Valentine's Day

I often wonder, "is everyone else as happy as I am?"
I've been married for almost 3 years now, and I couldn't be any happier. It's all very cliché I know, but it's all true. I feel like this person was made for me.

He makes me smile after a long day at work. He knows how to make me laugh hysterically, even if it means making a fool of himself. He knows what to say to calm me down when I'm fired up. He knows to volunteer with extra chores, when I'm just too tired. He's the easiest person to live with.

He's patient, so patient. He doesn't have a short fuse, never shouts, never threatens, never jealous, never controlling. He encourages me, and makes me feel like everything is possible.

Happiness is his main aim in life. Not money, nor power, a better car or a big house. He just wants to simply be happy. I think this is what so many people lack. Just to want to simply be happy. We can all get wrapped up in everything else around us, that we forget the simple things in life, we forget what makes us happy, and we give way to negativity. He is one of the most positive people I know. He is the most content person I know.

He has a can-do attitude to work. He works hard because he wants to, not because he feels he has to. He has loved every single job he has held in the past. No, i'm not exaggerating. It's very inspiring to be with someone who loves their job. Not a lot of people can say they love their job.

He is just the perfect man for me.

Believe in luck?

I've had a blessed 2009, and 2010 seem like it will turn out to be the same.
After a mentally gruelling 2+ years in a local graphic design house trying to adjust to the workplace culture and the people, I decided to quit my job and take some time out to relax & basically remember what it was like to be happy again. It was an extremely hard decision to make; no income, no next job waiting for me, nothing to do but just relax everyday. (I'm the type of person that needs a job to motivate myself.) It was so hard that I stuck with it for another quarter of the year to come to the conclusion that, yes, I need the break.

So the money stopped rolling in after November, bummed around for 2 weeks, went for a holiday to the US for 2 weeks, came back to Singapore and bummed around for 2.5 weeks... then: got a job. I think this was one of the times that you can say I handed in my resume at the right time, and the right place. It's not all luck I'm sure, of course they wouldn't hire me if I turned out to be a twit. But it was almost like the gods heard my wishes and placed this delightful package in my hands. I felt 'saved'. Saved from boredom, saved from overthinking and worrying, saved from the negativity that had been infiltrating my mind the past year. Now, I feel so hopeful, so enthusiastic, so positive. I feel happy and excited to start this new career direction, i feel focused that I'm going to give it all I've got.