Suddenly thought about this...

How many times in life do we get to "almost lose" someone? Sometimes we don't lose, sometimes we lose completely...then it's too late to show love. We are blessed if we "almost lose" but got it back...then whatever or whoever we almost lost becomes very precious and we treat him/her/it with utmost care.

What about those we haven't lost yet? Can we be sure that we will have the chance to "almost lose" them when something happens? What if we lost them during that one unfortunate incident? Shouldn't we be also treating those we haven't lose yet extra nicely too? but most of the time those we haven't come close to losing yet is taken from granted...but then, how can anyone know how close we are to losing someone?

Dogs can talk!

Haha...a friend sent this to me. This is so cute!! This pug response with "I love you" when the owner says "I love you" to him!



Well, my own shih tzu is not to be outdone! He can say "now" when I ask him "you want bread?"



Aren't they darlings?

2 months

Tomorrow marks the end of our 2nd month of marriage. Looking at our DVD of our actual day, it still feels very surreal. Besides feeling like it was a dream, I really have no vivid recollection of what happened that day...it's just all very dreamlike, very unreal.

Guess I've gotten used to staying together with Hubby now, it was much easier than I thought! For one, being the light sleeper that I am, I thought I wouldn't get use to having someone sleep beside me. But it wasn't that bad...I sort of adapted to that almost immediately.

But I must admit that I do feel much more tired than before, there just seems to be so much more responsibilities now that I'm someone's wife! Many things I know Hun does not expect of me, or at least not explicitly, but I feel obligated to do it. For example, whenever we are not out shopping (for groceries and household items!) or visiting parents, whenever we both knock off on time to go back home for dinner, I would very much like to cook...just so that we both can enjoy a nutritious meal.

Hun shares in the household chores and he does a very good job at keeping things neat and tidy, which I'm thankful for. I'm the one in-charge of keeping things clean. Tho he helps out, but I feel that the responsibility lies on my shoulder, while Hun is my helper. Maybe that's why I feel so tired all the time. Must take good care of the house and of hubby...and my work.

Don't know if Hun feels tired, maybe guys are just wired differently. Perhaps he thinks that I'm a grown up and can take care of myself well, so he doesn't need to worry about me. But maybe a wife is just different lah...the hubby is also a grown up and can take care of himself, but wife will always see that he can't! haha...maternal instincts? hmm...

Maybe I feel that I no longer have time for myself. Or maybe I don't know what to do if I have time for myself. Other than the 4 days of MC I took since we got married, monday was perhaps that first time I had time for myself. I took leave as I knew I would be exhausted from the overnight 30km walk friday through saturday, followed by 2 consecutive housewarming party on sunday.

What did I do? Did the laundry ( it has become one of my favourite chore...never seem to be an end to washing!!)...completed my Condor Hero and took a nap. I had planned to iron Hun's clothes for the week...but clean forgotten about it! Perhaps I was just too tired..haha..

Just so many things on my mind...and endless list of household responsibilities that just keeps repeating itself week after week. Then I had a realization that perhaps this is it: I'm not living just for myself anymore! I'm sharing a life with someone...not just a house or a home, but my life. Everything about me may have to adjust to accomodate Hun in my life.

No, I'm not complaining...but these little realizations help me cope better. Perhaps I was really not prepared for marriage, but then again I do not think anyone can be fully prepared for it anyway. I'm learning along the way. Someone once said that a marriage brings out the best and the worst in the person, and I totally believe it to be true! I have surprised myself these 2 months about my abilities to cope as a wife...I've probably done more housework these 2 months than I had in the last 2 years! As for the worst, I don't know...will have to leave Hun to provide the feedback for me...haha...

All I can say is that it's a learning journey...and I think it's preparing me to face the next challenge...when our first children (I'm hoping to have twins when we do conceive! hehe) come along...maybe all these coping with lesser time for myself is good practice when the children coming popping out...by then I think we REALLY will have no time for ourselves.

All in all, marriage has been anything but what I imagined it to be...not as fairytale, as happily-ever-after as I thought it would be. On the contrary, it's very down to earth and very real. It's not sweet like the courtship days, but it's blissful because we're a family now...not just 2 separate persons in love, but 1 family. Blissful, that's how I would describe our life now :)

More housewarmings!

We had our last round of housewarming on Sunday.

As I overslept on Sat for evening service at G1, and sweet sweet hubby didn't wake me up cos I was in such a deep sleep from the fatigue of the overnight walk, we decided to go for 9am service at G1 on sunday.

After service, we went home and waited for Hun's relatives to arrive. We told them 1pm and most of them came on time! We really thank God that many of them turned up cos they were not able to confirm initially and we thought we had overcatered. But it ended up quite ok!

Then at about 5 plus, Hun's family left and that's when my side of the relatives started to arrive. The food came about that time too. They stayed and watched Condor Hero which was showing on TV that evening.

All in all, we had a great time! And also thank God for the angpows and gifts that our relatives gave to us :) But for now, we're taking a break from houseparties...tired!

Breaking Barriers!

This is the picture of the morning after we broke the 30km barrier!

Last friday night, I walked with several other colleagues and clients on wheelchair from SPD HQ which is at Tiong Bahru to SPD Tampines! It was a 30km overnight walk to signify SPD's expansion and the addition of our services to the east. This is also in-line with our upcoming TV show. All in all it was really a very fulfilling experience. All of us never believed that this was possible! Imagine travelling on foot from Tiong Bahru all the way to Tampines!!

The trek was divided into 3 legs. Leg 1 was from SPD HQ to East Coast Park acDonalds. We flagged off at about 10:30pm on friday evening and reached East Coast at about 2:30pm or so after a 4 hours walk.

There we rested for about 30 to 40mins and begun Leg 2, which is from East Coast to Tampines stadium. Again we were ahead of time! We reached one of our rest points at a 24 hour coffeeshop and rested there for an hour before we proceeded with our walk. By about 7am, we reached Tampines stadium!

What an accomplishment! I didn't complete the last leg though...since I did not have any duties at the stadium, I followed one of the transport which ferried me from Tampines stadium to SPD Tampines centre. When I reached, I took a short tour of our centre and then took a cab home. As I was feeling quite tired by then, I wanted to leave before the crowd came.

The feeling is so surreal! Can't believe I actually walked that far! Really glad I signed up for this :)