An announcement ...

To all 'The petrina7 MicroUniverse' readers,

i have an announcement to make:
this blog will be on hiatus for awhile as i have some other matters to attend to.
i would like to thank all faithful readers of this blog, and a special round of gratitude to those who took the trouble to leave comments, to share your thoughts ... and to firebird (i thank you for all your wonderfully inspiring sharings, although i do not know you personally, you have touched my life. i know you will continue doing so, all things be done in His name!).
on another matter, i will not have as ready access to the internet as before, so if you have anything to let me know, do drop me an email at petrinatan[at] gmail[dot]com and i will get back to you when i can.

blessings and love and the fulfilment of dreams as always ...
be assured you are in my prayers ...
yours,
petrina

i leave all of you with a thought on Chuang Tzu's rhetorical question : is the man dreaming it is a butterfly, or is it the butterfly dreaming it is a man?
sometimes the nature of the internet is such ... what is real? what is true? is everything i write here real? is my internet persona (if i may call it such) real? the serious, emotional and thoughtful one?

or is the flesh and blood, sometimes blur, sometimes funny, sometimes loud and sometimes sensitive and loving petrina more real? the one who laughs uproariously often, who does imitations of judgmental southern christian fundamentalists and soppy heroines and mean chinese eunuchs, among others? the one whose favourite greeting is a smile, the kind that comes from the heart, because she believes in what mother teresa said - that your smile should be the living embodiment of kindness, letting all who come near leave feeling happier and better? the one who talks out of turn sometimes because she sincerely believes in what she talks about? the one who comes up with weird short forms? and has a skill for nicknames? the one who takes the small signs and puts them together and marvels at what she comes up with? who tries to see the humour in every dark situation, because in the end, if you don't laugh, you'll only end up crying? the one who doubts and falls and gets up again, because that's the only way you tackle life - one step at a time? the one enjoys a glass of neslo panas and an ocassional ramly burger if she's at the mamak?

nonetheless, the feelings in here are to a point, real. and life is inviting me to take a step forward ... and feel the wind rustle against my shirt, ruffle my hair and see the bright green of the trees and the pale yellow sand ... to see the big, wide world . the beyond.

love again,
petrina