Our 5Cs

We use to hear about the 5Cs that typical Singaporeans chase after, which are cash, condominium, credit cards, career and car. Well, these are material things that are good to have but definitely not things that we must definitely achieve by all means.

Nonetheless, we came up with our own version of 5Cs that have stuck with us for years.

Communicate: Lar Lar is a man of few words. So I have to constantly remind him that it is critical to share with each other what goes on in our minds and verbalise our thoughts. So he has improved on that, although he still sets a quota on the number of words he says per day.

Connect: Be it physical or emotional connection, we try to make it become our second nature. We kiss each other good night before we sleep, kiss good bye before we head in different directions and we hold hands to sleep (or at least try to but we always let go in the middle of the night). Emotional wise, we know that we are connected when we can finish each other’s sentences and laugh at each other’s nonsensical jokes.

Care and Concern: This is no doubt an important aspect in our relationship. It comes naturally with the inherent love that we have for each other.

Complain: We don’t mean it in a negative way actually. Yes, it is true that sometimes I nag and complain. But it is my way of verbalising my thoughts. Haha, so no complaints so far from Lar Lar since this forms part of our communication :)