i shall not post about europe cos that's just gonna take up a lot of time and i think it's an experience that will not be done justice in any blog post. so it'll just be kept in my memory for now sorry.

i've been reading lately and i've just finished the novel 'three weeks with my brother'. it always touches me how siblings can remain close, even through the test of time. for me, i think that will have to take lots more communication that what i have now. hopefully, we'll get down to it sooner rather than later. my brother's all i have. and i don't wanna lose him in any way.

three rules for accepting and deciding how to live life:
1. it's your life.
2. what you want and what you get are entirely different things.
3. whoever said that life was fair?

i guess we have to live by this knowledge. like it or hate it, it's reality and dismissing them will just lead to living a fictitious life, one where you are blinded by wants and expectations and not seeing the real thing. sigh. reading such memoirs really gets me thinking, thinking of how people can be so strong and so determined to fight past any hurdles they have had in life. i think so far, my life has been rather straight-forward. not much difficulties or roadblocks. but then again, sometimes i wonder whether it is really so or hopefully that i've already acquired the skill of knowing how to live life without regrets, and only with contentment and acceptance. i really hope it's the latter.