La Vita e Bella

Last Sunday the new batch in Gondelstraat made a farewell party for us. It was lovely…. not only because they cooked us dinner and gave us free Heineken (hehe), but also because they were able to drag us out of our room,  stop writing, and socialize a bit. Manana and Tiina, for example, i havent seen them for such a long time! And i just found out in the party that they are going, soon, end of this week! Oh…

In the party they asked us as the old batch (oh i hate that term) to share about our future plans. They made me have to think really hard for that, for i dont have any clear plan in my head (hiks!)… I guess my other friends were like me as well, coz they spontaneously point to Carlos and Fany - the only people who have a well-prepared plan: get married!  This gave the impression that all of us are planning to get married, that’s why when Tiina speaks, she close with a bold statement: "no marriage!" Then Rina also mention the same thing; she has her boyfriend Cyril, maybe have lived together, but apparently marriage is simply not on their list.

I dont know, i never think about getting married either… im still 24 for crying out loud!!! But then another question popped in: what if you’re 30 like Marcia, would you be able to laugh about how difficult it is to find Mr. Right just like she did?

I suddenly remember having a conversation about marriage with a friend last year. She told me, yeah, right now maybe you dont feel the pressure to get married yet. But wait another three or four years, and you find that one by one your friends are getting married… then you’ll desperately wanting to get married too!

Hmm… i dont know whether her prediction will be right or wrong.

I really have no clue.

One thing for sure, i now hate Bridget Jones ideology that being single is such a tragedy. Spent days counting how many calories that you’ve consumed, singing ‘all by myself’ and crying about how unlucky you are in terms of love life, drinking alcohol and smoking all the time to ease the pain…. i found it so mean that they picture single people like that. Hey, i know single people who are great. Father Jaques, for example… eh wait, he’s a Father, he’s supposed to be single… priest have to be celibate remember? hihihi… Okey, Condy for example! or…. all my lecturers in WGD!!! They are great although they are unmarried…

Being single and unmarried is not a crime… Just because 9 out of 10 people do it, doesnt mean you have too… doesnt mean that you’re incomplete or something… i guess.

Ah ok, now i think my research paper will be easier to think about for the moment.

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