Wednesday, April 18, 2012

For better or worse..

My heart was moved when the first time i saw auntie "buah" who sells fruits just in front of my office building together with her husband pushing their cart fill with fruits. It was a hard push as the road is slightly slanted. Auntie will seat on her old bicycle, navigating the cart while uncle will push the cart all the way from few blocks away till their spot. Under the hot sun with sweats all over his face, uncle pushes the cart with all his heart.

Meanwhile, same goes with the makcik "kuih" near my office that always get some hands from her husband who is a security guard in my office building. Pakcik will help her wife to set up the table and pack it up once his wife is done. Sometimes i can see him accompanying her at the stall with a smile and laughter on both of their faces.

Life is hard even for some one who is closer to me. My auntie and uncle, despite having a luxurious life and a successful career, their marriage is challenged approximately for almost 15 years when my uncle was diagnosed with a kidney failure which as a wife my auntie has been by his side to give her support and undying love. Due to his diagnosis, for 15 years they will make a frequent visit to the hospital in a month for dialysis. With a big career and huge responsibility at work, my auntie managed to juggled her time and slot in her no.1 priority; which is the love of her life my uncle.

I remembered when i was younger, my friends and i will always have conversations about what sort of man that i look for to satisfy my heart. And just like every other girls, i have my typical requirement over boys. Tall, funny, not so thin not so big, big eyes, nice to smell and of course good looking. Never crosses my mind that the next few years this extensive list of requirement will be shorten into something simple yet much more difficult to find in a person. A man that will conquer my heart will be the one who will be with me for better or worse..well with a good smile wont hurt :p