When I often scroll through people's status updates, picture uploads, comments and unashamed exclamations of how fantastic/crummy/emo/yummy their lives are, there are always a couple of things that will make me smile to myself like a bemused old grandma looking at her grand kids photos.
One thing that always makes me smile, is when I see someone I know whom I experienced some period of my life with (i.e. secondary school or primary school mates), announcing an engagement. Marriage and weddings are always happy events in my heart, they're full of those 'aweee' moments, and I love seeing that these people I once knew who were once immature kids (like myself), were taking the next step in life and progressing. I find it even more depressing when you are surrounded by depressed people. And seeing other people move forward should only encourage you to move forward too.
What makes me smile even more, is when they announce that they've received a HDB flat (because it's just so darn bloody hard to get a flat in Singapore, I think these guys deserve all the congratulations and celebrations they can get.
Another thing that ALWAYS makes me smile, is when someone I know who has been chasing/courting someone else finally gets attached to the person they've been after! It's almost like watching a real life rom-com (without the rom-com details) don't you think? Where it gets to that ending and you go 'Awwwww....'
I love it even more so when I see young mums, or peers who go on to have kids. Well, actually to be honest that one is a bit of a mixed emotion, we all know why. I see way to many kids with crappy parents at this point of time I don't understand how these adults can be so superficial.
Another thing I feel really happy seeing is people succeeding when our education system had made them out to fail. For instance, that kid who was in the bottom class and who now holds a university degree from an overseas uni. I love seeing the underdogs rise, and love it even more that they are able to fight the stereotypes Singapore may have unknowingly imposed on them. Who cares if it's an overseas degree, it's still a tertiary education.
I think it's mainly seeing people that I have (sort of) grown up with, having seen them as children, or angsty teenagers, or emo adolescents and then now, seeing them grow up and enter the world as adults, ready to take on and care for the next generation.
It's progress that makes me happy. :)
One thing that always makes me smile, is when I see someone I know whom I experienced some period of my life with (i.e. secondary school or primary school mates), announcing an engagement. Marriage and weddings are always happy events in my heart, they're full of those 'aweee' moments, and I love seeing that these people I once knew who were once immature kids (like myself), were taking the next step in life and progressing. I find it even more depressing when you are surrounded by depressed people. And seeing other people move forward should only encourage you to move forward too.
What makes me smile even more, is when they announce that they've received a HDB flat (because it's just so darn bloody hard to get a flat in Singapore, I think these guys deserve all the congratulations and celebrations they can get.
Another thing that ALWAYS makes me smile, is when someone I know who has been chasing/courting someone else finally gets attached to the person they've been after! It's almost like watching a real life rom-com (without the rom-com details) don't you think? Where it gets to that ending and you go 'Awwwww....'
I love it even more so when I see young mums, or peers who go on to have kids. Well, actually to be honest that one is a bit of a mixed emotion, we all know why. I see way to many kids with crappy parents at this point of time I don't understand how these adults can be so superficial.
Another thing I feel really happy seeing is people succeeding when our education system had made them out to fail. For instance, that kid who was in the bottom class and who now holds a university degree from an overseas uni. I love seeing the underdogs rise, and love it even more that they are able to fight the stereotypes Singapore may have unknowingly imposed on them. Who cares if it's an overseas degree, it's still a tertiary education.
I think it's mainly seeing people that I have (sort of) grown up with, having seen them as children, or angsty teenagers, or emo adolescents and then now, seeing them grow up and enter the world as adults, ready to take on and care for the next generation.
It's progress that makes me happy. :)
