Brown Nuggets

Drama Mamas

Started baking again today - pineapple tarts! I still have enough filling for another 1 to 2 batches and then I'm going to try something else - probably cheesecakes.

Baking the same thing over and over again isn't much fun.

Finally tried the aussie pies from Piper's Pies (located along the stretch of shops before 6th Avenue @ Bukit Timah) and they are quite good! Not exactly like Jester's Jaffle Pie from Australia but close.

I want to learn how to bake filo pastry pies like Jesters (especially the Beef Rendang Taj Mahal) so I can eat them everyday - so yummy!

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I cannot comprehend why some people like to dramatize their lives and make themselves out to be so difficult to understand. Is it really so cool to be problematic, confused, melancholic and depressed? Because some guys (the majority? but fortunately not my boyfriend) seem to be attracted to these sorts - attention seekers?

Someone once told me that guys like the idea of being the hero and rescuing such poor damsels in distress. Interesting...

Black is black
White is white
Happy is happy
And sad is sad

So what's so difficult about that?

I am a 21st century woman capable of standing on my own, sorting out my own problems and have no need of being rescued. I do not believe there is anyone who will die of sadness if they cannot be with a particular person. It is a matter of choice. Being happy. Being depressed. Moving on. Or even being with someone.

I am with my boyfriend not because I need him and will fall apart without him but rather because I choose to be with him. I want to be with him because I respect him, he stands for everything important I have I always looked out for in a partner and everything about him complements me.

Ok, I am exaggerating. Not everything but he, is definitely close.

Read in a book once that people who depend on another for their happiness can never be truly satisfied because people are imperfect and people do and will fail - but God will never fail you :o)

If you tag your happiness and everything you do upon one person, what happens when that person ceases to exist in your life? You lose your purpose and motivation for living.

Life is about experiences, facing challenges and changes - how else will your character grow? Don't give up at the first sign of problem! Face it head on, overcome it or learn to flow with the tide.

I like to imagine myself as a surfer, mastering the swells of the ocean. Sometimes you will meet inconsiderate surfers who crash into your path but I just try my best to stay clear away from them. Why throw away everything you've worked hard for just because of a few pesky flies?

Drowning your sorrows and crying buckets don't change a thing - they just emotionally blackmail the other party. So you may get what you want (on the surface) but someone else is suffering because of you. Think about that...

By all means do whatever you want with your life (hey you're the boss) but think about how that's going to affect the people around you - people who truly care about you and those innocent bystanders who have to put up with your nonsense.

posted by Pocahontas @ 1:10 PM