he justified it by saying no one actually
cares and it’s only me who’s so concerned about it. What would he know; he’s
more than happy to wear the same shirt to work 2 or 3 days in a row as long as
it doesn’t smell or isn’t dirty. I’ve seen a lot of men like that actually. I
wonder if it’s a male thing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">Time
spent: 15 minutes <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">Level
of confidence: -10%<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">I
ended up wearing the same clothes again, just to prove that I’m not a quitter,
to myself at least. More deodorant and perfume today. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">Another
day at work is feeling like I’m being judged silently, which undoubtedly
explains my negative 10% confidence today. I was extra self-conscious at work
today that I limited my conversations with anyone. Didn’t want to put myself
out there and increase the chances of being seen. Even my manager said I hadn’t
spoken a word to anyone at all today. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">09/02/2018 – Day 5<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">Day
5. Thank god it is finally the last day! I’ve been miserable this week, purely
because of what I’ve been wearing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">Time
spent: 1 minute <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">Level
of confidence: 0%<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">To
make matters worse for me today, it looked as if most of my teammates were so
well dressed and well made up. I took an extra effort to mask my face this
morning, so I don’t look as miserable as I feel. Nope, still no joy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">There
were short talks at work this morning, that we might be snowed in, and that
there were extra mattresses stored in the basement. In true blue Bristolian
fashion, it only snowed for 2 minutes and then melted away. Snow or storm, I
protested that I definitely do not want to be stranded at work this week. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">This
week had been more stressful for me than any other week, that I used it as an
excuse for take away dinner again and a movie night.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">Outcome <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">I
was wrong, completely wrong. No one noticed until I asked them if they had seen
what I wore this week. I cannot believe not even one of them saw! I just can’t.
And to think that I was so worried and self-conscious for nothing! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">My
protest against staying overnight at work during a natural calamity this week
lead to them being curious as to why I was against it. When I explained
everything, my manager put two and two together and figured this is why I was
so quiet on Thursday. He even suggested that I give an interview for the weekly
work bulletin. Why not? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">I’ve
NOT changed my mind about wanting to buy more clothes and shoes. I’ve NOT </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">had
the urge to donate half my clothes from my wardrobe. I don’t care if I don’t
fit into it; I still want my closet to be full! And I’ve still not given up on
the £200 watch. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">I’ve
spent 46 minutes in total this week to figure out what to wear in the mornings,
lost so much confidence, and I’m sure some hair too while worry if I’m being
judged, wasn’t being myself most of the time, and wasn’t happy most of the
time. Forget about saving brain energy and time by wearing the same clothes. I
would have done much better with my regular monthly planning! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">I’ve
decided that the minimalistic life isn’t for me. I’m still going to make a
schedule every month, and I’m definitely going shopping next week for more
clothes and shoes, and eventually that watch too. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">Would
you wear the same clothes for a week?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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Chumi @ Lakshmi @ Luckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312828356245593404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437037150125573258.post-59779687360121561082018-01-04T22:29:00.002+00:002018-01-05T07:59:20.041+00:002018's resolutions <div class="MsoNormal">
Facebook has very kindly reminded me, that, exactly 1 year
ago today, I wrote a blog about New Year resolutions and how I was the Grinch
of new year resolutions previously, but wanted to turn over a new leaf in 2017
and make resolutions to better myself; ie get back to size 8, read more books,
looking good in pictures, getting healthier, read more etc. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I’ll have you know that I have not achieved any of those. To
make matters worse, I don’t even know where I wrote all of my resolutions. I’ve
got my fair share of reasons for it (read: excuses). <o:p></o:p></div>
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On the last working day of 2017, my colleague asked me what
my 2018 new year resolutions were. That’s when I remembered that I hadn’t
bothered with 2017’s, so I naturally hadn’t thought of 2018’s resolutions. But
the rest of my team had their resolutions nailed to the T. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I thought and I thought and I thought… whether I wanted to
make new year resolutions again this year, but be more diligent with it. Like,
write it down on diary that I would use regularly, or paste it in front of me
at my office desk at home. I’m usually really good at planning and following
through my plan to make sure it works. I’m the plan A kind of a person. I don’t
make plan B and C and cos I’m either too exhausted with plan A, or that my plan
A is perfect that it is fool-proof. I believe in the latter. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So I figured, new year’s resolutions aren’t for me. I will
do what I want to do when I want to do. Weight doesn’t have an effect on me
anymore. If I don’t fit into a size 8, I’ll just buy size 10 clothes. My family
is buying my size 10 already anyways. To be honest, most of the resolutions I
hear has no effect on me or doesn’t mean anything to me anymore. It might be a
big deal for the person who wants to start 365 days of photographs, or to those
who want to hit the gym and start a healthy diet from 1<sup>st</sup> January,
but to me it isn’t. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Instead, I’ve got very specific practical goals for this
year. It’s a matter of do or die, and it is very personal. So I’m not going to
publish it, but I’ve written it somewhere that I wont forget. I haven’t got a
solid plan yet, I haven't been very successful yet (it’s only been 4 days in to
the new year), but there is some sort of an improvement compared to last year. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Resolutions or not, Happy New Year everyone! What matters is
that we recognise our purpose in life and live to fulfil it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I saw a YouTube video a few days ago, where this YouTuber
said Christmas is all about giving, so he was buying a 55 inch TV for his
girlfriend’s father’s new flat. Another YouTuber said this is the busiest time
of year because of all the shopping and visiting. Some advertisement emphasise
this season as the holiday season. There’s
traffic all over UK because people are travelling to go and meet their families
for Christmas dinners.</div>
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Since when did Christmas become all of the above? As far as
I remember, Christmas is Jesus Christ’s birthday. He wasn’t really born on the
25<sup>th</sup> of December, it’s just a date to celebrate His birth and the
reason for His birth. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Instead of celebrating the reason for the season, Christmas
has become so commercial and it is celebrated for reasons that are not relevant
at all. It’s all about presents, Christmas trees, lights, decorations and
holidays. What baffle me the most are family dinners. People talk about having
meals with family over Christmas as if they never meet their families for
dinner any other time in the whole year. There are those who live far apart and
are busy with their own agendas, but why would you only want to make time
during Christmas to see family. What about the rest of 364 days in the year? <o:p></o:p></div>
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Don’t get me wrong, I’m no saint. I’ve been waiting to shop
since forever, and I got everyone’s Christmas presents ready a month before
Christmas. When my mum arrived yesterday, I was watching her unpack and
separate Christmas presents. And I was quick to make sure she got me more
presents than she did for Laxman. My fridge is over flowing with food, and yet
we keep buying more food everyday. Guilty as charged.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I mean, it’s really special that Christmas is the only
occasion that the whole world celebrates. If it were to be your birthday,
wouldn’t you want it to be about you and only you? Would you be happy if you
friends and family were more interested in decorations and shopping rather than
spending time with you? <o:p></o:p></div>
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Without being preachy, I might be bold enough to say no to
presents and decorations next year, and focus more on the reason for the
season. It’s really something to think about, if the whole world celebrates
someone’s birthday, He’s definitely worth the time and effort. <o:p></o:p></div>
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That’s what Christmas is all about. It’s CHRISTmas. Happy
birthday Jesus. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--EndFragment-->Chumi @ Lakshmi @ Luckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312828356245593404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437037150125573258.post-81362794764703996242017-04-12T19:36:00.002+01:002017-04-12T19:36:43.137+01:002nd Wedding Anniversary <div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">As I type this, I’m sitting in my hotel
room in Dubai, breathing through my mouth like a goldfish, because my nose is
blocked and am probably overdosed with paracetamols and ibuprofens to fight my
terrible headache/fever/cold, instead of exploring Dubai, but I cannot feel
anymore blessed than I already feel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We’ve been married for 2 years now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would like to say it feels like it was just
yesterday that I got married, but it doesn’t. As much as it doesn’t feel like
yesterday, but it sure was quick. Facebook has very readily reminded me of all
the good times we’ve had together on our own holidays, with our families, all
the well wishes and how thin I was on our wedding day. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What Facebook hasn’t shown me was all the
fights we’ve had, all the struggles and the amount of takes we had to do to get
that proper picture that made it to Facebook and Instagram wall. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I’m never been the kind of person who’s
always wanted her birthdays/anniversaries, Valentine’s day and any other
special occasion to be treated as a once in a lifetime thing that it needs to
be celebrated from dawn till night, or wanting it to be all about me. Come to
think of it. I’ve never really asked for anything to be all about me at any
point of time in my life. But it’s nice to spend some quality time together on
special occasions such as this. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">For our first anniversary, Laxman decided
that it was going to be all about me, so he wanted to get me an expensive watch
for daily use and let me loose to shop till I dropped, while I insisted that we
did something else together, like a helicopter ride for both of us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took us 2 whole weeks to decide on what we
were going to do and he won. (I tried to get him flying lessons for his
birthday last year, but it didn’t work either. I’m concluding that he’s
probably afraid of heights) So we eventually went out shopping and dinner the
weekend ahead of our anniversary. But on the day of our first anniversary, we
spontaneously took half a day off from work so that we can do something nice
together. We reached home and ended up fighting for something really petty, (I
say really petty because I don’t even remember what it was for) because we
disagreed about something. I think we ordered chinese take away and ate dinner
in silence cos we hadn’t settled our argument yet. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">During our second anniversary dinner last
night, Laxman was stuck to his phone and being silent because he was
hungry/tired after work, and I was glued to my camera trying to take pictures
to remember the night and that I was actually in Dubai. The picture that Laxman
uploaded on Facebook last night wasn’t the first shot that we took. I kept
forcing him to take the pic, he said no. I was going to ask someone, he said
no. Then I resorted to setting it up with a timer, and Laxman refused every
single suggestion I had! It took 15 minutes of convincing, sulking and silent
treatment from my end before he agreed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We’ve had tonnes of ups and downs in our
lives together as married couples in the last 2 years, which no one knows of or
has heard of, not even our closest of friends and family. The one thing that
Laxman always lives by is what Ephesians 4:26 says - </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #010f18; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arimo;">And "don't sin by letting anger
control you." Don't let the sun go down while you are still angry</span></i><span style="color: #010f18; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arimo;">. So
he always manages to cool down the situation within a day, sometimes it drags
till the next morning if I fall asleep early that night. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #010f18; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arimo;">We have plenty of differences, we don’t agree on the
same things all the time, and we are not perfect human beings, but we are
perfect for each other. As the days pass, I’m reminded even more that God
Himself has divinely arranged this marriage. Regardless of any misunderstandings
we have, there is no space for “I hate you” or “I don’t want this life” when
God is in the center of the marriage. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #010f18; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arimo;">Life is a bed of roses, don’t forget the one important
thing that makes a rose stand out; it has thorns. Thorns prick, cause you to
bleed, hurts you and takes time to heal while the flower itself looks gorgeously
naive and smells nice. You have to accept both; the good and the bad. You can’t
have the rose without the thorns and you can’t have the thorns without the
roses.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #010f18; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arimo;">In order to make me feel as if problems in married
life is normal, my aunt once told me many years ago, that every household has
its own share of problems. The younger me who never wanted to get married
easily retorted to her and said “I don’t even want that household so I wont have
the problems, problem solved”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #010f18; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arimo;">Many years down the line, here I am to say that
problems in married life is normal. Fighting is normal, it’s definitely not
encouraged, but it is normal. Ups and downs are normal. Behind every smile in
my pictures, there would have been hundreds of frowns. Behind every selfies
that Laxman and I take, there has been plenty of convincing and arguments that
we don’t take pics together often enough. Behind every holiday we go on, there
has been a lot of budgeting and planning that went into it. Just for the
record, 3/4<sup>th</sup> of my trips this year so far has been Laxman’s work
trip, I just tagged along. This Dubai trip is no exception. We didn’t book a
holiday in Dubai to spend a romantic 2 weeks for our 2<sup>nd</sup>
anniversary. Laxman’s working while I’m savoring the times of not having to do
any cooking/housecleaning/work, and nursing myself back to normal health.
That’s good enough of a wedding anniversary gift for me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #010f18; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arimo;">But despite all of this, I feel blessed to be married
to you Laxman Sivanathan. Happy 2 years wedding anniversary. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #010f18; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arimo;">PS: Never in a millions years have I ever thought I
would think this way about marriage. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Chumi @ Lakshmi @ Luckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312828356245593404noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437037150125573258.post-71896969330914894022017-02-20T22:15:00.000+00:002017-02-20T22:15:17.701+00:00Just because you didn’t hear it, doesn’t mean your Father didn’t say it.<div class="MsoNormal">
A few months ago, I was at a friendly football match between
a mixed group of men; teenagers, kids, adults. I’ve got neither appreciation
nor understanding about this game where a bunch of men run behind a
Dalmatian-like ball. So the only reason that got me there was for my husband’s
sake, and I was lured by the ambition to improve my skills in sport
photography.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the end of the 3-hour
match, improving my skills remained unachieved, because I was too busy hiding
behind 6-foot-tall men to save myself and my camera from the flying football
that was completely out of control. But one thing stuck with me, even after 3
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When it was another team’s turn to match, a 12-year boy was
in the game, while his father was catching his breath after his own game. I
strategically chose to stand between this 6-foot tall man and my husband. Just
in case a stray football comes my way, I’ve got myself covered you see.
Throughout the match, everyone was cheering and supporting literally everyone
in the game. Halfway during the match, this 12-year old boy made many attempts
at scored a goal, and eventually succeeded. His father, who was standing next
to me, cheered the son each time, clapped his hands and said, “Well done son,
I’m proud of you”. </div>
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The boy was half way across the indoor football stadium;
there were about 18 people in the match, one referee with an annoying whistle,
and probably about 40 other people all around yelling, cheering, screaming, and
talking. My point is, there is absolutely no chance this boy heard what his
father said. I swiftly turned to look at the father; he was beaming with so
much pride. But as for the son, he just carried on with the game. He was
oblivious to what how his father was reacting. </div>
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But just because the kid didn’t see it or hear it, doesn’t
mean the father didn’t say it or feel it. The father was proud of his son, and
he expressed it, but he didn’t need his son to know that at that point. </div>
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That resonated with me. Isn’t it the same with God? As
our Heavenly Father, He is proud of our achievements or attempts, regardless of
whether successful or not. He is standing by the side, telling us, “I’m proud
you my boy!” or “Well done my girl!” but most of the time we don’t hear or see
it because of all the distractions all around us. </div>
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Just because you didn’t hear it, doesn’t mean your Father
didn’t say it. He is proud of you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Chumi @ Lakshmi @ Luckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312828356245593404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437037150125573258.post-54344091225338516462017-01-04T23:17:00.000+00:002017-01-05T20:46:51.530+00:00New Year resolutions<div class="MsoNormal">
“New Year resolutions are things that people list out for
the entire year, but it only last the first month of the new year, and then it
goes down the drain”, says she who had an entirely bad planning/idea about
managing her new year resolutions and gave up 2 years ago. Or rather, thought
it wasn’t worth it. How stupid of me. Yes me, who else would think such
idiocracy is normal. <o:p></o:p></div>
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For some reason, I've always associated new year resolutions as
checklists that you make at the beginning of the year, and come back to it at
the end of the year and select which out of the 4 grades you would tick off; excellent,
satisfactory, bad, fail (A,B, C, D). This is what traditional education does to
you, everything in life is about making the excellent mark. If you don’t excel,
you and your attempts are not worth it. There was an on-going joke about my
High School motto. Accomplish or do not begin. The boys wouldn’t do their
assignments and when questioned by the teachers, they would blame it on the
school motto, saying they knew they wouldn’t be able to finish it, so didn’t
bother starting it! That’s exactly what I made out of my failed attempts at new
year resolutions. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So I never bothered with new year resolutions for the last
few years. But reading someone else’s blog about their resolution made me
realize I’ve had it wired all wrong all this while. It has finally sunk in that
making new year resolutions doesn’t mean you need to do a bunch of things and
proof that you are good at it. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">You don’t have to be good at it, you just
need to try.</i></b> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you did things
you already knew, what’s the fun in attempting it, there wouldn’t be anything
challenging, and you are never going to do anything new. Worse still, you would
have had an entire boring year. Even if you sucked, you’ll know it isn’t your
cup of tea, and you would have plenty to talk about to someone else over a cup
of tea. I love my teatime. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Anyways, the whole point of new year resolutions is to do
something new, something that you’ve not done before but is beneficial for you,
and something that is practical at the same time. There’s no point in making
resolutions that you know won’t even pass the first week of the year. And the
keys to keeping up with new year resolutions are listing things that are
practical, reminding yourself about it regularly (weekly may seem a bit too
annoying, monthly is a good time), and remembering why you have those
resolutions in the first place. <o:p></o:p></div>
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You make resolutions to hopefully bring out the best in you
at the end of 12 months. If it is fitness, it could probably be purely for
aesthetic purposes like fitting into size 8 clothes, looking good in pictures,
or to be healthier generally. If it is about education, you might want to be an
academic or get a good job that pays well. If it is about praying and reading
bible everyday, you perhaps want to learn more and grow spiritually. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Whatever your resolutions may be, it is so that you see a
better you the same time next year, to turn back and see that you have achieved
something and be proud about it. The resolutions are ultimately to do something
you haven’t done before. If you have achieved size 8 last year, you wouldn’t
want to do the same thing again this year would you? <o:p></o:p></div>
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Having said this, it is high time I listed out my
resolutions for 2017. Better late than never they say, although 4 days isn’t
too late at all. Technically the first week of January is still within grace
period. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’m still very paranoid
about jinxing my own ideas, I’m not going to publically list out my resolutions
for 2017. This time next year, I’m going to come back with my monthly
achievements. Now, I need to go and find myself a diary that is practical
enough first. And infuse some almost-non-existent discipline into myself.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I just hope I don’t end up like the guy who wrote a book about
his Groupon adventures and advertised himself on Groupon for a date! Remember,
new year resolutions are for yourself, for a better you, and it is something
that you need to plan practically, and remind yourself about it on a regular
basis in order to make it work for you. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">It is
NOT about excelling, it is about attempting and having fun while at it. </i></b><o:p></o:p></div>
Chumi @ Lakshmi @ Luckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312828356245593404noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437037150125573258.post-37312896575505634002016-10-08T00:00:00.000+01:002016-10-08T00:00:39.305+01:008 years<div class="MsoNormal">
8 years since venturing into the unknown western territory!
Feels like it was just yesterday, although a lot has happened in the 2920 days.
<o:p></o:p></div>
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This was my first time to a western country, first time on a
long haul flight, first time traveling alone into the unknown with no solid
plans other than to finish my masters for that year. <o:p></o:p></div>
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When I was leaving, a lot of my friends had a farewell party
for me, which obviously followed along with series questions.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Question 1: How long are you going to be there?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Me: I don’t know<o:p></o:p></div>
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Question 2: When are you coming back? <o:p></o:p></div>
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Me: I don’t know <o:p></o:p></div>
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Question 3:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What are
you going to do after your masters? Do you plan to work there? <o:p></o:p></div>
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Me: I don’t know <o:p></o:p></div>
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Question 4: Do you know anyone in Glasgow? <o:p></o:p></div>
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Me: No, I don’t <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Question 5: Do you want to come back? <o:p></o:p></div>
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Me: I don’t know! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Please, save me the misery. Why so many questions when it’s
essentially only one, and my answer was definitely only one! I DON’T KNOW. And
I hated to give that answer, because I wanted to know. I’m not the kind of
person who wants to be in control and who wants to do only what I want. I don’t
always take things into my own hands and work for it to happen. I just like to
know what is going to happen so that I am prepared. This part of me is such a
contradiction to the other part of me that loves surprises! Now that I think of
it, it’s really weird that I like to know what is going to happen next, but at
the same time I enjoy surprises. I should have perhaps taken life in that
light. Taking one thing at a time and enjoying the surprises that life has to
offer. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Little did I know that it wouldn’t just be that one
year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Year after year, right from 2008
till today, every single year has been a challenge, not because I wasn’t able
to handle it, purely because I didn’t know what was going to happen. Was I
going to stay on, what was I going to do next? Where was I going to go? What
should I do? <o:p></o:p></div>
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The last 8 years have been an adventure unknown to me before
it all started. I got 2 postgrad degrees, worked in a few different places, got
involved in many things that I had no previous experience or clue, went to
places I never thought I would, travelled quite a bit, moved quite a bit, got
married, had major changes in my life, went through the bulk of it with
uncertainties, and all this happened without my planning and without me knowing
this a year in advance. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Of course I knew all along that even if I didn’t know what
was going to happen in the following year, my creator knew everything full
well, because he holds my future. As much as I have always been aware of who
holds my future, I still wanted to know what was going to happen and I wanted
to be prepared for it. There is always a nagging worry, doubt and fear at the
back of my mind about something or the other. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The reminder on Facebook got me thinking if I’m still the
same person. No I’m not. I still don’t know what’s going to happen next, I still
have no preparations, but there’s an unexplainable confidence in the certainty of who is in control
of my life if I am not. </div>
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After 8 years now, and seeing everything that has
happened, I can finally say, I’ve finally understood in this thick head of
mine, that it’s ok if I am not in control. It’s ok if I didn’t know. It’s ok if
I didn’t have any answers at the moment. It’s ok if I am not sure. There is no
need to be worried because of uncertainties. I will never be sure, I’ll never
be able to dictate my life the way I see things, I will never really have my
way in everything, because I chose to let God have His way in everything, because
the one who holds my future has plans to give me hope and a future. Doesn’t He
know what He’s doing? Why worry then?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Let go and let God. <o:p></o:p></div>
Chumi @ Lakshmi @ Luckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312828356245593404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437037150125573258.post-8702526519813825112016-06-26T22:59:00.004+01:002016-06-26T22:59:52.735+01:00I am truly blessed, highly favoured, and deeply loved. <div class="MsoNormal">
Birthdays are meant to be joyous occasions, and that’s why
it’s always “happy birthday” or “blessed birthday” or “many more happy returns
of the day”. Birthdays are celebrated to mark the addition of another year in
one’s life, and to give thanks to the year that has passed. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As far as I remember, I’ve spent the last few years thanking
and acknowledging God for His blessings, providence, guidance etc. But this
year, I want to acknowledge something else that was more prominent to me. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Sending a text of Facebook message hardly takes 10 seconds,
but sending a video message, and that too personalized ones is a whole new ball
game. I know how difficult and awkward it would have been. All of you have been
so spontaneous (I also heard some had to rehearse many times lol), so generous,
so genuine. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I’ve already seen that video a few times since the 24<sup>th</sup>,
and each time I see it, I am made more and more aware of how meaningful it is. Am
I really loved that much? Am I really that special? Am I really that important
that all of you would take the time to do this for me? This is something I
would cherish for life. Every wish and prayer was so special to me.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This video made me smile, laugh, cry, think, realize, be
thankful and miss everyone of you. I am truly loved, I am appreciated, I am an
influencer. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Thank you once again to each and every one of you all over
the world - for all your efforts, best wishes, prayers and blessings. Despite
the distance, you’ve always had me in mind. I mean it when I say, it has not
only made my day, it has made me see my life in an entirely new way. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Thank you my darling husband, for making it this special for
me, with this video and the special surprise of what I wanted. The sleepless
days and nights and chasing around has paid off. Thank you ma for playing along
and making this happen too. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I am truly blessed, highly favoured, and deeply loved. <o:p></o:p></div>
Chumi @ Lakshmi @ Luckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312828356245593404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437037150125573258.post-57907703088000436122016-04-11T07:32:00.000+01:002016-04-11T07:32:59.722+01:00Happy first wedding anniversary of many more to come sayang! <div class="MsoNormal">
Dear husband,<o:p></o:p></div>
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As we celebrate our 1<sup>st</sup> year anniversary as
husband and wife today, I am reminded that this is just the beginning
sweetheart, and what a beginning it has been! I’m eagerly looking forward to
spending the many more years to come, the years of God’s abundance of blessings
in our lives, the years of commitment we have with each other. <o:p></o:p></div>
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For the longest time, you've always asks why i never wrote anything about you... it's because of whatever is written below. This isn't a compilation of who you are, but it is a reminder of how our marriage has been in this first year, filled with love, grace, forgiveness and setting each other as priority (mostly me being the one receiving most priority). </div>
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11<sup>th</sup> April 20015<o:p></o:p></div>
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I cannot forget that look you had on your face that night.
The seriousness you had in you when you said you’ve got a big responsibility in
taking care of me brought me to reality. I obviously hadn’t come to terms with
the importance of the whole marriage thing until then. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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18<sup>th</sup> April 2015<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
You threw all your clothes out from the luggage so that you
can take mine. And you restricted your own shopping to make space for me. <o:p></o:p></div>
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21<sup>st</sup> April 2015 <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
You sacrificed your sleep, and didn’t even bother about jet
lag, just so you can get the needful things sorted for me. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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4<sup>th</sup> June 2015<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
For some reason I had not expected as much from you as I did
from my mother. But when you responded to me exactly the way my mother would
do, I was taken aback. She’s been with me my whole life, providing for me and
making sure everything was ok for me. For you to do the same thing as my
mother, when you’ve only known me for a short time,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am truly blessed. <o:p></o:p></div>
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16<sup>th</sup> June 2015 <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Everything that you do, you think of me first. You think if
it is best for me and if it will make me happy, before you think if it is
convenient for you. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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17<sup>th</sup> June 2015 <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
What more can I ask for in a husband who encourages me so
much, believes in me and supports me in a vision that no one else would
understand. You, who dislike discussing things and listing out the pros and
cons, willing made time to discuss things with me tonight and started the topic
yourself without me asking. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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18<sup>th</sup> June 2015 <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Is it even normal for a husband to give and not expect
anything from his wife? I’ve never seen anyone else ever so giving like you. My
heart is bursting with the amount of love you shower on me, both spiritually
and materialistically. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
24<sup>th</sup> June 1983 <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
This is the 5<sup>th</sup> year that you’ve celebrated my
birthday with me. As a friend for the first few years, last year as my fiancé,
and this year as my husband. <o:p></o:p></div>
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3<sup>rd</sup> July 2015<o:p></o:p></div>
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Which other husband would be proud to identify himself as
his wife’s husband rather than she is his wife. I can’t believe you are proud
to say that you are Chumi’s husband, rather than I am Laxman’s wife. <o:p></o:p></div>
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4<sup>th</sup> July 2015 <o:p></o:p></div>
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How sweet of you to spend so much time with my mum, taking
her out for meals, taking her out for movie in the middle of the night, and
make sure she’s ok after the movie. But terminator wasn’t a good choice of
movie at all :/ <o:p></o:p></div>
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5<sup>th</sup> July 2015 <o:p></o:p></div>
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Everyone seems to be talking about how you’ve set Saturday
aside as Chumi’s day…. Ahahha…. You are my trend-setting husband, who puts his
wife first before anyone else. <o:p></o:p></div>
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7<sup>th</sup> July 2015 <o:p></o:p></div>
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That moment when you said you were going to text my mother
to say that I was eating ice cream for breakfast, I said don’t! and you said,
she’s my mother also so I will tell her whatever I want to! <o:p></o:p></div>
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9<sup>th</sup> July 2015 <o:p></o:p></div>
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I was sitting in a youth meeting, receiving your msg about
how you are saving to take me shopping when we go to Hat Yai. And then sending
me a video on whatsapp half an hour later…. Proudly saying this is how I am
going to shop. Yes! This is exactly how I am going to shop…. And I am going to
drag you into each and every one of those shops!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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10<sup>th</sup> July 2015 <o:p></o:p></div>
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You are one of a kind husband who sings along with me and
teaches me to sing it correctly… through Skype! <o:p></o:p></div>
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11<sup>th</sup> July 2015 <o:p></o:p></div>
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I don’t know how you prefer this dark, tired looking face
with a popping pimple and messy hair that you are looking at on Skype now,
instead of a polished passport photo of me, where I am fair and looking all
dolled up and pretty. <o:p></o:p></div>
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15<sup>th</sup> July 2015 <o:p></o:p></div>
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Chatting on my Malaysian number whatsap, UK number whatsapp,
Skype and FB messenger all at the same time…. You cant get enough of me can you
…. Ahahaha <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">30th July 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Our first ever time traveling together and I loved
every minute of it... U made that dirty train ride and long wait worth it <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">31th July 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">My darling husband got worried that I was coughing non
stop and got dressed in the middle of the night to go down to the reception to
get hot water for me, instead of calling room service. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">1st August <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Are all husbands supposed to be this nice to their
wives or r u being extra nice ? You carried all the luggages and even carried
my new suit case so that the rollers doesn't spoil before I get to use it
properly .. And let me walk freely with you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">3rd August 2015 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Our first ever road trip and I loved every bit of it
again. You make me feel loved and special all d time that you are willing to go
to extremes for me <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">6th August 2015 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Would you always iron my clothes and do house work for
me even when im well and healthy, just like you've been doing this whole week
?? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">7th August 2015 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">My heart broke to see you sending me off at the
airport while u had another 12 hours wait for ur own flight. You so willingly
released me for ministry work overseas when u were so concerned about my
safety <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">9th August 2015 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">More than you being proud of me for going to your home
town, I was proud to have had that privilege of going to your home town and
seeing the place you grew up in <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">18th August 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">If you go at this rate of being so concerned about me
and my safety even while we are thousands of miles apart, I don't know what you
would do when we are together. I would eventually get used to it and start
demanding more from you <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">20th August 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">I was beaming so proudly when U told me that I'm your
own little world and that you'll never get tired of loving me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">23rd August 2015 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Thank you baby for making time to go and see mum and
the others in church even when it was getting late for you to leave to
Bristol <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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24<sup>th</sup> August 2015 <o:p></o:p></div>
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Sending me messages saying, “from the tip of my toe to the
top of my head, they will know that I love you so much” is a bit much …. But
you are starting to be expressive about how you feel! Halleluyah! <o:p></o:p></div>
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27<sup>th</sup> August 2015 <o:p></o:p></div>
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Here I was, screaming at the top of my voice for something
that you did and didn’t do. You listened to me quietly and calmed me down. <o:p></o:p></div>
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30<sup>th</sup> August 2015 <o:p></o:p></div>
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Suddenly I recalled being so angry and rude with you a few
days ago, and apologized, explaining myself. And you said you enjoy my
screaming! And then you say you are madly in love with me, so you don’t think
of all these things and you wipe it away, because I am always your darling. <o:p></o:p></div>
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31<sup>st</sup> August 2015 <o:p></o:p></div>
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How is it that you keep encouraging me to shop! =D<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">11th Sept 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">We've been married for 5 months today.
If feels as if it's only been 5 weeks now. Despite the distance, you always
made me feel as if u were with me all the time. Sacrificing every weekend to
sit online with me at home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">12th Sept 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The perks of praying with you, even over
Skype, hearing you thank god for the best wife who is above and beyond your
expectation, and taking God for the many talents your wife has.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">13th Sept 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">U spent the whole of today looking for a
suitable laptop to gift my mum for her MTh course. How much sweeter can you be
?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">15th Sept 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">How does you running out of work in
Bristol help when someone was on my roof in Malaysia ? But u still wanted to so
that you would talk to me and pretend as if a man was in d house too<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">17th Sept 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I don't get how u can be so generous,
that you want to buy a larger sized hard disk so that u can give it to me when
I'm there and take my old one for urself. You are staring to think like my mum
does. I like it !!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">18th Sept 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">You sacrificed shopping and changed ur
plans To come back home and talk to me. You are the best baby !<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">20th Sept 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I know you keep saying you treat my
mother like your own mother. But you treat her better than that. You spent all
weekend scrubbing and cleaning your house, bought new furniture and kitchen
ware for her, stocked up the fridge with what she likes, even bought sweeteners
for her. on top of all this, you drop out to wherever she was to pick her up so
that she’s not stranded.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">23rd sept 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">you sent me off with prayers even when
you are not here with me right now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">26th sept 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">3 days of not talking to you and texting
you as much as i usually do because i was so busy with the leadership summit.
You understandingly released me although you were upset of having less of me,
kept on praying for me during those days and entertained my mother. i come back
after 3 days and make you upset, but you forgave and forgot without even making
a fuss. i love you baby! and i’m sorry … it won’t happen again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">27th Sept 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The first thing you ask me when u heard
that some guy was picking a fight with me, " who won ??". Which other
husband would do that<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">28th Sept 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I come back home upset after d first day
of work at a new place and u tell me I don't have to go to work at all, and
make sure I call up the principle to say that I won't be coming back again<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">29th Sept 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I was beaming with joy and pride when
you said , “I will not let anyone to look down on you.” and “I am very proud of
you”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">5th October 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I'm definitely not one to be identified
as delicate or even gentle. I'm far from that. But you want to call me Adina,
because u think I am one. Adina means delicate and gentle and Hebrew. Adi means
jewel. And you said the best part is that Adi is used for boys and girls. Only
u could ever think of me like this. "You are my Adi kutty".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">11th Oct 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">6 months today ! It feels like it's such
a big milestone already!! If u are eager to buy me three figure dresses from
monsoon just for the 6 months anniversary, I can't imagine What u would do for
every other anniversary After this<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">13th Oct 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">What does your husband say when you ask
him you want to buy something? He sends me more money and asks me to buy even
more. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">15th Oct 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Not many ppl understand the intensity
and impact that this approved visa has for us. We did it baby! It is over now!
No more Egyptians to face. The LORD has fought the battle for us!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">21st Oct 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">How cute of u to send me a joke about a
wife asking for newspaper, but husband gives a tab and the wire hits the
cockroach with it. The conclusion is obviously just listen to your wife... And
you agree with it<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">22<sup>nd</sup> Oct<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">For someone who's been pampered, never
did any house work, brought up With bed coffee and delicious home cooked food
at all odd hours, to tell me that u will do the house work and buy food when I
don't have the time to cook... I am blessed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">24th October<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Chatting on Whatsapp, skype, Viber and
fb all at the same time but about different things. You cant get enough of me
can you ?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">28th October<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Saying I'm so blessed with Chumi,
appreciating my messy handwriting, appreciating me for being thoughtful when i
didn't even think of a certain thing is earning you brownie points<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">29th October<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">How can u say I'm a considerate person
when I ask u if u ever get worried about my shopping craze ?! You sure know how
to make me happy !<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">30th October<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Admitting that you came after me and
that I'm ur prized possession is enough to make me swoon .. And u add on to it
by saying, thank god u didn't let me slip away or else you'll be regretting it,
I'm so into you ...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">2nd November<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">My darling husband, it's good enough
that u wake up at 4am ur time to talk to me, you also end up listening to me
study and study along with me to help me prepare for the test. And then you
want to treat me for coming out first in the test<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">3rd November<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">As much as I'm nervous about cooking
after almost a year, and cooking for u that too, u tell me not to worry about
it but to just send u a list of things that I need and that you'll fill the
fridge with whatever I want, and let me take a break from cooking<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">7th November<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Thank for sitting online with me
patiently for an hour and waiting for me to finish doing whatever I was doing
da<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">9th November<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">It amazes me that u tell me to stay back
n be careful while playing with fireworks... But too protective !<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">10th November<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">"If you r sick And have running
nose when u r with me, I'll suck out the phlegm from ur nose like how mothers
do for their babies. You don't have to keep running to the basin to blow ur
nose or use tissues and make the skin around ur nose become dry and
cracked" 😱😖 "it's so discussing! How can u do that. I wouldn't even
do that for our own baby!" "I love u so much it doesn't bother
me"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">16th November<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">“The depth of my love for you doesn't
even allow me to look at any faults”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">25th November<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I'm going to order pyjama for u so that
u have comfortable clothes to wear when u land here k.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">28th November<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I have to ambitions in life, 1. To be
with you, 2. To be with u. How sweet!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">29th november<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">"compared to all my achievements,
my greatest achievement is marrying you.i’ll take care of u when u r sick okay,
u don’t have to wake up in d middle of d night to take medicines, i’ll do that.
" I am truly blessed to hear this from u<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">1st dec<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">You are my world... I don't need any
other friends at all<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">3rd Dec<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I want to see u when I wake up first
thing in d morning .. So I call u on skype even when I'm half sleeping<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">4th dec<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Don't stay outside too long during d bbq
and catch a cold ok da baby.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This is Malaysia! It will never be cold
!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">5th dec<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Excitement is when ur husband says he
has a lot of surprises waiting when I reach ! Also when d husband does grocery
shopping for me well in advance and gets my favorite things<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">7th dec<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">“The house is ready for u baby, carpets
are deep cleaned, kitchen floor mopped with chemicals, bathroom scrubbed down,
presents ready, bedsheets ironed”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">8th dec<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I stayed back at work so that I can text
u or talk to u and make sure all ur flights and immigration went on ok<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">10th dec<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Thanks for making breakfast baby<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">15th dec<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Thank u coming back from work and fixing
d bookshelves and wardrobe even when u tired<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">16th Dec<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Yay ... My drawers r ready today too !
My dressing section of d room is ready! Thank u sayang !<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">18th dec<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">How sweet of u to put up with my
childishness and bring my food and drinks. Thanks for making lunch today baby !<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">20th dec<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">How sweet of u to give in to my immature
mess when I lost to u at monopoly deal. Not only were u patient, u actually
consoled me and comforted me when I threw a tantrum<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">22nd Dec<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">You picked the dates seed from my mouth
to throw it away like mothers would do for their children<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">25th Dec<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">You willingly bent down to put on my
shoes for me and take it off even in front of everyone else in church<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">1st Jan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Thank u for giving me ur wild card to
help me win in monopoly deal although I was already winning .. Ahahah<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">2nd Jan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I love being your wife<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">5th Jan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Thank u for taking me out for a drive
when I was grumpy in d evening even when u were tired after work<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">6th Jan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I go out for a walk for d first around
the neighborhood and u send me thousands of messages telling me to be careful
and telling me to call ur office number in case of emergency. What kind of an
emergency or danger would I have in a medieval neighborhood where ALL d ppl
living here r old and retired and can hardly walk half as fast as me ??<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">9th Jan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This must have been my first ever
shopping record .. And that too buying an expensive boots without a second
thought... Thank u baby !<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">10th Jan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">U happily gave me ur iPhone 6s and took
my iPhone 5s without a second thought just because I asked u once<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">12th Jan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">U made sure i had ur bank card today and
told me to buy whatever I wanted<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Another kitchen free day today !! Thank
for making lunch baby<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Me: how did u wake up as soon as I got
out of bed. I quietly snuck out of bed so that I don't wake u up, u were snoring
and in such a deep sleep. U've done this a few times now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Husband: I could feel ur presence leave
me, so I wake up and come after u<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">22th Jan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Thank you for d new car baby!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">27th Jan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Saying my chicken biryani is better than
ur mum's is a bit too much but it was worth d wait isn't it ... Lol<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">28th Jan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Thank u for letting me sleep in today
while u get ready for work and do d dishes this morning<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">31st Jan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">It was very sweet of u to text me that I
was looking extra beautiful today, while sitting next to me in church.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">6th feb<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Thank u for taking care of me like a
baby. You made breakfast, gave me back massages, went grocery shopping, carried
all d things back and then made dinner for us. All this while doing ur
assignment also. You've been a very hard working husband today<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">9th feb<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">What's this new thing U've learnt to
thank me after every meal, especially when it's really nice. I like it, pls
continue 😁<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">10th feb<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Thank you for readily shifting ur work
to take me to an interview<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">That video was a real surprise. Well
done on finally succeeding in surprising me ! And keep it up baby.. Lol<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">17th feb<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Husband: what's ur motivation in life?
Do u know wats my motivation ?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Me: Wat is it ?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Laxman:you. I was motivated to get this
job to marry u, and I'm motivated now to work even harder to take care of u<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">20th feb<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">You sleep first k, I'll put u to sleep
first and then I'll sleep, so that my snoring doesn't disturb you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">22nd feb<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Letting me sleep in for a while longer
cos I didn't sleep well last night, and offering to wash d dishes and then go
to work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">25th feb<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I love u so much that I actually tear
nowadays when I think of u, In a good way, of course.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">26th feb<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Such a hardworking husband u are. You
stitch ur own pants, u clean d whole house cos u suddenly discovered moulding
due to Dampness, and on top of this, u offer to stitch my clothes that has
buttons fallen off too<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">1st March<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Thank u for d sweetie in my lunch bag !<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">2nd March<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Thank you for taking d risk of walking
down narrow dangerous roads to work so that I can take d car and don't get
tired<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">3rd March<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I like how u r so gentle when u r trying
to wake me up in d morning so that I'm not late for work<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">5th March<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">9th March<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Wearing socks at night is in no way
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">11th March<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The best gift is not the ones filled in
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pillows anyways hehehehe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Looking for a cake for our wedding a
month in advance shows how excited u r to celebrate it<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Thank u for waking up early and making
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first<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lunch, seeing Wat you've packed for me.. Specially chocolates and sweeties and
special treats. 😁<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that I chose the right girl to marry, no no, I didn't choose, I know God gave
me the perfect girl to marry !<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">You've been an absolute star driving for
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on ur shoulders for hours despite how tired you were, I knew there and then,
that our child will receive a double portion of what we lacked as while we were
growing up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with me for 3 hours shopping and for letting it be all about me !<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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than to let u have not enough food.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Chumi @ Lakshmi @ Luckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312828356245593404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437037150125573258.post-2093907211906908172016-01-28T22:10:00.001+00:002016-01-28T22:10:17.121+00:00Facebook or fakebook <div class="MsoNormal">
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Mum and I had a conversation a few days ago about Facebook.
It has been an ongoing thought in my mind for a very long time, which is one of
the reasons I’m not so active on Facebook now as opposed to before. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Facebook has evolved quite a lot ever since it was first
founded years ago. Its users have also evolved along with it. I surely have. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Facebook 1.0 – Adding friends and updating ‘about me’
details. Competing to see who had more friends on facebook. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(guilty)</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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Facebook 2.0 – Adding some pictures here and there. Only
those who had the luxury of camera phones did it at that time. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(guilty. Actually, I purpose chose the best
camera phone at that time for the sake of taking pictures)</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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Facebook 3.0 – Adding 100s of pictures of a single event.
Its as if anyone who sees those pictures from the other side of the world would
feel as if they were right there with me wherever I was. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(yea, I did this. In my defence, I was studying india, and my friends
and family were in Malaysia and everywhere else who wanted to be updated with
my life. I’d always like to think it that way)</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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Facebook 4.0 – updating profile pictures ever so often, to
show that we were up to date with the growing sense of fashion. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(This is the one thing that I have never
done for the donkey’s years that I’ve had Facebook for)</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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Facebook 5.0 – then came status msg which kept asking what
was on our mind. There were some who took it literally, some who trusted
facebook like a loyal dog and told it everything from waking up, to going
swimming/shopping/toilet breaks etc. and there were some like me, who used
Facebook to share 2 cents of my mind’s worth to those who were public nuisance
(as if he would read it on my facebook and miraculously repent) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(two hands up! I definitely did this!)</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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Facebook 6.0 – the number of comments and discussions about
some pictures started increasing publically in facebook. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(I remember publically discussing about sangria with my friend from
Belfast, when it was completely unnecessary)</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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Facebook 7.0 – this new shiny like button popped up on Facebook,
and people were cautiously using it at first. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(I am a very cautious person, my uncle very generously explained about
that during his speech on my wedding day)</i> <o:p></o:p></div>
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Facebook 8.0 – there was a sudden surge in liking pictures,
regardless of whether it was a human’s baby or a monkey’s baby. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(I found it amusing that people clicked like
for random blurry pictures that didn’t mean anything)</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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Facebook 9.0 – people started investing in dSLRs to take pictures,
and every tom, dick and donkey had a photography page. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(I have one, which is dying a natural death)</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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Facebook 10.0 – Selfies were the in thing! The type of
pictures uploaded had a general theme to it; local or overseas holiday picture,
expensive gifts, eating out, shopping trips, fashion show offs, proposals,
happy lifestyle etc. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Thankfully, I did
not fall into this trap)</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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This is when I started thinking. It was during my low times,
when I looked at Facebook as pastime, and it made me feel even worse. How come
everyone is so happy? How did he get a dSLR, he cant even carry it!? How does
she have such gorgeous hair? How can she go shopping every single day?? The
jealousy slowly crept in. And then the realization also caught up slowly. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Come to think of it, who would want to put up pictures of
themselves or their children crying and looking all grumpy? Nobody. Who would
sad share things about themselves publically? Who would be willing to admit
publically that there isn’t anything interesting happening in their lives?
Clearly, people only uploaded the good ones and omitted the negative ones. And
those who sit on the other side of a computer and look at pictures don’t
comprehend this. Which makes it even more obvious that Facebook is a place
where people are fake most of the time, because they don’t show all the sides
of their faces. Facebook is not a true reflection of one’s life. And there are
also two types of Facebook users. The one group who are genuinely caring and
concerned towards us and want to be updated with our wellbeing and life and
always have us in their thoughts. Then there’s this group of people who do the
exact opposite. To be honest, I kind of got annoying with the second type of
group. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So that was it, I stopped updating Facebook about myself,
and eventually, I stopped acknowledging other people on Facebook too. In fact I
don’t even look at Facebook everyday anymore. This made people think that it
was either because nothing was happening in my life, or nothing good was
happening out of it. But the truth is, there are way too many great things that
have been happening in my life and I chose to keep it personal. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Despite Facebook being heavily used only for pictures and
‘likes’ these days, I still think Facebook is useful for keeping in touch with
a lot of people. For someone like me who has friends and family all over the
world, this is my only way of keeping in touch with them. It’s always a debate
when it comes to Facebook. To be active, or not to be active? Sigh. <o:p></o:p></div>
Chumi @ Lakshmi @ Luckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312828356245593404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437037150125573258.post-59178710876785146372015-11-07T15:35:00.004+00:002015-11-07T15:35:34.801+00:00My biggest fears of the past are now my strengths.As I wore my formal coat for the third time today in the
last 7 weeks, I couldn’t help but wonder how different God’s plans are from our
own plans. When my husband picked out this coat for me in Thailand a few months
ago, I protested. Why would I need a formal coat when I’ve got no needs for it
for as long as I am here? And I surely didn’t see the necessity for it in a hot
country. How ironic is it to buy a formal coat in a tropical country to be worn
in another tropical country. But my husband insisted just because it fitted me
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When there was a need for me to dress up in formal attire
for the first time 7 weeks ago ever since landing here 8 months ago, I had a
coat in my wardrobe, all thanks to my husband. I was asked to coordinate and
speak to about 100 national and international audiences. I was ready with the
formal attire on that day, but I was the least bit ready with what I should be
talking about, and yet, many complimented that I did a good job on speaking. <o:p></o:p></div>
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And then 3 weeks ago, there was another necessity, and my
formal attire was ready, of course, with my trusty formal coat that I didn’t
want in the first place. This time round, it was to speak in front of 1000 odd
audience who were well-experienced pioneers and leaders. I was partially
prepared time this, with some serious last minute changes. Once again people
complimented. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Today, I was an emcee once again, this time at a Christian
college graduation ceremony. Out came my formal coat, yet again. I had neatly
packed it away thinking I wouldn’t need it here anymore. How wrong was I. At
the end of the ceremony, every single person I spoke to, acknowledged my work
and literally praised me. I only smiled sheepishly and thanked them for their
generous comments. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In these 3 occasions, people have always asked me similar
questions. How is it that you speak so fluently? I like how you are so bold.
Your English is so good. Do you not feel nervous at all, especially in front of
so many people? I’m mesmerised by the way you speak. You’ve got such a good
voice. I like your accent! (Disclaimer: These are the exact words that people
have complimented me with, not my own words at all). <o:p></o:p></div>
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Each time someone complimented me on my talking skills, I
never got it! If you ask me, I’ll deny each and every one of those statements. When
I was in kindergarten, my teacher had to put me right at the back of the class
cos I couldn’t gather enough courage to ask the girl sitting next to me to move
so that I could go to the toilet. I’ve always had stage fright up till my
postgraduate studies, and even after. I’ve never participated in any debates or
impromptu speeches. I’ve never been fluent in public speaking. I remember
skipping classes when it was my turn to give a presentation. I’m always nervous
in voicing out my opinion when there are more than 3 people listening to me. I’ve
always been shivering on the inside when I have to be a part of a presentation
due to compulsory grading system at university. I was never late for classes
because I didn’t want anyone to look at me. <o:p></o:p></div>
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My weaknesses of the past are my strengths today. All of a
sudden, the tables have turned miraculously. Everything that I hated doing
before, I now enjoy doing it. In fact, I now willingly want to do everything
that I hated doing before. I hated teaching, I now find myself drawn towards
teaching. I couldn’t bear to speak in public, but I am pulled into it now. I
hated having people look at me, I’m now willing to place myself on the stage. <o:p></o:p></div>
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But I didn’t practice to become better at it. I didn’t even
work for it. If you had asked me ten years ago about my goals, public speaking
wouldn’t have been one of it. All these are possible only because God ever so
graciously made it so. He is the Lord who transforms. He is the one who
enables. He is the one who equips. He took my weaknesses and transformed it
into my strengths, because He wanted to use me in that. Till today, I still
don’t get what people mean when they say I spoke so well, but I get that it’s
the heavenly intervention that has happened. And that’s all that matters. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I’m putting away my coat today, telling myself never to
assume that I might not need it again in the near future. <o:p></o:p></div>
Chumi @ Lakshmi @ Luckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312828356245593404noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437037150125573258.post-77537958484099677402015-10-10T18:37:00.002+01:002015-10-10T18:37:32.096+01:00God is good all the time<div class="MsoNormal">
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Internet-less nights become sleepless nights. As I was
searching for some songs on my phone to give me company to go to sleep tonight,
I realized I only had one song stored in my phone, unlike in my laptop or in
YouTube. That one song didn’t help me to sleep; it only got me thinking even
more. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It’s a song written in Tamil by some young youths whose
testimonies I am uncertain about. All I know is that they wrote this song in
times of adversity in their lives and families. In phases of such hardship,
they chose to praise their creator and maker, acknowledging that God is
all-powerful and mighty, that he is the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings,
and that all the earth should sing of His praises because His goodness is
uncountable. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I’ve regularly heard people say, God is good all the time,
and all the time God is good. It’s become a common term that sometimes we don’t
stop to think the depth of such a term. I myself have said it many times,
without realizing its genuine truth. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Recently, I heard about a father who didn’t want to wake his
7-year-old daughter at 5am to send the mother off to the train station, just because
she was in a deep sleep and he didn’t have the heart to disturb her. If an
earthly father can love his child this much, how much more will our Heavenly
Father love us. <o:p></o:p></div>
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God is good <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ALL</b>
the time, all the time God <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">IS</b> good.
In times of success, God is good. In times of failures, God is good. In times
of prosperity, God is good. In times of adversity, God is good. In times of
joyfulness, God is good. In times of sorrows, God is good. In times of
security, God is good. In times of uncertainty, God is good. Whether I get what
I asked for or not, God is good all the time. The Lord who is good during our
high times, is good during our low times as well. It is actually during times
of difficulties that we need to understand that God <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">IS</b> good, because he sustains us from feeling even worse than we
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Today marks 6 months of being married. Despite the
difference in time zones and views, and uncertainties about future plans, God’s
goodness has prevailed throughout. Right from the beginning of wedding talks,
till this very day, God has been good. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As this song is playing on repeat mode on my phone now, I
cannot be anymore convinced, that GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME AND ALL THE TIME GOD
IS GOOD. And I cannot be any more thankful for His grace. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Chumi @ Lakshmi @ Luckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312828356245593404noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437037150125573258.post-73567943482358165702015-09-29T17:10:00.005+01:002015-09-29T17:10:56.153+01:00I am Mrs Laxman<div class="MsoNormal">
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Throughout my lifetime, I’ve been known by several names,
nicknames included; Chumi, Lakshmi, potato baby, Lucky, pint size, bulb nose,
gunda. I am particularly very fond of Chumi and Lakshmi. Unlike the nicknames
that speak for themselves, Chumi and Lakshmi depict who I am.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Family and friends who know me as Chumi, know that I like
chinese food, I love my bubble teas, I’m lazy and laid back whenever I can.
Official acquaintances will tell you that Lakshmi means business and will get
what she wants regardless of the circumstances. <o:p></o:p></div>
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While I was in school, Chumi and Lakshmi were two distinct
personalities in me. Those who know Chumi will not know Lakshmi and vice versa.
Off late however, both the personalities have merged to become Chumi Lakshmi.
If you give me a chance, I’ll show you that Chumi Lakshmi is an achiever. I’ve
been the man of my house for over 2 decades, and I couldn’t be any more proud
of it even if you think I’m too bossy for a girl. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Regardless of fussy comments from relatives and so-called well
wishers, I’ve never been embarrassed of being frank or open minded. Don’t come
and tell me I am a girl and thus I should tone down. It will not be received
well! Hey, I’m not the one being rude, you are the one who’s being too
sensitive. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It was during this glorious, high riding season of Chumi
Lakshmi was it that I got married. Despite the many names that I already had, I
had a new name now that everyone seemed fonder of, Mrs Laxman. No big deal you
would say, especially when I was smiling on the outside. What no one could see
was that I was boiling on the inside. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I didn’t even want to get married to begin with. But when
wedding talks were happening, I began to accept it, because I knew this was
according to God’s perfect plan for me. But my ego wouldn’t accept it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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To me, being identified by my husband’s name meant Chumi
Lakshmi is no one without Laxman. Whatever Chumi Lakshmi has accomplished over
the years is all gone. Whoever knew me before, didn’t know me now. I am
expected to leave behind this whole person I have loving built over the years
and take on a new identity, all within a night. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Being the feminist that I am, this was definitely a tough
one. I would smile politely when someone called me Mrs Laxman, but I would be
furiously boiling within me. When someone sees me, I want them to see me for
who I am, not see me as a wife to so and so. I used to wonder why is it that
all my married friends were so happy to take on their husbands names and forget
their own individuality. I was so surprised they were willing to change
themselves, their own preferences for the sake of their husbands. To me, the
husbands were nothing but selfish men who wanted their wives to leave their own
life behind and take on a new life as the men continue with their regular
routine. <o:p></o:p></div>
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My ego didn’t give in for many weeks. I never spoke about it
to anyone though. I was careful not to disclose it to anyone at all. But I was
struggling within me to accept what the premarital counselling taught us, to
give in, to love, to understand. I just didn’t know how. <o:p></o:p></div>
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After 4 months of marriage, I understood how. During one of
our conversations over Skype, I had asked my husband one of my usual weird
questions. ‘Would you mind being introduced as Chumi’s husband? Would it matter
to you that people identify you as my husband instead of, me being your wife?
Like Mr Lakshmi, instead of Mrs Laxman?’. The answer that I wanted to hear came
within a split second. It brought me to realisation. He is proud of me, that’s
why he’s willing to take on my name. Am I not proud of him that I am not
willing to take on his name? <o:p></o:p></div>
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Of course I am proud of my husband. He’s accepted me with
all my flaws, patiently putting up with my temperamental nonsense, and yet is
so loving and understanding. He’s broken every view that I had of a man. He
doesn’t supress me in any way; it’s quite the contrary actually. My whatsapp
status msg says ‘I am a David, I am a Benjamin and I am a Gideon’. A man who
can accept his wife identifying herself with 3 important men who are fighters
deserves a pat on his back. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Today, if I were to introduce myself to you as Mrs Laxman. I
wouldn’t be boiling on the inside. It only means that I am proud to be known as
Laxman’s wife. The Christian premarital counselling taught me what to do, but
my husband taught me how to do it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Hi, I am Mrs Laxman =)<o:p></o:p></div>
Chumi @ Lakshmi @ Luckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312828356245593404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437037150125573258.post-41353613359254768772015-07-04T11:05:00.000+01:002015-07-04T11:05:41.390+01:00On presents ... <div class="MsoNormal">
As the rest of the family and I were wishing one of my
aunt’s for her birthday on the family WhatsApp group today, one of them asked
what presents she got from the husband and son. To which she said her husband
himself is a gift. Well done on being noble mami. Too bad the rest of the world
is not like that. <o:p></o:p></div>
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My response to that was spontaneous, not that it would have
been any different even if I thought first before speaking. What more could you
expect from someone like me other than to have my way in it. Pls don’t spoil
the market for the rest of the world, especially me. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Here I am, 2 weeks after my birthday, still holding on to my
husband’s amazon log in and adding things to his wish list which will
ultimately head over to the order basket, while short listing the list of
things I could possibly ask my mother as my birthday present. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I genuinely started thinking why is it that I’m so obsessed
with presents. I don’t remember when I first started this, but all I know is
that I never stopped. I think I tried to stop asking twice, but it never
worked, I asked for something as a present a day after my birthday, or maybe
that was during some Christmas time. There was once when I actually cried cos
my mother didn’t get my any Christmas presents when others kids got a lot and
were telling me about it. Erm, minute detail to note here is that I wasn’t a
kid when this happened. <o:p></o:p></div>
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There were times when people were making fun of me because
of my lists. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, people still are.
Did it bother me? Not at all! Otherwise I wouldn’t have replied to my aunt this
morning the way I did, would I?<o:p></o:p></div>
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There were also times when I was told it was wrong to expect
from others. I partially agree to that. But my mother and husband don’t fall
under ‘others’ category. So that’s not applicable to me. <o:p></o:p></div>
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There was once when someone said, “Chumi, you are so old
now, and you already have everything you want! What more could you possibly
want?!!”, which got me thinking. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I actually have more than what I need and want, and yet, I
still want presents on my birthday. I make excuses that it’s my birthday and
start creating my lists for the year. Could it be because I grew up and got
used to being showered with everything I asked for? Most likely. But the thing
is, it’s not like I only get things for my birthday. If that were to be true,
it would be my birthday every day of the year because I get everything I want
all the time! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Is it only children who should ask for gifts and receive
presents for their birthdays? Absolutely not! Even if it is, dear mum and
husband, I am still a child for both of you, so there’s no way you will ever
see the end of my lists. =D <o:p></o:p></div>
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Chumi @ Lakshmi @ Luckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312828356245593404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437037150125573258.post-55534548159920079522015-06-02T11:55:00.002+01:002015-06-02T11:55:16.712+01:00When you don't feel like doing something, do it. <div class="MsoNormal">
When my alarm woke me up at 7am yesterday morning, it was a
reminder that I had made plans to go to a new place that morning and I was
going to spend sometime with my G’ma after. I had hundreds of reasons to not go
out that morning. I slept late, I was tired, it was too early in the morning to
get out of bed (7am is early when you are not working or studying anymore),
it’s a new place, I wouldn’t have anyone to talk to, I can surely sleep in on a
Sunday, it’s ok if I don’t go today, I can meet them some other time, I am lazy
…. Were some of the examples of that hundreds of reasons. The fact was that I
was lazy and I was taking things for granted.</div>
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I eventually decided not to play dead while lying there on
bed and cheating myself and got out of bed at 8.15am, rushed to get ready and
left home at 8.50am. During my 45 minutes journey, all I could think of was
about bed and breakfast. It’s was a Sunday morning and the roads were free…
obviously.. cos everyone was sleeping in except for me. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The moment I stepped in to this new place that I was
sceptical about, I changed my mind. It was good for me to have been there, and
it was surely necessary for me to be there that morning. It was eye opening to
see that worship doesn’t have a standard procedure, and it was overwhelming to
experience such worship. It was refreshing to meet and greet people from all
walks of life and share experiences with them. It was nice to feel welcomed and
to see that people were sincere in doing so. <o:p></o:p></div>
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More than the service that morning, I enjoyed the company
that afternoon. I was so happy that I made it that day, kept my word and
finally met up with G’ma. Sometimes it would seems harmless to cancel on someone
or delay catching up with someone due to some unforeseen circumstances, but it
is quite harmless. It is not enough that we always think of them but never make
an effort to contact them or meet. I’m definitely guilty of this. There have
been many instances when I have been always thinking about so many people, but
I’ve been so lazy to even send them a quick message saying I’m thinking of
them, or I appreciate them. <o:p></o:p></div>
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same way too. My lesson learnt for the day was to never be lazy in
corresponding. Sometimes it feels ok to just be frank about it and say that I’m
bad in keeping in touch. But it’s not a nice habit to maintain though. <o:p></o:p></div>
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At the end of the day, I’m only glad I made it yesterday to
meet G’ma after years of procrastinating and only thinking about it. My long
drive back in the traffic was worth it because it was a moment of reflection
and realization of several things. <o:p></o:p></div>
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If you don’t feel like it, it means you have to do it. It
will only make you feel better. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And do
not take people for granted! It means so even when you didn’t mean it! <o:p></o:p></div>
Chumi @ Lakshmi @ Luckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312828356245593404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437037150125573258.post-70681186653601508362015-05-28T03:47:00.000+01:002015-05-28T03:47:09.551+01:00Have you been sent to die in the wilderness?<div class="MsoNormal">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Is it because there
are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness?”
Exodus 14:11<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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I couldn’t help but laugh when I read that. I didn’t laugh
because I was mocking the Israelites, or at their unsteadiness and doubt. But
it was because I heard God speak to me through those verses; <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Oh you poor kid, have I not promised to you? Have I not
told you? Have I not remind you for the umpteenth time, that with my mighty
hands, I will deliver you? That I will have my way executed in your life
because that’s what you chose from the beginning? Have you not already seen the
things that I have done in your life? Have you forgotten the fulfilled promises
in your life?“<o:p></o:p></div>
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As I lay in bed, I recalled the story of how Moses was
leading the Israelites out of Egypt. What started off as 70 Israelites
migrating to Egypt, ended up as 6 lakhs men (excluding women and children)
after 430 year. They were slaves to Pharaoh over those years. The kind of
slaves who were ill-treated, over worked, and had no rights over anything. But
on the other hand, they were God’s children, whom He never forgot. One fine
day, God sent Moses and Aaron along to deliver these people from the Egyptians.
After a whole episode of prayers, signs and wonders, the Israelites were
finally on their way out of Egypt, on their way to the promise land. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Even before leaving Egypt, the Israelites were complaining
to Moses to let them be as they were, as slaves. As soon as they left, Pharaoh
came chasing after them. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And when they
saw this, the Israelites feared greatly. And the people of Israel cried out to
the LORD. They said to Moses, “It is because there are no graves in Egypt that
you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us in
bringing us out of Egypt? Is it not that we said to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us
alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to
serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness. ” Exodus 14:10-12. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Every one of those words were pointed to towards God
directly and not at Moses. These are the people who’ve had first hand experience
and were privileged to see God’s miracles. Moses and Aaron performed miracles
and sign through God in front of Pharaoh. When there was harmful things that
was happening throughout Egypt, it had affected everyone right from the palace
to the workers, but it didn’t affect anyone in Goshen, where the Israelites
lived. When there were deadly plagues in Egypt, the Israelites were untouched
by it. No frogs, gnats, swarms of flies, plague of the livestock, boils,
hailstorm, locusts, darkness or even plague of the firstborn affected the
Israelites. But they saw with their own eyes how the Egyptians suffered with
these things. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We, people of today’s day and age, are all just like the
Israelites of those days. The moment something looks as if it is not working for
us, we immediately think it’s working against us. When there’s a vague sense of
uncertainty, all the miracles become misty. All the promises are long
forgotten. It may not be as verbal and real as going through slavery, wilderness etc. But that's the gist of it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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To all those who are in such a situation, be reminded of
just one thing: God is faithful. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">“The Egyptian whom you see today, you
shall <u>never</u> see again. The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to
be silent.” <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Exodus 14:13,14. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I am the LORD. I
appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by my name the
LORD I did not make myself known to them. I am the LORD, and I will bring you
out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. I will redeem you with an
outstretched arm and with great acts of judgement. I will take you to be my
people, and I will be your God, and you shall know that I am the LORD your God,
who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. I will bring
you to the land that I swore to give Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I am the
LORD.” Exodus 6:2-8<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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PS: This is a note to self on the 28<sup>th</sup> of May
2015 at 1am (Malaysian time), and to all those who need it and would care to
read it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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