In Motion

I haven't written a serious post in a while, and that's mainly because most of my serious thoughts occur at inappropriate times or when I'm not in the mood to blog. The serious side of me is a very real one that exists, though, and it is time to show the world my dark(er) side. =P One piece of relationship advice that I adhere to is to never expect my spouse to change. If you're marrying/dating someone to change them into a better person, good luck with that. I think women more than men are prone to 'fixing' their spouse like some home improvement project, and I am inclined to as well, I'll admit that. It's my default mode when I forget to remind myself that a)men want to be accepted the way they are, and b) I'm attracted to him because he complements me. This line of thought has its pitfalls, though. It was the reason I thought we should break up when I realized he wasn't romantic the way I wanted him to be, or when I had a need that he simp

So many things to blog about, so little time! I think I overcompensated for the cabin fever I suffered during the flu by overloading on activities since then. In between walking Jasmine twice a day (yay for warmer weather!), spring cleaning, meeting up with friends and doing an Old Testament Survey online, the past few weeks have been very fulfilling and productive for me. I'm especially proud of my spring cleaning efforts. We  finally cleaned the car! Well, the interior of the car, at least. Jia Wern has never taken the car to a car wash, so you can imagine 3 years' worth of dirt, dust and dead leaves (don't ask me how they got in there) in the car. Having no access to an outdoor socket, we couldn't just plug in our corded vacuum cleaner for that purpose. We actually did try to use his handheld cordless vacuum cleaner to do some cleaning last year, but that can only vacuum for 30 seconds at a time before running out of juice. We promptly gave up and didn't thin