I'm no longer playing Facebook games and 9gag is getting boring. The standard of those Taiwanese variety shows that I usually watch (e.g. 康熙来了，大学生了没，姐妹淘心话) also seem to be dropping and I'm not really in a mood to start any novels yet.
While pointlessly browsing through the web, I found a couple of websites/articles that are rather amusing/interesting and I spent quite a bit of time deriving joy from those websites. Haha
1. The Pregnant Husband
This is a blog done by then Dad-to-be Jeffrey Bausch to document his wife's pregnancy through GIFs and provide some entertainment for her while her pregnancy hormones are acting up. Many of them are right on the point. Here're some examples:
As we approach the third trimester, whenever I ask my pregnant wife how she’s feeling. She's like:
When my pregnant wife wants to go to sleep and I’m not tired yet. She's like:
When we go out with another pregnant couple and both wives say that we can get drinks and that they'll drive home. We're like:
The moment my pregnant wife decides I'm taking too much room in the bed. She's like:
And this is my favourite:
How my 9 month pregnant wife is feeling these days. She's like:
This is another blog done by Jeffrey Bausch. His wife has given birth to a baby boy and Daddy Newbie will be a collection of GIFs relating to his son and new journey into parenthood.
The rate at which we are going through diapers right now. It’s like:
When people get to hold our son for the first time. They're like:
When the maternity wing is over-filled with patients and my wife has to share a room with someone else, I'm like:
This is more for the cat lovers. It's a collection of photographs by photographer Fubirai who has spent five years documenting the lives of semi-wild cats that roam an island called Cat Heaven Island (such an apt name) in Fukuoka, Japan. The cats are fed by local fishermen and wander freely through the streets, boatyards, porches, and houses of the city.
Many a times, we do things not because we genuinely wanted to but because we were subconsciously trying to fulfill others' expectations of us. And because others have imposed their expectations on us in a subtle manner, we failed to see that we can perhaps break out of the cycle and stop trying to fit into the mold that others think are befitting of us. Many of the thing listed in this article are things that we do in order to fit into what society think is the social norm and some of them are really applicable to relationships:
- Give up your need to be always right
- Give up your need for control
- Give up the past
- Give up attachment
This last point on attachment resonates strongly with me because I believe myself to be someone who is generally emotionally detached. I find this slightly unsettling because I kinda interpreted this conclusion as an inability/unwillingness to love. In fact, I always find the word 'love' too strong for my liking and I have never used it for anyone, not even my parents whom I know I dearly loved but never had the intention/courage to say it out loud to them.) And as I told my girlfriends, I am afraid to be attached to someone, because that would mean that I am increasing my reliance on that person, resulting in exposed vulnerability. And vulnerability is an issue that I do not know how to deal with yet. So I'd rather not put myself in a position of vulnerability in the first place.
However, the author has a different take on the concept of attachment. Here's the excerpt from the article:
"This is a concept that, for most of us is so hard to grasp and I have to tell you that it was for me too, (it still is) but it’s not something impossible. You get better and better at with time and practice. The moment you detach yourself from all things, (and that doesn’t mean you give up your love for them – because love and attachment have nothing to do with one another, attachment comes from a place of fear, while love… well, real love is pure, kind, and self less, where there is love there can’t be fear, and because of that, attachment and love cannot coexist) you become so peaceful, so tolerant, so kind, and so serene. You will get to a place where you will be able to understand all things without even trying. A state beyond words."
Confusing much?
I'm trying to digest this as well. Meanwhile, I shall continue partying~ ;)
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