Wedding

WARNING: THIS ENTRY CONTAINS CHEESY TALK, VIEWER DISCRETION APPLIES

"Boyfriends are nice to have but not necessary.." - Lee, S.A. 2007

It does make relationships sound like auxillaries or just a bonus stage you get from super mario when u jump down the pipe in some secret level.. maybe what my dear friend Song Ai's point was on priorities and the significance of relationships to her? I witnessed the wedding of Gavin and Boz yesterday.. and I can say I felt such insatiable joy for them and it struck me then... gave me a very refreshing view on love..

Right in the transition phase- the dusk years of my adolescence and the dawn of adulthood being exposed to themes such as career, wealth, material possessions.. and in a scaled down micro-environment of uni; academic achievement. Times when I look around me in my room.. there's nothing I lack materially.. a testament to my parents lavishing love.. the academic grades stuck on my wall, the testimonials I get from each internship.. but yet.. it can only bring a very temporal and transient kind of happiness.. (albeit my utmost gratitude to God for so undeservingly providing these things to me)..

I saw on Gavin and Boz's faces the tears of joy and happiness.. they couldnt stop sobbing while exchanging their vows.. and I would dare say that even if they won 1 billion dollars, they would not be able to reproduce the same expression as they did when they exchanged vows.. its because a man is finally made complete when united with his wife in love- 'the better half'.

"..you made the good times more beautiful, and the bad times less hurtful.."

Those were Gavin's words.. that resonated thru my mind the whole day.. what could make a man say such words? and even cry while he's saying it.. it must have meant alot to him.. and he must have said it from the bottom of his heart- reminiscing the good and the bad where by his best friend- and now wife, stood by him always.. It was really touching.. and I felt such happiness for my friends- as they have found their happiness in each other.. there're somethings money can't buy(but for everything else ther's Mastercard)..

Now seeing from this, its hard to understand how and why some would rather live a life of freedom and no commitments.. freedom almost bitter.. for what I saw in essence at Gavin and Boz's.. was sweet captivity.

Yet at the same time, I think that the motivation of searching for a relationship is definitely paramount- a friend of mine once commented about feeling "peer pressure" because all his friends around him are getting attached.. and that as a driving impetus.. if so, then the girl you seek is no better than pokemon cards.. which you starved countless recesses to save up for... only to realise later in your life that they're useless.. Then and again, quite frankly it is a very common emotion and not illogical to think or feel that way.. its only human and only natural. Hence I would propose to search and discover the true inner impetus for relationships..

Anyway, I just want to congratulate Gavin and Boz on their marriage :) Well done you guys :)