Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Map of You

In the airplanes they say, put on your oxygen mask before you put one on someone else. Sounds selfish but its not. Though a safety instruction, it carries a much deeper meaning when applied to life. Keep yourself safe and happy. For only when you respect yourself, love yourself you can actually have positive and blessed relationship with others. Of all the relationships that you will have in your life, the one that is most satisfying and rewarding is the one you have with yourself. It defines you, feeds you, shapes you. The more I identify myself with my experiences in life - good or bad, it has made me who I am. And I am content with who I am. If we cannot sew our hole in  the soul then no one can do for us. 

When you learn to love yourself, you are not scared to be alone. Spend time with yourself, take a walk in the park, sit on a bench alone, go alone for shopping and that will be the best time you can spend. I am not alone, have my new found love, myself for company. Date after date, it's a great relationship.

Lovingly yours,
Faded Glory

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Raise the Red Lantern

And so we sat, S, G and me on the rooftop bar, Lantern, at One Fullerton. The view is spectacular from way up there. Our poison for the evening - Red Lantern, a concoction of watermelon, cointreau and lime. And its is by far the best cocktail I have had. Sipping one drink after the other, getting philosophical about life - the Red Lantern had a soothing affect on all of us. As we got more and more dreamy, thoughts and words were flowing but literally and figuratively everything was red, the 'Red Lantern' drink, the yellowish red light. The mood was RED.

The fact is, as per the chinese the red lantern is symbolic of happiness, good luck and re-union. But each of us had our own interpretations tonight. G, 30, Male, divorced after having an arranged marriage made a statement, red, is nothing but a sign of danger. His association to red was fear. Marriage is dangerous he said, and I could understand. He was angry over having chosen the wrong person that led him to be at cross roads of life, dealing with a divorce. S, 29, Female, Married had a strikingly different meaning to Red. For her it was symbolic of the color of love, the heart that beats, the red roses and life was all hunky dory. Her association to red was happiness.

To me, Red is action, it is energy. It fuels you to become passionate. Passionate enough to hate, to kill, to love, to hope, to be violent. Single or Married or Complicated, irrespective, red is the color of the blood, red is inside of us, running through our veins energizing us to feel what we feel and act as we do. As long we have red, angry or hopeful, full of hatred or full of love, we are alive!!

Gimme Red,
Faded Glory

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Singapore Skies

In Singapore, they say, dont look at the sky, it may burst out open anytime and leave you drenched. And then the skies clear out and the sun shines bright. I love Singapore for the very reason. This place is so me. Rainy, weepy, sad one minute and changing to happy, shiny bright the next minute. All in day. For nothing in life is a constant, except you and only you. Im loving it and living it up! 

Singapura, you rock!
Faded Glory