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Hi, it's been a while! I've been 'busy resting' for the past weeks. I mean, I tried not to switch on my laptop when I'm about to sleep (e.g., like now...).
I finally finished reading Sense and Sensibility (thanks to my broken phone, the only way to spend my time in the bus and train is reading). I am also 3/4 finishing this book:
It's very good! It may seem that I don't get angry a lot, but anger does affect me and it feels so good to slowly understand my feeling and learn to handle it.
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Two weeks ago I watched "The Way" (2012) as part of the bonding session for our trip this September.
Now our 5-day-walk for the Camino feels so short. Hahaha.
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Last Monday I went to play with my boyfriend's niece. She's already three years old and she loves scooter. But...she wants us to push her so she just needs to stand on her scooter @.@ hahaha..
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After I watched that movie, I really think I should have a 'one-line-answer' if people ask me why I do the Camino. I have lots of personal prayer intentions and thanksgiving. My friends said we can do lots of rosaries on the way (because it's around 20 km per day).
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A good blog that was recommended by my boyfriend. I often think that elegance is not for everyone. However, slowly I learn to see it as something good and something that can be personalized according to my personality too. The most important lesson that I learned from this blog is: do not rush! I can feel even when I am writing now, I always rush. I think it's time to start writing diary again, to learn to slow down and pause.
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Long distance relationship, even for 2 weeks, is quite challenging. I think the worst part is the 12-hour-difference when both sides are working. However, I think the problem is not the LDR itself, but the expectation. If I already expect that communication will be less frequent, I don't think there is a problem. However, if I thought I would be able to Skype quite often but it didn't turn out to be like that, I became super-angsty about it. Another important lesson from LDR is I learn to appreciate the other side more because now I realize how precious is a mere presence of the other side.
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Talking about reading books on relationships, my friend gave me a good suggestion: to highlight important parts of the books with different color (e.g., I highlight in yellow, while my boyfriend highlight what's important for him in blue). I haven't done that because I don't have the courage to highlight my book (I feel like it's a pity for the book to be highlighted!!). However, my boyfriend doesn't mind, so I think we should give it a try. Hopefully I will use more common sense after I read this book when the times come for discussion / disagreement again. My favorite part of the book above is the chapter on "Crafting an apology". Even though I know my boyfriend's 'apology language', most of the time my pride overrides my common sense and I end up just finding excuses for myself. I just choose a language or a way of apology (if it can even be categorized as an apology) that still makes me 'comfortable'. Yeah..lots of things to work on!
More quick takes at Jen's blog!!
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