If it's meant to be, it will come

Last Wednesday, I was working as a student helper for a major careers fair on campus. It was fairly big; we had 85 exhibitors crammed into two separate exhibition sites and I was running around the whole day doing various things, from heavy lifting to manning registration desks. During the day, something happened and it was quite a revelation to me.

Each helper is given a name tag and during the busy morning setup, I lost it. I was lifting a few heavy boxes around and all of a sudden, I just realized my name tag wasn't on me anymore. I rolled my eyes thinking it could be anywhere considering I had just crossed the university from one end to the other, so I decided not to bother.

So for the whole day I went on with my work. Then before the day ended, we cleared off everything, from rubbish to recycled cardboard boxes to leftover freebies, and carried the Careers Service's stuff back into their office.

That was when this other helper tapped me on the shoulder. When I turned around, he gave me my name tag!

I asked him where did he find it. He said it was on the concrete bollard right outside the office. There was nobody around it, just the tag on top of the bollard. Someone must've found it and left it there!

I was completely astounded by the discovery. Why? Because I had let it go. I knew the tag was missing, but instead of fretting about it, I just let it be. There was only one Dayah who was a student helper, so I knew sooner or later it would find its way back to me. And it did!

Moral of the story: If it's got your name written all over it, just be patient. If it's meant for you, it will come.

If only I have the same conviction when it comes to other parts of my life.

I saw Stardust for the second time. It's a romantic movie about a guy looking for a fallen star which happens to be a really pretty girl.. I'm a romance junkie so what else do you expect? :P

Here's my favourite quote from the film:

**spoiler alert**

Yvaine: You know when I said I knew little about love? That wasn't true. I know a lot about love. I've seen it, centuries and centuries of it, and it was the only thing that made watching your world bearable. All those wars. Pain, lies, hate... It made me want to turn away and never look down again. But when I see the way that mankind loves... You could search to the furthest reaches of the universe and never find anything more beautiful. So yes, I know that love is unconditional. But I also know that it can be unpredictable, unexpected, uncontrollable, unbearable and strangely easy to mistake for loathing, and... What I'm trying to say, Tristan is... I think I love you. Is this love, Tristan? I never imagined I'd know it for myself. My heart... It feels like my chest can barely contain it. Like it's trying to escape because it doesn't belong to me any more. It belongs to you. And if you wanted it, I'd wish for nothing in exchange - no gifts. No goods. No demonstrations of devotion. Nothing but knowing you loved me too. Just your heart, in exchange for mine.

Sigh.. *melts into a puddle* :)