salam and dearest all...I have been lost from the blogging world for quite some time, my friend She....and my mentor kak z buzz me to update my blog, thanks to them. No exact excuse for not updating the blog as I put it as not in my list of priority eventough I do admit writing in this blog "shape" me to be a good writer for my thesis somehow.
I wanted to share some 'thoughts' that I had spent thinking today....as I was talking about how the single Malay Muslim women negotiate intimacy, at the same time I would have to discuss how do the single cope being single. But I will not discuss that now. What I'll share today is a conversation I had with 2 single oz (celine & britney) abt being single. I was so surprised with the bigger spectrum of how do the singles here 'cope' with their singleness. Celine was telling me that she was thrilled with the eating disorder among women in oz, and most of them are singles. They "eat" a lot when they have problem and this will later bring them to weight issue. She then bring my attention to the alcohol issues faced by the western women. Then Britney, was adding on how did the singles spend most of their time. Most of the singles have good job, good salary, so, they will shop, shop, and shop till death. They become career-oriented too, career-focuses to the extend they do not have other lives. Some women are keeping pets at home and treat their pets as their loyal companion. And then what is really an eye opener to me is how both Celine & Britney were talking about being single as a "personal choice", that some single women chose to not be partnered and married. With the advancement of technology nowadays, they can stay single but they can still have kids. Celine mentioned about IVF and sperm donors, all is impossible. Well....this conversation really make me 'jump' inside, woww....with what I heard, I somehow reflected all these "coping strategies" as compared to Malay Muslim women, it is like langit dengan bumi, all of these is very uncommon, even some are impossible to be happened to our single malay muslim, and there is a comparison to be made.
I guess, I will stop here now as I have to go, will talk and share later insyaAllah soonnnnn. Feel so happy after posting this, yeaa....I'm writing something now.
p/s Picture of hail stones at 30B, Emily St. St James on 27th May 2010, photo courtesy of my bro, Rahman.
