Hello.

Most of the recent events revolving around my life has left me speechless, to say the least- And its not necessarily because of the way things happen specifically; but more of the order of which things happened, and perhaps coupled with my own idealistic analysis of how events could possibly co-relate into this one sound message of how God is definitely faithful & at times, quirky in the way He catches my attention.

I think I shall reserve some of my resolutions to myself just to avoid this post sounding less self indulgent (tho ironically any blog dedicated to one’s observations of the immediate life around them are usually self indulgent anyway); So I’ll just sum up in short paragraphs; these nuances in a more simplified manner.

1) Spain is as beautiful as I have imagined. It was quite a delightful experience to have met a wonderful 80ish year old englishman to have him inviting me over to his villa in Granada, and him showing pictures of its beautiful garden view towards the Alhambra mosque and a backyard facing the snow-capped mountains. His inherited property was themed as “generosity” in remembrance of his late mother and aunt whom so willingly offered this place as a gift to him. Just by looking at the pictures, my dreams of visiting Spain one day was suddenly revived. I must say tho, because the sense of awe is too enormous for me to behold alone, the next time this dream materializes I think the only right way to deal with it is to share the experience together with someone.

2) More and more, I’ve developed a deep respect for people who care for others. And when I mentioned “care” its not in a sympathetic manner of responding to those people they deem as unfortunate, but more of a strong conviction of prioritizing the welfare of others above themselves, and make it something they live by. I think “care” is such an amazing thing. It transforms every attention to menial detail into something as magical as pixie dust- and it usually translates to an intelligent charm to others.

3) I find compliance without love a very ugly thing. Its almost as annoying as cowardice, and as intensely hurtful as betrayal once discovered.

4) How amazing it is to see some people have a gift and touch to build the most beautiful lives and brilliant minds in those around them. That kind of love and genuine kindness can never be achieved through its impostor known as “niceness”.

5) I’m slowly learning- that in the expansion of depth in thinking, one must also take into consideration how they can increase their breadth of  making knowledge accessible to as many people as possible in a less daunting manner. So the deeper one becomes, its fairly useless if one doesn’t work on the simplification and becomes more distant to the people they try to relate to.

6) The satire humor of the English people seem to be more intriguing in real life than in the movies. But I must say they’re a much more pleasant bunch compared to the Australians.

Either that or I’m just very unlucky.

7) I long for a Saturday afternoon-long good conversation over coffee- Together with all those bite sized snacks with names that compel me to try them.

8) Referring to point number 7: Even if I were to be alone, at least I must be accompanied with a good book, and a non-scheduled evening that I could do some crowd gazing.  

9) Consequently when I do get bored, I’d love to window shop and purchase things in my mind with the money I don’t have. And I’d imagine my friends in those clothes and accessories and gadgets and all that stuff. Alas, but then its so futile to practice generosity in the mind, isn’t it?

Bye.