19.04.2011
HAPPY 30th MONTH-NIVERSARY ♥

How fast time flew by... without noticing, it has already been 2 & 1/2 years. Sure we have had our quarrels and unhappy moments, but we have overcome it all. And I believed that that has made our LOVE even stronger... and our commitment to each other stronger.

And I believe if we walk together, we can walk together hand-in-hand till we turn old, till our hairs turn white...

Last but not least, I know I don't say this all the time, even when I know I should but -
I LOVE U, BABES. I REALLY DO... =) Happy 30th.

Happyily 7th Month~ Keep It Up...

I'm twenty-four, she's twenty-one... We're 7th month~!

When 'Love' is already in your hands, it depends on how you hold on to it...

19th May (our monthiversary) has passed by... so goes our 7 months of being-together'ness. We are going to keep on going strong & sweet! (I'm getting goosebumps for being so mushy...)

Well, we didn't celebrate much this time round, mainly due to our schedules. Charmaine has her attachment during the day, while yours truly here has training in the evening... so it can be quite hard to plan our time together, except for me occasionally joining her for lunch @ Tanjong Pagar.

Since we got together after what Ah Boon & I would like to call an "accelerated program", I must say Charmaine & I have had a smooth-sailing journey so far, with one major setback & very few minor setbacks... It is like finding "the One", that other-half who completes you in this world of strangers & 'love wanderers'. I need to say this, because there are many people who get into relationships knowing that they won't last, but keep going at it & end up in cuts & bruises. (You'll be surprised! Actually I was one of them in the past... =P ) There's no right or wrong, after all, it's just trying our best in making the relationship work out. If it doesn't, stay strong & move on. In other cases, people get into relationships for ulterior motives, maybe because the other party seems like such a good catch, a must-have or it seemed like the right thing to do at that point of time. In our case, we've already acknowledged each other as potential life partners... (Omg, I'm getting head over heels in this... still too early to be discussing this)

Anyway, I would like to say we have accepted each other for what we are - we can be ourselves in each other's company. We treat each other with respect even though we sometimes "bully" each other. We trust each other & we like to do things together. We are like long-lost best friends, and we will definitely treasure this "friendship" between us.

While many others take a lifetime in search for their partner, I am truly blessed to have found mine. We only got to know each other for like 2-3 months, but we sorta hit it off very well. And at the end of these 2-3 months, she accepted me & now, we are a happy couple. In any case, getting to become a couple is the easier part of the equation, staying together as a couple - that's the challenge. Just when you thought that you have come to the end of the bend, the road ahead is even longer... Have no doubts that it may be winding & bumpy, it's definitely not gonna be easy. Never take happiness for granted, it's meant to be cherished & maintained.

Actually I'm saying all these partly because one of my close friends has recently gotten attached with a girl. Also through an "accelerated program"... and as I had my doubts & fears in the beginning, I believe he too has these doubts & fears. We have fear that this will be a bubble effect... "Here one second, gone the next". Is she just looking for that piece of floating log to cling onto in that open sea filled with 'lost' and 'despair' & will get onto that rescue boat once it comes by? I had this worries too... My advice: don't let that fear drive you. If it does, it will consume you sooner or later. Let the reason of why you fell in love with her in the first place, drive you. She accepted you, didn't she? She didn't reject you, so it can't be that bad a scenario. Now, it's just a matter of proving to her that she made the right choice. Be that piece of floating log she wants to cling onto for the rest of her life, & bring her to shore. How? Through your words & actions, that's how... From that, she will be able to sense your feelings for her, & it will reinforce, reassure her feelings for you...

It might be mindless ranting to some... but to that friend - Keep it up, place your faith in God. You have already taken the first step to finding your true happiness, so keep going at it. =)

Movies we wanna catch... and soon!

Now for some side-tracking:

Girlfriend, so when are we gonna catch these movies? Haha... There are so many things I wanna do together with you. And your 22nd birthday is just around the corner...

3 CAKES, 9 CYLUME STICKS... ONE BIG SURPRISE~!
19 JANUARY, 2009

The date is 19th January 2009, our 3rd month anniversary, since Charmaine & I got together, not considering the strange "stalker & the stalked" relationship we had between us for a duration of one year...

Today is also a Monday, which means there is Dragonboat training back in school, in the evening. A good time to surprise Charmaine... as she will think I'll be spending the night over at my hostel after training. They say the best time to surprise someone is when he/she is totally caught off guard! Well, it's time to set the Plan into motion...

Actually the plan was a very simple one, it was to forget about the usual 'after-training dinner' @ Can 2 & quickly run off back to Hall, take a quick shower, grab the necessary stuffs & take a bus out of "Pulau Ulu NTU". And then grab some cakes from Bakerzin @ Jurong Point & head off to Serangoon Gardens... for the big surprise!

Never will she expect my appearance, as I continued our usual exchange of SMS'es after training... hehe. Of course the train ride from Boon Lay to Serangoon was not an easy one... especially when you're feeling tired & sleepy after a tough training session, and still have to hold onto a box of cakes in fear that at any one moment, it might just fall onto the floor. Haha... if that happened, then it's Good Game...

Now the whole gist of the surprise plan was to celebrate our anniversary together before the clock strikes twelve midnight, so it was pretty much a race against time. Fortunately, I was able to reach the nearby park around her house & set up the necessary arrangements. The funny thing was while I was setting up cylume sticks on the ground... this Bangla passing by the area, stopped, got curious over what I was doing & invited himself over to see what I was doing... By the time I was done, I was thinking if he was gonna stay around & see the whole "show" when I invite Charmaine over... HAHAHA... Can you imagine that!? What a huge light bulb... not that he's gonna be giving off any lights... Well, we all know black entities can't give off light... =P (Can I even say such things on Blog?)

Anyway, thankfully he went off when I was making the call to ask Charmaine out of her house... Initially, there was some worry that Auntie won't allow her to go out so late, but knowing that it was our monthiversary, she gave the "go ahead"... Thanks Auntie! Luv ya =) Promise it won't happen too often...

So I asked Charmaine to make her way to the park, while I went to meet her along the way. Once we arrived at the entrance to the park, I told her to shut her eyes & I placed my hands over her eyes, to ensure No Peeking. Then I walked her over to the bench where we usually sit & sat her down carefully on the bench, asked her no matter what, don't peek! Don't ruin all the fun... Haha. Then I lit the candles on the cakes & sung her a "stupid song" for our 3rd month anniversary... which no one will get to hear about it in the future Hahaha. After that, we held hands together & made a wish, and blew out the candles. And next, we devoured the cakes greedily (That's me, I have a soft spot for desserts... hahaha) while taking pictures at the same time...

But unfortunately, mere pieces of cakes are not enough to satisfy my hunger since I've yet to have dinner at that moment. So we walked down the street to the about-to-close Chomp Chomp to take away Chicken Chop back to Charmaine's place for dinner... (Yes, auntie gave permission for me to stay over too, cuz it was way past midnight by then & there were no more buses back home). Now now, before all your thoughts start floating to those dark, dirty places... I slept on the couch in the living room downstairs, while Charmaine slept on her own bed in the room above. =P

And so marks the end of an lovely 3rd month anniversary celebration before the day itself passes at the strike of midnight... A good beginning to the start of a happy Chinese New Year... Gong Xi Gong Xi~