Superstitious II

While we are on the subject of superstitious, Chinese are also very peculiar about their (our?) numbers. Namely 3, 8, and 9 are good, 4 is bad. Not quire sure about the rest. I guess I'm not hardcore enough to figure out all that. Currently we live on 4th floor. No other reasons, it's the top floor, we'd rather not have people above us because people can be noisy. Hubby even asked me specifically if I am going to be okay with 4th floor. At the time my thought was if it was truly that bad, nobody who lives on 4th floor will still be alive, right?

Much as I love this apartment, I've been sick A LOT since I moved in -- 5 times. As I have said before, I've never been sick so much in one year (which has really only been 9 months or so). At least 2-3 times were allergies caused by the dirty filter. AND, HH's eye (only the left one) flared up again too. She has always had some drainage in her eye since she was a kitty, but usually not more than 2-3 days, during change of seasons. This time it has been months. Being a predominantly scientific person, I just assume its something in the air (walls/AC ducts) in the apartment. But could it also be explained with living on 4th floor? Or, is it because it's our "birthyear"?

Man, so many things going against us. Regardless, I took the flu shot this year, and my "birthyear" is almost over, assuming I make it. So we'll see.

Superstitious

I used to be a germ freak. I guess I still am, just slightly better than the time when it was at full blast. Two years after I had my tissue bank job and having separate sets of clothes, separate laundry baskets, separate shoes (and if I could separate wallet, keys, and driver license), I realize that my fear of germ (viruses) is pathologic (how ironic) and is severely cutting into my quality of life. I think people who are extremely superstitious has got to be on the same boat. Like my ex-boyfriend. To date I still find it hard to believe that someone in my generation can be so superstitious -- the bed cannot face the door; the bed cannot face a mirror; when sitting at a desk your back cannot be towards the door. Well, too bad American housing designs must not have taken too much of Chinese superstitious (except maybe in certain neighborhoods) into consideration. Most closet doors double as full length mirror, I never did figure out how you can place a bed so you won't wake up in the middle of the night and see the mirror. (Thanks to this said boyfriend, I am still afraid of mirrors at night :(. Holy crap, how DO you position a bed and a desk into a 12' x 12' square room with those criteria? And those are just a few that I can recall!! Man, people who are truly superstitious to that point must lead a rough life.

Settling

I never understood why people settle on their significant others. I guess we have all wanted something to work so badly that we just tell ourselves that we can make it work, but marriage is a big thing, considering that you are making the commitment to send the rest of your life with this person. I always thought it's strange that people will complaint about their spouses the exact same issues before and after their marriage -- if you were complaining about these issues prior to the marriage, you are aware of these issues. Now I've came to realized that it's all a matter of investment.

How so, you ask. Well, most of these "issues" we are talking about is not a deal-breaking kind of issues. At the beginning of the relationship, nothing is serious, the guy (or gal) is an okay guy and the issues don't worry breaking up over. Two-three years down the line when it's time to talk about marriage, all the more not worth splitting over over minor issues like that. I'm not sure about others, but issues that I notice will continue to come back and haunt me and it will only get worse as time goes on. I wonder how many of these "settling" are truly happy marriages. Then again, who can define what is truly a "happy" marriage?