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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

It's this day again

I think it all started around last month-end, when i received the usual email from YY about banking in the rental into my account. It kinda struck me that now the only time we would contact each other is only when it's about money.

Coincidentally, my landlady's elder daughter wanted to join the school excursion to China during the year-end school holiday, and my landlady told the girl to get the money for the trip from the father instead. Then after the girl had spoken to the father over the phone, he wanted to speak to my landlady. I heard her warning him that the money for the trip must not be deducted from the alimony, and she also asked him when he was going to bank in the alimony which he had missed for a few months already.

I couldn't help but think about how pathetic the entire situation is, whether hers or mine, or anyone who has gone through broken marriage like us. Two persons who used to be so deeply in love, who used to tell each other everything, and whose lives used to be so intertwined, now end up becoming strangers who have nothing to talk about except money. It is depressing even to think about it, moreover living it.

It probably was then that my spirit slowly spiraled down, razing my healing effort to the ground.

Yet, i do not want to cry myself to bed everyday anymore; i do not want to whine about it incessantly on my blog anymore; i do not want to email or talk to my friends about it constantly anymore; i do not want to be all tearful in front of my colleagues or boss anymore.

So, this pent-up sorrow has no outlet.

And it seems to be a prelude to this day - 31st of August, the day that has become a mockery to me. (To think about it, the National Day is also a mockery in view of what our country has become over the years.)

Originally YY and i had arranged to meet up to discuss about the sale of our flat, but i decided to call it off after realising the great irony in doing this - meeting up with each other on our wedding anniversary day to talk about getting rid of the home that we were supposed to be happily living in now. I'm not gonna make myself even more miserable by doing that.

I told myself that i should just take this day as any other normal days, but then it's always easier said than done. So the least i can tell myself to do is that i shall NOT cry on this day. Indeed, one step at a time, and let's just start off by not shedding tears on this day.

Oh, and yes, if you have caught that, we indeed are planning to sell off the flat. Besides the tie-down period for our housing loan is ending soon (at end October) and the property market is good now, it was also because YY does not want to stay there anymore. He claimed that it costs too much to stay there and wanted to move out by September. We are not allowed to rent out the place, and hence we will be leaving it vacant until it is sold. Since we can only start selling in November, we may be looking at leaving it vacant for half-a-year or more.

You probably are wondering the same as i did, i.e. how would staying at own home and not needing to pay for rental too costly in Singapore? Well, there can be 101 reasons why he wants to move out, and anyone's guesses are as good as mine. I've quit doing guessing games about him, and there isn't a need to do so anyway.

I tell myself this: i am no longer an integral part of his life, and neither he is of mine. So whatever he does and does not do, i no longer need to care, only except when it affects me in some ways, such as financially. This is the cruel reality.

And yes, that hurts, a lot.

But then, the thing about pain is that once you have gotten used to it, you will be able to carry it with you and still live on, going about your daily life as usual, as if you are born with it. Nobody can even tell that you are actually bleeding inside.

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Sigh~~ Not only ex-husband & wife like that lah! A lot of parents & their children also like that, nothing to talk except $$$.
Sometimes I really wonder, after so many years of "development", human are being more civilised or the other way?
Is Development = Civilisation???
It's a pathethic that we have to pay $$$ for those gifts to us from God which is supposed to be FOC.

from your statement of what our country has become, it looks like i made terrible choice to return to malaysia being underpaid, compensated my ex-company, missed its bonus and left singapore after so many years studying and working. i'm so sad - sob sob, oh well, it's the choice i made and live with it....

standard of living and expenses are increasing while most salaries are stagnant. greed is one thing, but survival and intense competition put money that sometimes it can really destroy friendship and family relationship. scary but that's reality, sigh ..... 錢不是萬能的,但是沒有錢就萬萬不能. that man has betrayed love and devastated life. you are not the same as before because of him, you are not cheerful as before because of him. not to say to get even and i'm being instigator, you have to think of your own position and it's a duty to squeeze him back financially so that you are not taken advantage and be cheated the 2nd time and treated like completely idiot (and a joke to him, and everyone). sigh ... reality is cruel, at least modern law is fair without biased to any gender, unlike the ancient times.

stay strong gal. whatever positive choice you made, you have many people to stand by your decision. cheers. stop crying to avoid further hurting your eyes. it does not worth it, especially for this case.

"Modern law is fair w/o biased to any gender..." this statement remind me of what happen to the lead actress of "Under Tuscany Sun", she had to pay alimony to her husband while he's having an affair as she's supporting him so far, and she's richer. OMG! Then, friend, u should be gladful u no need to pay him alimony.
And any woman who want to get married should find out more on her "benefit" in the country/ states first yoh! ^-^

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