Saturday, November 25, 2006

Her BIG DAY today!

Nope, she is not married today (once she gets married, I will post the entry up, promise!)Hueyling graduated today! After 1 year plus of long-hours- after-work and studying during weekends, my dear girl has graduated with a Business Administration degree! I am SO PROUD of her because it is not easy to study part time with a full time job.I know that there were times she felt like giving up, but my girl persevered through!

I remembered vividly last year when she told me that she wanted to study part time and was having a 'mental warfare' over which courses to take. I also remembered when she had complained about the number of projects she had to do etc...I admired her guts for studying part time with a full time job at hand. If I were her, I think I would opt for a part-time job provided my finances do not take a huge dip.

Anyway, I am really elated for her. She has made it on her own,=) Another close pal of mine, Syl is also studying part time with a full time job. These 2 girls are really admirable! Syl will graduate bext Feb and I know she can't wait to graduate! =P It has been a long and gruelling journey for her during these years. I am confident that she will graduate with flying colours.

Once again, CONGRATULATIONS 恭喜 Hueyling!

listening to: 'Get High' by F.I.R

posted by Jiatine @ 11:25 PM 0 Comments

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Learning to love yourself

Learning to love yourself can be a daunting task at times especially when you carry tonnes of burdens,be it financial,emotional,spiritual etc etc.....

I was watching the Oprah show this morning and apparently, this was one of their topics for the show. The speaker, a celebrated psychologist (Miss Robin sth..she is a frequent speaker in Oprah's shows) talked about learning to love yourself. Though I did not finish watching the entire show, I know that this topic is a 'hot favourite' in many of Oprah's shows. Many of us are victims of 'not loving ourselves' and this can be due to many reasons:
  • Childhood abuse
  • Emotional trauma
  • Inferiority complex
  • Disengaged from the society and the list goes on and on....

The author, yours sincerely, is also learning to love herself. It is a lie if someone says he/she truly loves him/herself because at some point in our lives, we dislike who we are. Learning to let go of certain things is one of the ways to love ourselves. We may still be holding tightly on some things of the past that hinder us from moving on, or bearing grudges against certain person(s) who have hurt us before.

Through my personal experience, learning to let go has benefitted my life greatly. Before the 'letting go', I was suffocated, like being stuffed in a small room with no air, no sunlight. For some of us, letting go ain't easy, seems like 'Mission Impossible'. That I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. Because we have held on for so long that once you let you, there's a certain void, a certain kind of emptiness that is indesribable.

Slowly, take one step at a time, take deep breaths, look forward and most importantly, know that you are not alone is this mental warfare. You are never alone unless you allow yourself to.

*listening to: 'Anywhere Is' by Enya

posted by Jiatine @ 11:24 PM 0 Comments