Someone Like You

I heard that you're settled downThat you found a girl and you're married nowI heard that your dreams came trueGuess she gave you things I didn't give to you
Old friend, why are you so shy?Ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light
I hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvitedBut I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight itI had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be remindedThat for me, it isn't over
Never mind, I'll find someone like youI wish nothing but the best for you, tooDon't forget me, I begged, I remember you saidSometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts insteadSometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead
You know how the time fliesOnly yesterday was the time of our livesWe were born and raised in a summer hazeBound by the surprise of our glory days
I hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvitedBut I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight itI had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be remindedThat for me, it isn't over yet
Never mind, I'll find someone like youI wish nothing but the best for you, tooDon't forget me, I begged, I remember you saidSometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead, yeah
Nothing compares, no worries or caresRegrets and mistakes, they're memories madeWho would have known how bittersweet this would taste?
Never mind, I'll find someone like youI wish nothing but the best for youDon't forget me, I begged, I remember you saidSometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead
Never mind, I'll find someone like youI wish nothing but the best for you, tooDon't forget me, I begged, I remember you saidSometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts insteadSometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead

Different yet the same

I never thought it would end up this way. He’s my first boyfriend and he wasn’t what I was looking for. He’s way too different from what I would have imagined. Nevertheless, I love him more than anything now.

We worked in the same company but different department.. We are colleagues and friends but we are different. He’s an Indian and I am a Chinese. He’s strong and smart but I am just a simple person and I just want to be happy.  Our friends started to put us together. He asked me out for a movie and I didn’t say yes right away. I told him I would let him know the next day and I did say yes the next day. It wasn’t that easy to say yes after all I felt that the differences between us were too obvious.

Eventually from movies to dinner dates, he finally asked me to be his girlfriend. Well, of coz I didn’t tell him the answer right away again. It took me a while to give him the “Yes”. It wasn’t ‘cause the differences between us matters. In fact, at that point, it really didn’t matter anymore and I felt the differences had become indifferent. I like him. He is mature and smart. Who cares about the differences as long as I am happy?

We became an item and everyone was happy for us except my family. It was really difficult for my family to accept him as the differences between us to them matters. I was locked out of my house ‘cause my dad was mad at me. I was scolded and lectured everyday about his existence. I was helpless. I didn’t know what to do but I was glad he walked with me and never left me alone despite the harsh words and treatment from my family. After one year of ‘battle’, my family started to accept him and felt that he’s different from his initial differences that they had made. Yeah. What you see and what you get from him are pretty different. :)

We are going to celebrate our 5th year anniversary soon. From the differences, we have outgrown and became the same. We still get weird stares and remarks from strangers but who cares?! We are happy and what better way to end a story…

We live happily ever after coz we are different yet the same.

1 + 1 = ?

A simple equation but the answer varies; love naturally just makes things complicated. But I don't like the complications.

I learnt from my past relationships. I was hurt and left with a broken heart. But I never give up and after each relationship; I know what I want and what I don't want. The technicality is there. I know what I want and am as simple as 1+1. It can't go that wrong. I was looking around and no one could give me the answer to the equation till she appeared into my life.

For 4 years, we were online friends. We have never met and we have nothing to hide. She's a friend that I can share my problems and woes. I have nothing to hide coz I'm not going to meet her and she doesn't know who I am. She shared her problem with me too. She was real and honest. She didn’t hide anything. We were real.

It was till last year that when I was visiting her country and working there, things between us changed. We met and it changed our life. She was the answer to the equation. It was that simple. No gimmicks. No dramas. No doubts. She was the one. Amazingly, she felt the same way too. We went through enough in our love life and that we didn’t want to waste anymore time. We were together and we got married after a year.

Many people questioned about our hasty decision but I told them I never been so sure about something.

1+1 = US