My sisters and I have been major supportive fans for Hong Kong soap dramas. The only difference is one of my sisters would actually do a “research” before watching any shows. She’d actually check out the story plot, the casts, the trailers and stuff. Whereas the lazy me doesn’t bother to do so most of the time. I could just start watching any show without knowing anything. I guess this really explains why I could easily indulge myself in a not so interesting soap drama than my sister.

My daily routine begins from the moment I wake up every morning. Most of the days, we’re expecting a boring routine [note: “boring” is a subjective description here]. Then there are some days we know we’ll be doing something kind of “new” or out of the routine, which may or may not be something you will enjoy. For example you are sent to deal with a client somewhere far and you hate it because 1)you dislike all the hassle of traveling 2)the client is a difficult person 3)you are not used to the task… Occasionally we are forced to face some challenges in your life. You’re all disheartened when things aren’t heading where you wanted. You’re all disappointed because the outcome is not what you wished for.

How do I relate this soap drama with what I am intending to say? I think we all just love to fix a mindset for our lives. No doubt most of the time most of our daily lives are pretty routine and repetitive. They could be interesting too. Say, work has been the same, social life has not been that exciting; the digit in our bank account is not shooting up…if we keep thinking like this, we’ll never enjoy our daily lives no matter how interesting it turns out one day. Calm and slow days may not be that bad after all; that just means “Hey, good to know there's no disaster for you.” And who knows something exciting may appear one day out of the blue? Then there is stuff that sounds tedious but you do not seem to have an option of ignoring it. I tend to tell myself that instead of fixing my mind that this stuff is negative, I rather open up my heart and go ahead with it. Probably it isn’t all that bad in the end? At least I know this unexpected stuff is something to stir up my routine. What about major issues or dramas that emotionally affect us so much? They might appear as a horrible upsetting drama now for us. But hey, things do happen for a good reason. Those dramas are there to open up a door for something better later.

I love watching those Hong Kong soap dramas without knowing anything about it. I enjoy watching the dramas with no expectation set. The same goes to what I’m trying to view my everyday life. The moment I wake up, I’m telling myself this is a brand new day. I get out of the bed and welcome my day without much expectation, just like watching another soap drama. Now you know what a diehard fan I am of soap dramas! :)