spray it away

(L'eauPar by Kenzo)

(Chloe)

(Amour Florale by Kenzo)

   (Lola by Marc Jacobs)

(Daisy by Marc Jacobs)

(Twirl by Kate Spade)

keep it silent

"The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected." 

— Nicholas Sparks

Sugar coated lies

Ken broke up with Barbie whom actually set up only by recorded tape, Barbie fired up from the show, and Barbie decided to fly over to Paris to meet her aunt. Ken realized that Barbie is nowhere to be found and heard the entire dark plan behind; Ken decided to ask for forgiveness not virtually but face to face. Ken planned for romantic gestures along with his apologize. Unfortunately cancelled flight due to the weather, Ken not succumb that easy, he choose to go by land not air. At the end, Ken met Barbie and they live happily ever after.

This is what the media offers, unrealistic standard. Remember that the market for Barbie movie is not for adult but children. The media wants to plant the seed of the human’s standard based on Barbie’s life. The media convinces that one day we all will have our very own romantic moment with our prince and the romantic moment is measured when our princes fly across continents to meet us. If the princes do not come over, that is not romantic and thus they are not worthy to receive a ‘yes’ after apologize. Long story short, these are all stand as pretty little lies.

Ugly truth, we all fall easily on the lies. The lies that is appealing to our life, the lies that indirectly shape our paradigm about relationship. But exactly what is it about the healthy relationship? Does it really all about what the media draws? The broken hearted, the new guy out of nowhere appeared in the middle of the vacation, the bumping moment in the airport, the enemy who turns out to be the soul mate. Are those the entire basic standard how to begin a relationship? Does it mean that we need to make those entire romantic standards happen in our life in order to meet the destined loved one? No, God says that the healthy relationship will be strong when we build it based on His words and learn how to wait. God wants us to be faithful with Him first, although we may be crying to Him, demand Him to send the loved one for our life right now, but what God wants is learn to be faithful with Him then we are guarantee will be faithful with humans.

God’s standard of relationship is measured once we are able to stay faithful with Him. The bible says that everything will be good in His time. God wants our undivided attentions now. Listen to His words, live to glorify His kingdom and reach that magnificent purpose in our life. It is only according to our Father that we will not go with the lies that the world introduced. We are all surrounded with lies: the television shows, the books, the songs and peer pressures. How can we survive with all these during our crucial adolescent year? Today’s soap opera throws most conflict on love story, the teen’s novel vividly lead our imagination to another relationship issue, the song acts as the sharpener to lead our emotion swing here and there. The epic lies when we walk around the mall on weekend, are we dare enough to stand as minority having no boyfriends at this age? The lies that keep on pulling us out from God’s zone and follow the earth. Do not stand as minority that is what the world screams. Teenage life is only once; it is not sinful enough to take relationship as a game? As long as it does not involve any adultery, we are not committing sin. The world throws all ideas for us to rationalize that having relationship at our teenage year is fun and worth to try.

Ask yourself; ask myself, do the media ever capture the downside of the relationship at this immature age? As far as we can remember, the media only showed partial truth about the relationship. We may never know how the teenagers failed on their studies; kicked out from the school, rejected by the family, homeless, and at the end will they still stay together? At the point where we all should focus on our academic degree with one clear goal to work on our purpose of life but we choose to abandoned it for the sake of relationship because the media says everything will work.

What the media try to serve us that relationship can be built as early as possible; it is just sugar coated lies. Let us learn to practice our faithfulness on God first. God never forget us, which are crystal clear of how His covenant is living yet until today. For God’s covenant about the coming of Jesus is real, what more about our life?  Our partners in life will be part of our blessings but we need to wait and wait, the higher the value of blessings, the higher the value of the challenges. The longer we wait; we are surely will get the masterpiece of His multi blessings. 

♥,

-Michelly Ramli

the very soon

Im just listening to the clock go ticking
I am waiting as the time goes by
I think of you with every breath I take
I need to feel your heartbeat next to mine

Youre all I see
In everything

I just want to hold you
I just want to kiss you
I just want to love you all my life
I normally wouldnt say this
But I just cant contain it
I want you here forever, right here
By my side

All the fears you feel inside
And all the tears youve cried
Theyre ending right here
Ill heal your heart and soul
Ill keep you oh so close
Dont worry Ill never let you go

Youre all I need
Youre everything

I just want to hold you
I just want to kiss you
I just want to love you all my life
I normally wouldnt say this
But I just cant contain it
I want you here forever, right here
By my side

No one else would ever do
I got a stubborn heart for you
Call me crazy but its true
I love you
I didnt think that it would be
You who made it clear to me
Youre all I need

I just want to hold you
I just want to kiss you
I just want to love you all my life
I normally wouldnt say this
But I just cant contain it
I want you here forever, right here
By my side

Imy.

Shanghai,2010.