The Shortest Poem

Love Trap

I

fall.

I used to write a lot of poems, and since I wrote them when I was very young, they were all about love. (very young being, 10 up to my teen years. I had crushes back then (so young?!)... who never liked me back. lol) I also used to like to write short stories too, about love as well... but, growing up, together with disillusionment, happened. I got tired of it and I've stopped writing when I entered college.

Anyway I was just thinking the other day of how I met my now boyfriend, whom from henceforward will be named in this blog as aiko (his family nickname) and how he lured me into liking him...and how gullible I was. LOL tsk heh.

The above can scarcely be called a poem, but what the heck, I shall make use of poetic license.

Afternoon Tea with Laneige

So uh, this post is again very late, it has been 2 weeks and you most definitely already know who won the Laneige beauty blogger challenge. It's ALENE!! Yay! *throws confetti* I'm really happy for her and I think she truly deserves it!!:)

If not for her too, I'd have almost forgotten to update, thankfully she asked for the pics and I got reminded about it! I've just been so busy my plans of updating my blog at least twice a week flew with the wind.

I was quite pleased that they did invite us for an afternoon tea party, I thought they were just gonna announce the winners and the 'losers' just have to forget and move on with their lives haha but it was so nice that we all got together again and we got to know each other even better! The girls are really so amazing and I can't emphasize enough how this was the most fulfilling part of the contest.:)

I was the first to arrive (how loserly! haha) and the venue was set at The King Louis Gril and Bar at Vivocity. I was expecting a, for lack of a better term, proper cafe but King Louis was quite good too! You'll see from the pics later that what we had were delectable! I would probably come back soon to try their main course.:)

But I wasn't alone for long, Trissy and Hui Ning came followed by Charmaine :D

A solo photo of Alene that I took because she was so lonely at the other table :D

We waited for a while before the confectioneries were served, and boy do they look yummeh!! 

 Laneige staff was so thoughtful, the tea that we had also must be good for skin. lol. I chose cherry marzipan! 

 The tea bag looked so pretty! Tastes nice too!

 Us teasing Trissy, touch up also must use Laneige. Lol

 Around 3pm they prepared for the announcement of the winner. Qiuqiu was also there to award the prize!

 The screen says: And the winner is...

 ALENE!!

Congratulations again!! I think everyone would remember how she said "I didn't expect to win loh", so cute and humble!

 Laneige staff surprised Qiuqiu and her best friend Mich for their birthdays!

 with two gorgeous girls beside me!

 Gwen is really such a darling! I'm so grateful that we became close through this competition. She is as sweet and pretty in personality as her outward appearance! A lot of my friends said they wanted to vote for Gwen but they were forced to vote for me. Haha!

 Group photo before we left The King Louis to head down to the Laneige roadshow.

The dress I wore was quite big for me, thus, I look fat. Nah I'm just kidding. Maybe I am fat. LOL

Gwen and I!

I feel so old being with Hui Ning lol

 With the winner!

Hope to see you again girls!

THANK YOU THANK YOU once again to all who voted for me, shared on Facebook, messaged their friends, forced other people to vote... I really am super blessed with wonderful family, friends and even acquaintances! I honestly don't care that I didn't win and didn't even come close to the 1000+ votes. Knowing that I have such wonderful people to support me is more than enough. HONTOU NI ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU!!

Ending this post with the printed picture of me from the roadshow~

Atheism

It's starting to annoy me how atheism, rather than pure personal belief, is becoming a trend in the web and social media. Usually I don't care about other people's faith, or absence thereof. I believe in letting other people act according to their own moral standards as long as it's for the good of mankind. I think it's a low blow when people start to ridicule and make fun of others' religions. Moreover, it's like an atheist is now being made synonymous to an intellectual. Yes, there are a lot of highly intelligent individuals who are atheists but not all atheists are smart. Hello, logic please. It got to my nerves because on facebook there are some skeptics who would comment on posts when people thank God for the blessings they receive, and then these trolls post a lot of things about how people who believe in religion are stupid. I mean, come on! If you don't believe it, why bother convincing other people that their god/s are the bane of humanity? Are you trying to convince yourself also in the process?

I suppose you've heard of this: Respect begets respect. And that's exactly what I want believers and nonbelievers to practice!

One of the best things in Singapore is that everyone is allowed to follow their own religion. Despite belonging to different faiths, muslims, christians, buddhists, atheists, live peacefully amongst each other. Because there is respect, and no one holds religion against one other. Isn't that how we want the world to be?

Some say that the teachings of certain religions, for example, Islam and Christianity, are actually responsible for the killings, discrimination and all the problems our society is facing. You know what I think? I think that's bullshit! (sorry for using such a term in this kind of post, but it is.) That's such a sorry excuse for being human! It's not the religion that's causing all those hatred, it's Man himself! We make our own decisions, we act on our own accord, and it's within each of us to choose the correct interpretation of our faith, so please let's not generalize and blame the religion itself, because as far as I know, my God has never taught me to hate or to do evil. And no, I am not against homosexuals. Just to clarify, I also do not agree with overzealousness where people force others to join their religion, or become so obsessed with it that they end up doing heinous acts in the name of their faith. This is where problems arise, in the minds of men, and not in the religion itself.

I may not be a perfect Catholic, but then again, who is? Not only as a religious person, but as a human being everyone is bound to make mistakes. You who ridicule others, are you perfect? Do you know everything? Every single thing? No, right?

If you are standing up for your own principles, good for you. I have utmost respect for atheists who are what they are because they have come up with their own axioms and stand by it. But if you're out there saying you don't believe in any god just to impress and make people think you're smart, I'd want to say go to hell but you don't believe in it, so maybe just, just shut up until you actually know how to formulate your own hypotheses and not the ones you browse on the web. Maybe then you'll actually know how to make good use of life instead of wasting it away trolling on the internet.