right time, right place.

where did you meet each other?

it's definitely my favorite question to ask whenever i meet new friends who are a couple, and i've gotten pretty interesting answers. From meeting on the train from each day's commute, meeting in nepal while the guy happened to be riding his bike across the region (his plan was to bike around the world, but it got interrupted because he had met "the one"), and "we've known each other since junior high"...

my story isn't extraordinary at all: we met through a mutual friend somewhere around 2001 during lunch in a restaurant owned by a polygamist (which, i was vocally against the whole polygamy concept let alone eating there) but our friend insisted they had great chicken and fried tofu (err okay, but that's how it went). fast-forward a couple of years later, through the hype of social media (friendster), my now-husband gave me a short, innocent testimonial on my page (as that was the thing to do on birthdays and such) but it was a much belated wish. so we met up a few days later to have a coffee and chat. instead it became dinner, a couple of drinks and a couple of scoops of ice cream. we both had a great time, but only started dating a couple months afterward. and the rest is history :)

i knew my parents' process towards a marriage was very quick, they met through my mother's boss, and 3 months later my parents wed. 3 days later, my dad was stationed in paris, and my mom flew to be with him a few months later.

but i never really knew how they met in detail until recently.

turns out, my mother was walking to work as her boss drove past and offered her a ride, but he needed to make a stop at his twin's house. his twin was nowhere in sight, instead was his housemate who needed a lift as well.

so here we are, 42 years, 5 daughters, 6 (almost 7) grandchildren later.

nothing's coincidence, everything's supposed to happen exactly when it happens.
and all is well in the end.

places

you know, we don't even have "our" special place, like "our" restaurant, or anything like that. i mean, you take and took me to places that you've taken other girls. so it's like not special at all, not really... hmpf.

yea, but i only took YOU to the altar.

uhm.. yea.. *blushing*

you're like heaven

just like heaven, by the cure

"Show me how you do that trick
The one that makes me scream" she said
"The one that makes me laugh" she said
And threw her arms around my neck
"Show me how you do it
And I promise you I promise that
I'll run away with you
I'll run away with you"

Spinning on that dizzy edge
I kissed her face and kissed her head
And dreamed of all the different ways I had
To make her glow
"Why are you so far away?" she said
"Why won't you ever know that I'm in love with you
That I'm in love with you"

You
Soft and only
You
Lost and lonely
You
Strange as angels
Dancing in the deepest oceans
Twisting in the water
You're just like a dream

Daylight licked me into shape
I must have been asleep for days
And moving lips to breathe her name
I opened up my eyes
And found myself alone alone
Alone above a raging sea
That stole the only girl I loved
And drowned her deep inside of me

You
Soft and only
You
Lost and lonely
You
Just like heaven


ps. i'm so glad i've you to go home to and that i don't ever have to be alone...

perks #1

the perks of being married is that you get to wake up in his arms when you've just had the most horrifying, unbelievably terrible nightmare.

me 2.0

i'm the best version of me when i'm with you.

on a thursday afternoon

how'd you know that?

i know, cos i'm always there with you...

errr, that's creepy dude

hahaha

other girls might have said "awwwww"

that's why i married you....

*blushing*

364th day of being 32

33. i turn 33 tomorrow. what did i do while being 32?

actually a lot.

planned our wedding, got married, became a new member of his extended family. traveled to bali, yogyakarta, manado, lombok, (bangkok and bangka were last year but i wasn't 32 yet i think.. hongkong? last year or the year before? forgot...). set up Tea for Two with my best friend. as for daily life, living with my husband definitely taught me a thing or two (or 2 hundred) about him, us and myself, our priorities, responsibilities.. and we decided to purchase a house!

it's been quite a busy year, an abundant one filled with joy and laughter. for that i'm endlessly grateful. Alhamdulillah for our health and family's, for the streaming luck and wealth of material and mind. Thank you God for the chance of living this life and having it overflowing with love.


ps. thank you God for sending to me my husband, he's a good, good man.