chasing the clouds

i'm just so happy for my niece. she got her acceptance letter and first posting to sarawak. there's nothing to make me feel better than this because i totally understand her position before.she got her stable job a bit late because of the struggle she went through. the world is too competitive for her career. before this, i could see through her whenever she talked about how her friends already married and have stable jobs compared to her, i could see that she's trying so hard to find a good position in her life other than jumping from one job to another. i could see the frustration in her eyes when she shared things like that. she was a kind of girl who never travel far from home and now, seeing her finally going to spread her wings for the first time, makes me wanna cry. and to see how excited she is, i was emotional even more.

i always advice my nephews and her that they need to go far away from their home, go travel anywhere that they can be. because life doesn't mean to stay in one place. open their eyes with a lot of unexpected things.

when i heard the good news, the happiness is like over the top. and nothing can make me happier when i see her happiness.

i told her several times, that there's no certain benchmark in life. i mean, so what if you're married late? so what if you still didnt get a stable job at the age of 30? so what if your life start a bit later than everybody? life is never a competition. its for yourself.

to be able to share her bit of happiness is like chasing clouds you know. its like you enjoy yourself watching the clouds, even though you know you cant reach it, you still feel happy just by looking at it.