Showing posts with label love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label love. Show all posts

Thursday, 4 August 2011

Anh, em và cô ấy



Inspired by Vy’s blog & my favorite movie Wicker Park & favorite song The Winner Takes It All.

Cuc đi này tht tr trêu. Đôi khi cm giác như chúng ta đang chơi trò rượt bt mà mãi mãi không bao gi bt được. Đôi khi chng bao gi có cái kết thúc nào đem đến hnh phúc cho tt c. Đôi khi cái ta mong mun nht ch đến khi ta đã mãi mãi không còn cn nó na. Đôi khi người trong cuc không biết mình t người đến trước biến thành k th ba t lúc nào không hay. Đôi khi c c gng mit mài mà không biết có còn đáng na không. Đôi khi cái duy nht giúp người ta tiếp tc có sc mnh là mt nim tin vô điu kin.



Nhng lúc bun nht anh gi em. Bi vì anh không th chia s cùng cô y, hoc đôi khi chính cô y là ni bun ca anh. Em như là bến đ cho con thuyn ca anh mi khi mi mt. Nhưng trong nhng cuc hành trình ngoài bin khơi ca anh, trên con thuyn ca anh thì li ch có cô y.

Nhng lúc yếu đui nht thì anh tìm đến em. Bi vì em là bu tri bình yên và an toàn nht ca anh. Bi vì anh biết em s vn yêu anh ngay c khi nhìn thy anh khóc. Nhưng trước mt cô y thì anh cn phi mnh m.

Nhng lúc vui em mun chy đến chia s cùng anh. Nhng lúc bun em mun gi cho anh. Nhưng em ch có th tưởng tượng ra cm giác có anh bên cnh. Mi khi cô y khóc làm anh xót xa và đau lòng. Anh quýnh quáng chy đến bên cô y đ xoa du ni s hãi và yếu đui ca cô y. Nhng git nước mắt của em thì anh không bao giờ nhìn thấy được.

Ở bên anh em không bao giờ nhắc đến cô ấy. Em tập cho mình ngoảnh mặt làm ngơ khi anh và cô ấy thân thiết và gần gũi. Em im lng và hi vng.

Em cn anh. Anh thì cn cô y. y không cn anh nhưng cũng không mun mt anh. Và cui cùng em la chn là người ra đi. Em không th mãi là b vai cho anh da vào. Em đã yếu đui và kit sc. Bi chính em cũng cn mt b vai vng chc cho em da vào, mt người yêu em như anh đang yêu cô y.  

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Wednesday, 13 July 2011

Lặng yên




Có mt thi ngay c ni đau
Cũng mnh m n ào không giu ni
Em yêu anh hơn cả thời xưa
(Cái thời tưởng chết vì tình ái)
Em chẳng chết vì anh, em chẳng đổi
Em cộng anh vào với cuộc đời em

Em biết quên nhng chuyn đáng quên
Em biết nhớ những điều em phải nhớ
Quá khứ đáng yêu, quá khứ đáng tôn thờ
Nhưng đâu phải là điều em luyến tiếc

(Xuân Quỳnh)


Có l tôi đã là người ln ri chăng?

Đ nhng ni đau không còn n ào nông nổi? Đ mà có kh năng kìm nén chu đng mt mình mà không còn phi v òa bt khóc? Đ có th tiếp tc cố gắng ngay c khi bn thân mình tưởng như đã mệt mỏi và kiệt sức? Đ không còn biết gin hờn hay trách móc?

Tôi không h mnh m. Tôi là mt cô gái vô cùng yếu đui và mong manh trong cái v ngoài mnh m đôi khi đến đáng s.  Tôi ngốc nghếch và hay sợ sệt. Tôi muốn được v v che chở bởi một người con trai như bao cô gái khác. Nhưng tôi đã dại dột nhiều lần để hiểu rằng trong cuc sng người con trai dù mnh m đến my cũng có lúc yếu lòng. Và khi người ta yếu đui thì mình bắt buộc phi mnh m hơn, thm chí mnh m gp đôi thay cho c hai để cùng nhau vượt qua.

Bn tôi nói tôi có kh năng v v an i người khác. Chng l vì vy nên tôi luôn là nơi người ta tìm đến trút bầu tâm sự chỉ những khi buồn? Nhưng đ ri còn li tôi với s lăng yên mt mình. Lng yên vi ni bun và nỗi nhớ. Lng yên nghe tiếng mưa rơi. Lặng yên nghe thời gian trôi. Lặng yên nghe tiếng bước chân đi xa dần.

Nhưng sẽ không lặng yên buông tay.

Bi vì tôi yêu. Tôi tin và hi vọng. Rng mt ngày nào đó, khi tôi bun s có người lng nghe tâm s ca tôi, khi tôi yếu đui, có th tìm được mt b vai đ da vào, khi tôi s s có người ôm tôi vào lòng. Khi tôi khóc sẽ có người lau nước mt cho tôi. Và ngày đó sẽ không chỉ là giấc mơ.

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Wednesday, 22 June 2011

Love and hope








Through years of observing, listening, reading and watching, I have come to realize that:




There are two types of heartbreak. The first type of heartbreak is the bitterness and feeling of betrayal when someone disappoints, treats you badly or left you. This feeling is painful and terrible but will soon go away after you get over the fact that they are not so great or when you find someone new. The second type of heartbreak is the feeling of missing someone because you truly deeply love them no matter what they did to you or how many times they broke you heart. It is that feeling of loneliness and longing to run to the person every time you want to share your uttermost moments of joy or sadness. This type of heartbreak is hard to overcome, because no matter how many new people who meet, you keep wishing to trade everything for one person, and no matter how others tell you “he/she’s not worth it”, you still have faith in the person you gave your heart to and love them and care for them.




There are two ways for girls to win guys heart. The first is the obvious method of “playing hard to get” and following “the rules”. Guys like challenge, and the less you care, the more they care. However, if you can’t be that kind of girl, the only other way is to be the nice girl who always cares and is always there, and hope for the small possibility that you could be “the exception to the rule”. Guess which type of girl I am?




We mostly hear stories of bad guys breaking girls’ hearts. But actually women can be a cruel breed too. I have so many guy friends who have had their heartbroken by girls. A few even had their wives leave them for someone else. I listened to their stories, I saw them cry, I witnessed them living in despair, and I saw how their eyes brighten up when they recalled the beautiful memories they had and how wonderful they still described the woman they love.




I couldn’t help laughing at myself when I recall an incident a couple of years ago. I had recently changed my phone number, and in a moment of madness, I texted a guy friend a message “All men are liars. I will never love anyone again.” Funny thing is, my friend called me immediately and asked “Is that you? Although it came from an unknown number but the tone sounds familiar so I guessed it was you.” Ha ha ha… Well, it’s true for both men and women. No matter how cruel life can be, how the other sex disappoints you, you only have 2 options: to live your life by yourself forever, or accept them for whom they are. I choose to keep on trying and hoping.






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Wednesday, 15 June 2011

What is love?














I choose this picture because a couple of months ago, I went to an outdoor concert and saw a couple sitting with their back to each other, leaning on each other, each reading their own book. But somehow it is one of the most peaceful and beautiful image of a couple I’ve ever seen. Just to show that contrary to popular belief, love does not have to mean looking in the same direction.





I actually wrote this some time ago but it just disappeared from my computer mysteriously so I have to re-write it all over again. I don’t remember what I wrote last time so this is a completely new version.





I am sorry for writing about the old boring topic of “love” again. Let’s just consider it a series of blog posts about “love”. Have you ever tried to answer the question “What is love?” I don't know if I am qualified to answer this question. I'm not married; and maybe not mature or experienced enough to understand everything. But I do know that my idea of love has changed throughout the years.





I used to think love is finding the right person to be with. But now I realize that to be ready for love, you have to be the right person first. You have to be a confident, independent and responsible person, love yourself, and mature enough and be the best person you can be to enter a relationship with someone. There is no right person or perfect match. Love is learning to accept the other person for who they are, loving both their good and bad qualities.





I used to think love is finding someone who can make you happy. But now I realize that no one can make you happy. You cannot rely on someone for your happiness because that person will one day disappoint you or succumb to the pressure and expectations. What you can hope for is someone to share your happiness with.





I used to think love means not being able to live without someone, and that your life is incomplete without that person. That’s not true. Of course we CAN live without them, and we still have to find meaning in life without them. But love means choosing to spend your life with someone because you want to.





I used to think love is that person doing whatever it takes to be with you or doing everything for you. But now I know that love is about giving, not receiving. It is about what you can do for the other person and bring to the relationship without any expectations of getting anything back. It is about putting the needs of someone else's first. I have learned to care about someone even when that person does not care.





I used to think that love is that passionate feeling of being head over heals (cannot eat, cannot sleep) and that when two people fall out of love, they simply part ways. But now I realize true love is constant hard work on improving the relationship every day. The passion will one day die, there will be good and bad times. But to make it through, love requires commitment, tolerance, patience, responsibility, and forgiveness.





There is still a lot I need to learn. To learn to love and to work on myself to become a better person. If love is a game with a winner and a loser like they say, then I would rather be the loser than let another person get hurt. Because I have hurt others in the past and have been hurt before, so I know what it is like.





The hardest love of all is the unconditional love where you truly want the person to be happy even if it means not being with you. It takes courage and strength to let go and accept. It is painful. Looking back, I realize how lucky I am because despite my selfishness and childishness and many terrible qualities, I have and I am still loved unconditionally by many. I pray that all those who loved me will soon find someone more deserving who can bring them true happiness that I cannot deliver. Recently some of my friends have found love and I am really happy for them. I also wish that my remaining heartbroken friends would one day find true love again.






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Tuesday, 14 June 2011

Phụ nữ




Con người nhiu lúc thay đi cách suy nghĩ đến tht kỳ l.




Hi bé tôi là mt cô bé hiếu chiến, tham vng và theo ch nghĩa n quyn. Tôi tng cãi nhau với bà ngoại là không việc gì phải học nấu ăn làm gì cho khổ để sau này phải đi phục vụ người khác. Tôi từng nhìn những người phụ nữ bỏ sự nghiệp và ước mơ để lập gia đình và nghĩ họ thật dại dột. Tôi từng nghĩ mình có thể hi sinh hạnh phúc để tập trung cho sự nghiệp, để làm được những việc lớn lao như trở thành Hillary Clinton của Việt Nam chẳng hạn. Tôi nghe anh bạn nói việc quan trọng nhất trong đời người phụ nữ là tìm được một người chồng tốt mà cười khẩy. Tôi từng có bạn trai, và chúng tôi cãi nhau và chia tay nhau vì những điều vô cùng buồn cười như chỉ có 2 con thay vì 3 con, chuyển việc sang công ty nhỏ hơn để sống ở thành phố nhỏ buồn chán nơi anh ta ở, hay hi sinh việc đi học tiếp.





Ấy vậy mà…





Sau này tôi mới hiểu. Tình yêu và sự nghiệp chẳng có gì là mâu thuẫn cả. Và đúng thật là phụ nữ rất cần một người chồng tốt, một người đàn ông để ủng hộ mình thì mới có thể có sức mạnh, niềm tin và yên tâm gây dựng những sự nghiệp lớn. Rằng con cái chẳng phải là một điều cản trở mà chính là món quà lớn nhất và là ý nghĩa nhất trong cuộc sống. Rằng những người phụ nữ hi sinh sự nghiệp và ước mơ chẳng có gì đáng tội nghiệp, vì đối với họ gia đình hạnh phúc là quan trọng nhất, và thật sự họ rất may mắn và là niềm ghen tị của bao người. Rằng nấu nướng chẳng phải là hầu hạ ai cả, mà nấu một bữa ăn có người ăn khen ngon thì bao nhiêu công sức bỏ ra cũng thật đáng.





Tokyo tôi có 2 cô bn. Mt cô thì đang mang bu còn mt cô thì có người yêu sp cưới.





Cô mang bu sut ngàym nghén mt mi nhưng may mn được chng chăm sóc rt chu đáo. Thế là bn tôi sp b tôi đ gia nhp hi các bà m trẻ và em bé. Hi hi… Hồi xưa tôi nghĩ mình sinh đôi cho thật nhanh. Bây giờ suốt ngày nhìn hình baby của bạn bè trên FB làm tôi thêm tham vọng, nghĩ là mình chậm chân thì có khi phải đuổi kịp các bạn bằng cách sau này sinh liền tù tì 4 đứa mất. Nhà có nhiều trẻ em vui thật. Suốt ngày nghe tiếng khóc, cười, tranh giành cãi nhau. Nếu tôi có trổ tài làm bánh flan hay rau câu thì còn có nơi để tiêu thụ, chứ bây giờ chẳng lẽ làm và chụp hình rồi bỏ đi.





Cô bạn có người yêu sắp cưới thì suốt ngày hì hục đi chợ để về nấu cơm cho người yêu. Tôi đi chợ cùng bạn nhưng chẳng mua gì cả. Vì mua xong về cất đống tủ lạnh, hết hạn lại vứt đi chăng. Nhiều lúc một mình lười chẳng nấu chẳng ăn. Hoặc có khi nấu xong ngồi nhìn chẳng muốn ăn nữa. Cũng muốn bày vẽ ra làm món này món nọ nhưng chẳng có ai để hưởng ứng cả. Đi học về chẳng phải chạy về nấu cho ai, nhiều lúc chẳng biết làm gì thành ra đi lang thang uống café thay cơm. Mỗi lần đi ăn với tôi, bạn tôi lại gọi một món mang về cho người yêu để có quà. Hôm nọ tôi đi qua tiệm bánh Krispy Kreme, định vào mua một hộp mang về, chợt nhớ là không biết mình mua về làm gì, trong khi mình không ăn.





Cuc sng tht tr trêu và bun cười nh?






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Monday, 13 June 2011

Why write?




I have once typed a blog using the iPhone but this will be my first attempt at blogging from an iPad.

I'm sitting at a Starbucks cafe, sipping a cup of cappuccino and daydreaming, looking at the Rainbow bridge. Last night I had a headache and did not sleep well, I think this morning I must have looked terrible with a swollen face. Haha. Somehow these days I don't feel hungry at all, if i'm by myself I would even skip meals. Funny, huh, because if you know me, I eat a lot and was always hungry. I used to wish I could lose just 1-2 kgs and tried so hard to work out but now I don't even have to worry anymore.

I don't know when I'll stop this habit of wandering around by myself or sitting in coffee shops alone. I was thinking of retiring from writing, but there are friends who said they look forward to reading my blog, and a little girl I don't know said that she felt better and life more meaningful after reading my blog. So as long as my blog still has a purpose, I will keep writing.

You know, a person's writing and their outside expression can sometimes be completely different. Many of you must have experienced of loving a writer's work and imagining what that person is like, but then being disappointed when meeting and interacting with that person. Well, we are all human. So that's why I'm really scared when someone knows me from reading my blog before meeting me. We cannot be so beautiful, charming and romantic as our writing. We have our ups and downs, good days and bad days. But I can assure you, deep inside us is the person we expressed in our writing. But it takes just a little bit more time and understanding to see this.

Why do we write? For me, for many reasons. To indirectly talk to friends who I don't usually talk to. To record memories and dreams to later look back. To release stress. To record what I was thinking at a certain time, because one day we'll change so much and forget who we used to be. Sometimes when I'm sad or lonely and have no one to talk to, the only way is to write, hoping that somewhere out there, someone is reading and knows how I feel. I don't delete my posts, even though some posts now are quite embarrassing or depressing or plain desperate. But I just hope one day looking back, I could laugh and say "Young, naive and stupid".

Do people feel happier as they age? I guess so. Because happiness is a state of mind and the way you look at life. Life does not get better as we grow older, but the way we look at things change. We learn to accept what we can't change. We think less and save ourself from self pity. We also appreciate what we have and do not compare ourselves with others as often.

Me? I've changed a bit, and I hope for the better. I've grown a bit more patient. I'm getting better at controling myself. I enjoy the moment and the present more instead of worrying about what's next. I stopped criticizing myself but at the mean time will always try to be a better person. And I started to learn what true love is.




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Sunday, 22 May 2011

Lessons on love














This is a story about love. Not a love story.





I stumbled upon a series of short stories about modern love on the New York Times and couldn’t stop reading. They really hit close to home. They are not novels of beautiful love stories or tragedies. They are stories written by real people of our times and the relationships they have gone through. Stories recalling the real experiences most of us have had in our lives: falling in love, hopeless love, heartbreak, betrayal, disappointment, regrets etc. Some stories gave you hope, some made you smile, some brought tears to your eyes.





Anyways, the other day suddenly I thought of my college ex-boyfriend. And ironically the next day he called me online just to catch up. I said sorry to him again, one of the many times I have apologized to him since we broke up. Our relationship was a rocky one, full of criticism, tears, fights, anger and breakups. But that’s not to say that we didn’t have good times together. Now only by looking back can I realize the things I took for granted: the IKEA furniture he lovingly assembled for me in my new apartment, the meals we had at our favorite Belgian restaurant, the times when he helped me with Physics homework while it wasn’t even his major, the many flights he took just to see me for a few days. As time goes by, recollections of a relationship fades, what is left is just one or two memories that make it all worthwhile. I was young, stupid and ambitious. He was young, naïve and hot tempered. Sometimes relationships need a combination of the right person and right timing. If we had met each other at a later stage of life, when we have grown up and knew how to behave, to value what we have, maybe things wouldn’t have turned out that way. I left him and the city we both loved. I broke his heart. In between the begging and pleading that came afterwards, he also called me a selfish bitch and said, “I’m the best shot you ever had at happiness. But you ruined it.”





It took years and many disappointments later for me to realize I was really a selfish bitch and that he had to really truly love me to be able to put up with me. However, he wanted me to be the person he hoped for not for who I am. Only by being so cruel to him could I later learn my lesson that to have a real relationship, you need to learn to love another person wholeheartedly more than yourself. From then on, I vowed to never make the same mistake and to become the best girlfriend I could be in any relationship I would commit to. I learned to make sacrifices, to compromise, to be dedicated, caring and loving. I would never cheat or lie or take someone for granted.





But maybe that was not enough. Fast forward to the future. I met a guy who was the complete opposite of my college boyfriend. He was smart, successful, and wise enough for me to look up to. He loved me for who I am and accepted my childish pursuits (or appreciate the red nail polish). He was old and mature enough for us to avoid all the silly fights. But being older means he has had a few years of experience more than me. And I was too young and unprepared for how complicated life or someone’s past could be. This time he broke my heart and left me shocked and devastated. I desperately wanted him back. He did come back, but each time I pushed him further away because I could not get over the pain and hurtful feelings he left me with. In the end, we have come to an irreconcilable place full of regrets of what could have been.





I have had a lot of time to think since then. I have come to understand that, loving someone is not enough. You have to learn to forgive that person and forgive yourself. Or else you will never move past the point of hurting one another for past mistakes. Life is complicated and unpredictable. A relationship is a rocky journey. People make mistakes. Things happen. In order to survive the many tests and make it through together, we need tolerance, trust and forgiveness. It is because we love someone that we have faith in that person. Not because we have faith that we love them. If only I have learnt to forgive and forget, I could have saved myself and the person I loved from our self-inflicted pain.





When looking back at our past relationships, there are so many “should’ve”, “would’ve”, “could’ve” but it is impossible to turn back time. And given a second chance, would we have acted differently or would we make the same mistakes all over again, just because we are human, I wonder?






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