Burnt Toast.

Let me tell you a story I stumbled upon,

One evening, my mother made dinner after a hard day's work.

She placed the jam and a plate with completely burnt toast in front of my father. I noticed the black toast immediately, but I was waiting to see if my father would notice it too.

My father however started to eat the toast and asked me about my day. 

I don't remember anymore what I answered, but shortly thereafter, my other apologised about the burnt toast.

I will never forget what my father said, "Darling, I love burnt toast!"

When I went to bed later, I asked him if he really likes burnt toast.

He hugged me and whispered, your mother had a very demanding day today, she is tired.

Burnt toast won't hurt anybody, but words can be very painful.

Life is full of perfect things and faulty people.

To accept these mistakes and appreciate the differences; this is the key to a healthy and long-lasting relationship.

Being separated by millions of miles, you tend to learn how to be appreciative of the smallest things, no matter how insignificant it may seem to be, and even more if you know that someone went an extra mile, just to make you smile. I'm not even specifically referring to a relationship, for it applies to all other relationships, with your friends, and family. When you're so far away you start to lose contact with people, threads cut, bridges burned, sometimes intentionally, sometimes not. It can no longer be an expectation for your friends to want to meet/ skype you every so often, because drifting apart is inevitable. It just happens. People give up when either side stops putting in the effort. And that is how things start to fall apart. So you start to appreciate the littlest effort people put in to catch up with you and what not; You yourself have to take the first step sometimes. Taking things for granted is when one slips up. 

Ever seen what it's like to give a child a candy? Or what it's like to ask a child how was school, and they would just ramble on? I'm not comparing someone to the immaturity of a child, but to the innocence and true heart of one, back to a simpler time, where there was nothing to hide, no hidden agenda, no ulterior motive. To see someone speak with such passion and innocence, where their eyes light up in excitement, and in that moment, you can't help, but to be touched by the rare sight before you.



FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
I can't deal. This semester i've made certain resolutions, which I have a feeling will go down the drain as soon as i post this. But, can't say i don't wish to try.

For one, I definitely want to become a better person. To focus on myself, and stop caring about the drama and gossip around. If i lose friends or lose whatever social status i had, so be it, cos making fake friends to climb some over-rated social ladder is not the way to go. Whenever I see spiteful people who go to weird extremes just to get their way, sometimes cutting people off at their knees, or using you until you're wrung dry and just tossing you away like used kleenex, I put myself in their shoes and question, "How can you live with yourself?". I view things and do things and make decisions on how I want to look back upon myself, whether I have lived a life I will be proud of in 10 or even a 100 years.

That's how I wish to live, and hopefully not be swayed by temptation or greed down the road.
Sometimes you got to give up on people. Not because you stopped caring, but because they do. 

Also, HAPPY LEAP DAY EVERY BUDDY :D

anyeong (:
missing you, forever and always.