Ok, finally got around to changing the introduction text. But as you can see, I'm too sianz to write a proper one, so am going to blabber on in hopes that you will get an idea of what sort of person I am by guessing. Yeah, the format of this blog is crap. I haven't got around to fixing it. Later lah.. Much later...
That does not mean I believe in the governmental portrayal of marriage - which merely reduces marriage into nothing more than a paper institution. You get married to get a HDB flat. You get married to get the governmental benefits. You get married, basically for a piece of paper.
Neither does it mean I believe in the rituals of marriage. You get married because once you've been dating so long, marriage is the logical next step. You get married because it's the social norm. You get married because of expectations. You get married because it's the step before having a child, raising a family, and generally fulfilling your role in the cycle of life.
No. These should not be the reasons. These do not represent the institution of marriage.
I believe in the institution of marriage whereby two people genuinely in love, take a vow of commitment before God and before others. It is a show of love, it is a expression of commitment. It is about two people who see nothing but each other, who want the world to see it too.
It is a simple action of purity. To blemish and tear it down on the cynical view built up by the misrepresented and corrupted perception of marriage is sad indeed. I believe in the institution of marriage the same way I believe in love. It's not complicated at all when it's pure.
