Size Seven Shoes

It feels strange to have a blog titled Size Seven Shoes and then to have a coffee cup picture showing on the site. I really should make my own template and put shoes into the design. Hmm. But I like this template.. how? :(

Chinese New Year begins tomorrow. I think it only really excites you when you're still a child. The thought of the angpaus and meeting cousins and playing games with them seems very much appealing at that age. At my age, it's not to say that I don't like Chinese New Year altogether, it's just that with each passing one, you feel the weight of how much time has flown and you wonder at where you're at. This is my final Chinese New Year receiving angpaus. Once I get married later this year, I will be the one handing them out. It'll be a different feeling. It's one of those markers in your life that make you realise how many years you've braved through, and wonder how many more there will be to come. I've never particularly felt responsible with money. Not that I'm a huge spender, but just that I don't particularly keep a close tab on where all the money goes. I wonder will that be a hindrance as I take on marriage. I wonder how much pare...

I awoke to the sound of birds outside my window. They were chirping cheerily and it felt as if they were saying to me, "Oh come on, time to get out of bed already, the New Year has begun and it's simply beautiful!" It's cloudy outside. I hear cars whizzing by as they zoom off to break in the day. Overhead, an aircraft flies, but my curtains are drawn so I can only guess at what kind it is, based on the sound it makes. I feel calm as I linger on my bed, but my mind has already begun spinning thoughts of things I should do but haven't done. Holidays end soon and then it's work, routine, mundaneness again. Unlike other New Years, this time I feel a tinge of apprehension for the upcoming realities that for now remain unknown. Previous callouses of the heart compel me to be wary of what will come, what I hold on to and may, at times, inevitably lose. I have watched as bodies age and leave this world. I have endured heartache. I witnessed betrayal and the resulting...