THANK YOU

I have never been good with receiving compliments. Every time i uploaded a photo on Facebook - whenever someone compliments me.

omg, you look so pretty!

Aww, no lah, its just the filter/camera/angle/position.

I dont know how to handle compliments!! I dont want to say thank you, its like me agreeing with them that yeah i know i look pretty, thanks for noticing - gosh what a self centered thing! Even in person, when someone tells me i look nice/pretty/beautiful - i will go, omg, no! Have you seen yourself?! I will always deflect the compliment back to the person. The funny thing is... i would seek for the compliment but cant take it. One night, Don wanted to take me out for dinner and for some reason - i felt like dressing up a little and put on more effort in looking pretty. 

Baby, do i look okay?
You look fine! Lets go! 
No, really... do i look okay?!
You look great. (He said it in a sincere manner)
Are you sure? or are you just saying it so we leave now?
......

Don is full of surprises (and good for my self-esteem). Out of the blue today, i received a message from him telling me that i am beautiful and he notices things about me. It was unexpected. It took me a while to register his message, i kept reading it over and over again and thought to myself that, it was time. Someone dear to me paid me a compliment. I should accept it. I said thank you. It felt so good! Felt like a turtle coming out from its shell. After that, i decided to accept compliments and pay more compliments to people. I turned to my colleague- "You look pretty today,your time at the gym is paying off". She gave me a *flex muscle* -> i take that as a "Thanks!"