Do I wanna settle down ?

So, I have a good job, decent salary and everything else is pretty much figured out. My life is a routine. I live in another city with unknown people. This makes me think sometimes what if I was living with my family? I wouldn’t have to wash my dishes, I wouldn’t have to wash my clothes, and I wouldn’t have to think of paying bills every month.

Once while on the phone with my mom, she just said "You have a good job, so get married. Your wife will do all the house chores and take care of you while you work and earn". I was like "psss... please mom".

But the other day, when I came home from work, I went into the washroom. And I saw my handkerchief and socks lying in there, which I kept there last night to wash. I didn’t wash it. I forgot. This made me think about what my mom said to me. I didn’t believe I was really thinking about it.

Marriage. Do I really need it? So I started analyzing it with pros and cons.

Pros:

Someone to take care of me.

Someone to do all the house chores.

Someone waiting for me when I come home from work.

Someone to support me mentally.

Cons:

The girl whom I'd marry won’t be the love of my life. So I won’t be happy with her.

The girl wont be HER.

The girl won’t make me feel the way she did.

The girl wont be happy as I wont be happy making it worse for both of us.

So, I came to a conclusion. If I don’t marry a girl whom I love, it won’t work. I won’t be happy, she won’t be happy and it would mess up everything. So its better I stay unmarried.

Also, I don’t want to come home from work and see some unknown girl waiting for me. I want her to be in that place, which is most likely to remain a dream. But dreaming makes this world tolerable. Without dreams, we would die.

So after all this time, it’s still her. The love of my life. My world just won’t spin without her.

Finally got the tattoo

The moment I boarded the plane at Auckland International Airport on that night, to leave for Singapore, I realised I was in love with New Zealand. It's been 3 years now but the love is still strong. So strong that I even decided to get a tattoo showing my love for the country. I planned many times but couldn't get it. But finally, 8th January 2014, I got inked.

The map of New Zealand with Maori design patterns. I searched all possible designs, patterns and places to get the ink for the tattoo. Cause I knew this is very important. So when I finally figured out what design I wanted, I didn't wait long. I went down to the studio and got it done.

The pain was totally worth the result. I love my tattoo. It reminds me of the memories I had in New Zealand, the times I spent on the streets of Auckland, the long walk from St. Lukes mall to Western Springs, the waterfront, the baked potato of Wendy's and so many things which made my time in New Zealand beautiful.

I'm happy and proud of my new ink.