can't smile without you... :)

i was at a birthday dinner last night. there was a little stage near the center of the restaurant with cords and cables littered around it and a single chair. it didn't look very promising. an hour later, an indian man walked onto stage, picked up a guitar and started crooning. his voice was rich and deep and it was definitely a pleasant surprise. one by one over the course of the night couples danced to old classics. i remember listening to this song - Can't Smile Without You by Barry Manilow (old school baby!) and watching old couples shuffle around the little dance floor. it's nice to see romance sustained so long. i only hope that one day when i'm 60 and shrunken and tired, my husband will walk up to me when our song plays and ask me to dance.

life has been a whole heap of ups and downs lately. i've really been riding the emotional rollercoaster in the last few weeks and just as i thought the storm was over, i got hit with this awful sore throat, and now i can't speak. it figures -__-

i'm abominably behind in study. i hope that the week picks up :)

it's hard, i realised that i seem to have lost myself. i hit a really bad low awhile ago where it seemed like all perspective had disappeared into a large black hole. it was like i was blind and i couldn't see, and everything around me was dark. i need to pick myself up.

my sister's keeper was really good. never as good as the book, i always think you can't fully condense a book's wealth into a 2 hour movie. anyhow it really made me think of the extent of a mother's love. will i be that strong one day?

that aside.. i did have a few really great days last week. hung out with some people i haven't seen in awhile, and did some shopping. it really is therapeutic.