An Austin Chase Moment:
Dear Austin Powers,
How are you?
Sorry, I relapsed into 'self-doubt's penchant for misery' and 'Kate & Leopold/PGL & HT' fantasies since Friday; yesterday, I had to rush somewhere and was low on gas, plus low energy too (someone must have put a hex on me, hahah!) Sure, I was dazzled by the 'dangled prize', but it's just too awkward for me to pull that kind of stunt. If you were me, would you be able to?
Plus, life's too short and too much time have been wasted sweating the small stuff - the 'right' or 'precise' color, number, time, parking spot, driving lane, etc. Can we just, like, chill? A semiotician (was it Eco or Pierce?) said that "signs are arbitrary" - different people/cultures interpret symbols differently - so does everything has to signify something?
Maybe you're just painfully shy and never had to try that hard, and I'm critical and difficult. But you have the solution, and I've to be realistic. Do talk and invite properly (surely it's not that hard); mind games are such time-wasters, they're just not me.
Chalo hai,
Beyonce Knowles
P.S. I'd like to compile these letters and turn them to cash; contributions are welcomed and percentage of royalty can be discussed (Mail to: queennbb@yahoo.co.uk). Should the working title be: "Why it's hard to tell her you're into her", "No Talk, Action Only", "Sounds of Silence" or "Don't Speak (No Doubt)"? Hey, I might even write to Oprah and get invited to her show (hyper-ventilating)!
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Bet's Bites:
"You can't live on love and fresh air alone, or the mountains of bills gonna pollute your air"*
*(So, get real, and be practical, babe!)
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(A)musing:
"I believe in the institution of marriage, but I'm not ready to be institutionalised"
- Mae West
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Soul Provider*:
"Be a queen. Dare to be different. Be a pioneer. Be a leader. Be the kind of woman who in the face of adversity will continue to embrace life and walk fearlessly toward the challenge. Take it on! Be a truth seeker and rule your domain, whatever it is - your home, your office, your family - with a loving heart.
Be a queen. Be tender. Continue to give birth to new ideas and rejoice in your womanhood ... My prayer is that we will stop wasting time being mundane and mediocre ... We are daughters of God - here to teach the world how to love ...
It doesn't matter what you've been through, where you come from, who your parents are - nor your social or economic status. None of that matters. What matters is how you choose to love, how you choose to express that love through your work, through your family, through what you have to give to the world ...
Be a queen. Own your power and your glory!"
Oprah Winfrey, p54-55, Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul
*(H used to sing to me this number, plus Pretty Woman, Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me, etc. Boy, he was such a wooz!)
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Community Outreach:
Speaking of queens, Malaysian Muslim women have reason to rejoice over the postponement of the controversial Islamic Family Law. So many generations of Muslim women and children have suffered from unfair decisions passed by Syariah judges, which (surprise, surprise!) usually favor the men. Kudos to SIS, AWAM and other women NGOs that had fought fervently against the passing of the Bill.
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