Remember how I was frustrated at certain people who were making things unnecessarily difficult for me? I shot them an email and *poof* everything was settled. If I had known earlier that sending an email would be so effective, I would have done it eons ago, instead of allowing myself to be taken around the bush, so to speak. So if there was one thing I have learned from this episode in my life, it would be the fact that patience and persistence pay off, no matter how diligently people create stumbling blocks for you — though not necessarily in the way you’d want it to.

Somebody wise said that “obstacles won’t destroy your dreams or vision, but your attitude can.” So true right?

Now, here’s something worth celebrating — My car clocked 10,000 km exactly in 9 months, but it still feels brand new :)

Oh, I was reading my older blog posts a while ago and it kinda dawned on me that “memes” aren’t as popular these days, huh? There used to be at least one meme a week going around in those early days, and I have really enjoyed learning more about my blogger friends from those memes. Perhaps this is the price to pay for more sophisticated technology like Facebook and Twitter?

I recently stumbled upon this site called Gives Me Hope. It has a (growing) collection of heart-warming short anecdotes that demonstrates that love is still all around, and that it still gives us hope.

“Today I found out my parents pawned their engagement and wedding bands for $600, five years ago while we were going through a Chapter 7 bankruptcy. What did they use it for?

Christmas presents. To them, making me smile was more important than having a bit of jewelry around their finger. They GMH.”

How could you not shed a tear reading it?

“I managed to get into a private school on a scholarship because my family is poor.

On Christmas, I got called to the office because someone left me a package. It was full of art supplies-which I couldn’t afford and it ended up being my only present.

The sender? The only other poor girl in the school.

Sarah GMH.”

Or this??

Have a relaxing weekend, peeps. See you next week!