Noi: the blogger from Singapore

I've been reading Noi's blog for several months now. I've only visited occasionally because until recently she was on Xanga, a blog system that requires registration and has lots of pop-up ads, and it was very annoying. Fortunately Noi is now on Blogger, she moved her blog over on May 14, and it's easy to go see her so I'll be visiting a lot more often. Promise!

Noi is a very positive upbeat woman. She takes her profession and religion seriously and tries to do her very best at both. She teaches children in Singapore though she's soon to be changing jobs. While in some ways she seems normal: she hates her boss, worries about weight and money; in other ways Noi seems quite special. For example, she prays 5 times every day, worries about money because she wants to be able to help her parents stop working, bathes twice a day, and even kisses her students when they're bad to gently admonish them to be good. I'm thinking Noi is just too good to be true!

By the way, those are her feet. LOL Noi doesn't include many pictures so I had a choice between her feet and her right hand (she was showing a purse she wore to a wedding). I think she has cute toes so I went with the feet. ;-)

Noi is 25. She turned 25 on February 21 and declared: "from now on my age will remain at 25. Even if its 10 years down the road". Personally I think women just hit their stride at 35 and 25 is a bit young, but Noi apparently thinks 25 is where aging should stop! LOL Of course the image of Noi in her tudung is very appealing...

My favorite post from Noi is one in which she laid out a guideline for what she wants in a life partner. She posted this in late March and while it broke my heart to learn that I was far, far too old for her (max age of 35, no old guys like me wanted) it was very interesting to learn what she valued in a husband. Much of the reason for her post was that her family thinks that she's getting past a good age to be married and she's getting a lot of pressure. More, it seems, from the Malay side of the family.

Reading this over it's obvious that I've not done an adequate job here. I really find Noi's continual positive focus and attempts to find the positive in herself, others, and the world in general to be laudatory. This is what I should be like. Noi embodies many wonderful qualities and I find her dedication very appealing. I just haven't been able to put it into words very well.