When I was young, I had this perception that all pengantins must be beautiful (i didn't think about the male pengantins, all my thoughts surrounded around female pengantins). And all pengantins must be perfect, and kind, and demure & baik hati (gee, what a thing to think about as a kid).

I really dunno where I got the idea from. But I do remember that the first time I saw a pengantin who was bigger than normal, I felt odd. I just couldn't reconcile my belief and reality. Then another time, I saw a male pengantin who wore sunnies on his wedding day, and I just couldn't accept it. So strange. Kids can be so discriminating. Or was it just me, as a kid? (Sah lah aku ni problem kid)

But as I grow old(er), I realise that not all pengantins are naturally gorgeous & perfect. Pengantins are just ordinary human beings, elevated to a higher level on the day they become someone's life partners.

At the end of the day, when the magic wears off, one'll be back to the same pimply, ordinary person. Just like that. Me, included.

Oh well, beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder, marry me, marry my flaws :)
I'm pretty to you? Alhamdulillah, that's all that matters.
But of course, I'll still work hard at having as fewest pimples as possible for the days to come.

And just now, Nana told me she wanted to get into this malay-named school. Nevermind it was at the other end of the island. She thought it would be good, being malay (*lol*). I wonder what her perception about secondary school is like. Or perhaps her thoughts are as skewed as I think them to be ? Oh well, let her go through the stages on her own.

I'll not deprive her of the surprise, of discovering how far reality is from myths :)