The Cool Parents

While queueing to get to the top of Eiffel tower, a young couple in their mid-20s together with their son and daughter got into the line right behind us.

The son must have been around 5 years old and the daughter is probably about 3 years younger. The parents are the epitome of coolness; father sporting a 3-day-old unshaven beard with skinny jeans and a pair of leather jacket, wearing the standard black-rimmed glasses for geeks paired with a grey beanie hat, the mother working the very 'in' pixie haircut. Notice the slightly more meticulous observation on the father rather than the mother. Guilty as charged.

It's pretty clear what caught my eyes, but what's more interesting is the conversations that caught my ears. The parents treated every question asked by the son like an adult; no baby-talk, oh no way, and every question is replied by a series of questions which invited the use of logical thinking which led the son to the answer of his initial question on his own. Bravo for the good parenting skill.

Conversation 1:

"Daddy why don't they allow dogs up the Eiffel tower?"

"Why do you think?"

"Maybe because the dogs might poop..but what if the dogs don't poop?"

"How do you know they won't? What if you brought them up there, and they poop, what then, you pick it up and put it in your pocket until you get down?"

"But daddy it's sad if people have to leave their dogs waiting down here.."

"Who cares."

Conversation 2:

"Daddy what happens when you die?"

"Nobody knows for sure, it's a mystery."

"Can we be something else when we die? Like a birdie?"

"I can't say."

"But if we can, can I be a birdie and you be a daddy birdie and mommy be a mommy birdie?"

"Deal."

There's more but I can't seem to recall them all. I will try to keep that in mind when the time comes; nurture logical thinking and encourage inquisition in a child and make them wear cool, matching outfit with me or the dad. Yeah.

Just So You Know

In case you are wondering or perhaps starting to have thoughts on, you know, surprising me with a proposal anytime soon, or well, any time some time in the future, I'm going to break it down for you so that you won't have to be miserable trying to find the perfect ring for me just to...fail gloriously.

Imagine, you popping up the question, and I was getting excited already, cue for romantic quartet playing as background music, I was holding back tears of happiness, and you open the red box (Tiffany blue would be fine too) to reveal the ring that would seal the deal and and and..I don't like it. It would be so awkward then because I have to pretend that I like it because you must have spent quite some time to look for the perfect ring before deciding for the one you are presenting to me right then, and the excited hopeful look on your face, waiting to hear my response....

I trust your taste, darling, but a ring is a very tricky thing, because you can't know which ring I like from the type of music I prefer, or from my fashion sense (if I actually have any). And this is something that I would have to wear for the rest of my life! You have to understand my concern. So let me make things easier.

First of all, my finger's a size 6. Precisely 16.5 mm in diameter.

Second of all, I don't like any giant protruding stone from my ring. I prefer a band like this.

Simple. Classy. Gorgeous. Timeless.

Oh and I prefer white gold with diamonds which are forevah. Unless, you can find something similar like the one below, then, I don't mind me some gold.

That's it. If you keep these in mind you will never go wrong. EVER.

Ahhh forget it. I'm coming with you when the time comes to pick the ring. I can live without any surprise proposal.

Celebration of Femininity

I want to wear this on THE day!

Gorgeous Karla from Karla's Closet.

Apa ni..asyik-asyik cakap pasal THE day. Pi bagi abis study dulu.

Terkena tempias sekejap sebab two of my close friends told me they were getting married (not to each other! haha) on my birthday. Can't wait to go to their wedding.

Oh wait. Is it the phase people are talking about when one of your friend starts to get married and it kinda triggers a chain reaction and soon everyone in your circle of friends are married?

Anyways, was wondering, if people in this century dress up as in the Victorian times, wouldn't it be fun? The corset-thingy is not so fun, that's like self-torture, but what's so different with women going under the knife to get boob jobs, Botox and the whole shebang anyway.

Though there's the downside about how femininity is celebrated purely based on the aesthetic value, how women back then were not as empowered as today's women, and a whole string of other arguments, I still think women during that time look so glamorous, so classy. Women with higher status in the status cover up their body, and even the glimpse of the ankles are considered naughty.

Now, see where we are? I really truly believe that the culprits who change this perception of dressing up and being attractive are men. Show some legs! A little bit of cleavage is fine, love, well maybe more. Yep, more is definitely better. At the end of the day, it's free will la kan, people do whatever they want to do, but it worries me seeing teenagers as young as 13-17 years old on my little brother's Facebook posting up pictures wearing practically just a bra while posing in a suggestive manners which have hormone-driven boys who had just reached puberty commenting and liking these kinds of pictures like crazy. And the young girls, their sense of self-esteem in the process of taking form, got the impression that to get boys' attention and affection, they should all turn into whores with extra topping of bitchiness.

SIGH.

Got carried away. As always. Sebenarnya nak tunjuk baju cantik tu ja. Hehe. Later!

Will It Make Us Go Blind?

Really? Your choice of handbag tells a little bit of who you are?

Article here.

If it were up to me, and if I have more to spend, I'd have each and every type of handbag mentioned in the article. Except for the ubiquitous Longchamp's.

I think they are ugly and annoying. Sorry if you like it, or plan to buy it, or better still, own one. That's just my personal opinion. And I'm sticking with 'they're ugly.' Just like crocs.

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I'm 23-years-old going 24. Tell me why I should cram my head for exams again ?

Oh I forgot.

Because I simply love doing this. I love studying for exams.

Last two days I was studying about landfills, and yellowish grey activated sludge and sewage plant. Well, that was fun.

Today and tomorrow, it'll be all about combustion and ignition.

If they had inserted a sub-topic on spontaneous human combustion, this would be far more interesting.

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Aren't the photos the cutest thing ever? Wedding photographers kat Malaysia, cepat plagiat. Mesti ramai orang nak hire.

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Ok time's up. Back to you-know-what.

It's so fluffy, I'm gonna DIE.