Half a decade point

5 years have gone by so quickly. Much had happened; much have changed. There were moments of joy, moments of frustrations and moments of tears; but they all add up and make wonderful memories that perhaps we could laugh about when we look back another half decade from now.

Happy Anniversary, Bibs! 😉

Our very last anniversary before we take the leap of faith; into a new phase of life together! Hahaha. May we continue to have patience and love for one another. Accepting each other regardless of shape, size, color, weight, or sanity! lolx!

Lurve ya lots! *MUAKS*

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To all OCR readers (silent & the non-silent ones :P), I’m introducing…

Our Wedding Project

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Missed

I thought I would have a quiet muesli+cereal breakfast this morning at the corner of the pantry, with the sun warming me up.  But the least expected conversation took place and turned what I thought would have been a quiet breakfast into a somewhat heart wrenching session.  I’m not complaining.  I’m glad the conversation took place and I was able to hold back my tears.

The cleaner Makcik came by to join me at the table while I was about to dive into my cereal bowl.  Clearly, (I thought to myself), eating in front of a fasting person is just so inappropriate.  But since she didn’t seem to mind, I just stayed on.  That’s when the casual talk turned into an emotional conversation. Apparently Makcik‘s husband passed away recently and hence she is not able to celebrate Raya like the others.  She started to share the whole story of how her husband was when he alive, and how he had suddenly fell so sick and weak, and left her 2 months back.  As she got to the final part of the story, she started tearing and she recalls the fond memories of her husband.  I guess the heart greatly misses the person she loves dearly especially during festive seasons.  My heart cries with her as I watch her wipe away her tears.

Had to gather a lot of courage to hold my tears back and keep my voice from shaking as I comforted her to be strong and not to troubled by the unhappy thoughts.

As I went back to my cubicle, I couldn’t help but wonder… what would I do if someday I lose my love one; the one person that I have been so closely connected and love so dearly.  I honestly don’t think I will be able to get over it so easily  *sigh*  C’est la vie.  Gotta cherish the people around us before we lose them…

(No, it wasn’t my last post afterall..)

To Make You Feel My Love

When the rain is blowing in your face
And the whole world is on your case
I could offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love

When evening shadows and stars appear
And there is no one to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love

I know you haven’t made your mind up yet
But I would never do you wrong
I’ve known it from the moment that we met
There’s no doubt in my mind where you belong

I’d go hungry Id go black and blue
I’d go crawling down the avenue
There ain’t nothing I wouldn’t do
To make you feel my love

The storms are raging on a rolling sea
And on the highway of regret
The winds of change are blowing wild and free
You ain’t see nothin like me yet

I could make you happy, make your dreams come true
There ain’t nothin that I wouldn’t do
Go to the ends of the earth for you
To make you feel my love

1 Corinthians 13:4-7,13

Credits: The following is taken from Famous Bible quotes

⁴Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres……..¹³And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Love is patient,
True love is unconditional, that is, it does not depend on the attributes or lack thereof of the person loved, therefore, it is willing to give as much time necessary, and as much space as necessary for that person to grow.

love is kind and is not jealous;
Love seeks to give others something of benefit for their welfare, and consequently, rejoices when they do benefit.

love does not brag and is not arrogant,
To lift one’s self up in reference to others leaves no room for unconditional, graceful love.

does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own,
To act inappropriately, shamefully (morally, especially in the area of sexual purity) is not in accordance with true love. Love never seeks it’s own gratificaiton but rather the interests of others.

is not provoked,
Selfishness seeks to manipulate others by stimulating certain selfish emotions. Love will not do this to others, nor will it let it happen to itself.

does not take into account a wrong suffered,
Forgivenss. Let it go. Bitterness is the acid. You are the container. Get rid of it or it will kill you.

does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
Love does not somehow gloss over things that are going to be hurtful. True love originates from the truth.

bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
If love really is unconditional, it will hold any weight, face any doubt, persist through hopelessness, and last any trial

Love never fails…
If it did, would it be love?

But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Someday, faith will not be needed, for we will see God. Hope will not be needed, for when everything is fulfilled, there is no need for hope. But love, yes, to it there will be no end. If it did, it wouldn’t be love.

Goodbye Twenty-Eight

I had been dreading May 3 since I realized I was inching much closer to the big 3-0 than I initially thought I would.  But I must say..this is probably one of the bestest B’day in years!

My b’day celebration started off with a pleasant surprise during the last day of WTR2010 where Bibs brought in a cake for me 😀 Although I caught sight of the cake when he came into the conference room with it, I was still very surprise to see what cake was inside! No one knew about me & the Poppy Seed cake except for Meekoo! When i saw the little “black spots” all over the cake (which has a cutey piggy figurine sitting on top of it), I just had this big hunch the whole surprise has got to be Meekoo’s planning! But of cos, later I confirmed that it was Bib’s idea but knowing him…he needed Meekoo’s help on all the planning 😀 Thanks to her, Big Bird & of cos Bibs…I was actually very touched by the whole arrangement and having everyone sing me the B’day song…TWICE! 😛 Kinda awkward…but kewl! *Photos not available yet….*

On Sunday night, we had a family dinner to celebrate my sister’s b’day.  She’s just 1 day ahead of me :)  Dinner with the entire family was great…and it was even more memorable & meaningful when the whole family went out for a late night movie 😀 This is really rare..almost close to never.  The movie started on my sis’s b’day..and ended on my b’day 😀 How kewl is that? 😛 Oh…forgot to mention..we had a cute-mini-ice cream cake for dinner specially chosen for my sis 😛

This morning, none of us could get out of bed early.  We were so tired after our late night movie that we had to settle for a late breakfast with Granny.  Thankfully, my mum didn’t have to work (very rare too!) and all of us could go for our family-breakfast-routine…YUM CHA! 😛 But the weather was so hot that we didn’t really enjoy the heat throughout.  After breakfast, we popped by the jewelry shop and did some shopping for my couz’s wedding gift.  Then we proceeded for lunch which we initially thought we’ll go for The Sire..but ended up at Isaribi Tei for Jap.  Good lunch and especially great when we had 4 different flavors of ice cream to wrap up the meal *slurps* Did I mentioned I actually put on weight after the whole weekend of eating?! 

This year, Bibs planned so many things for my b’day that I’m so utterly touched and impressed! I have known him for almost 4 years and he has either forgotten important dates or he just never believed in splurging for anything…(even if it means I REALLY WANT IT and I would totally be exhilarated if he could just do something nice!)… When he told me we were going to watch Ip Man on my b’day, I got to know that he actually went all the way to the cinema to queue up and collected our tickets before WTR on Friday!  He endured the jam…and then waited for our tickets just so that we could watch a movie :)  But of cos, that didn’t turn out as planned cos my bro actually bought tickets for us to watch the same movie on Saturday evening 😛

Then, Bibs surprise me again today when he drove out after lunch and reappeared with a bouquet of flowers! *touched* He has NEVER bought me a bouquet on his own..!! So, obviously I was grinning from ear to ear and completely melted deep inside 😀 *teehee*

The day continued with lotsa of shopping with Bibs and my parents while my sis accompanied my granny for the movie (taking over the tickets that Bibs originally bought for us).  While my mum was on a big shopping spree…we were roaming around and popping in and out of different shops.  This doesn’t happen very often.  Having the entire afternoon dedicated to my shopping needs..that was indeed a privilege 😀 And Bibs channeled all his energy to keep up with the amount of walking and looking for a gift for me *grins* Turned out, I did not settle with just ONE gift… *LOLx*……I bought 3 pairs of shoes!!! Muahahaha… and Bibs paid for all of them 😀

Now that i look at my purchase….my attempt of introducing colors to my wardrobe is once again fail.com *roll eyes* But I love my new shoes especially Bibs spotted a great steal on the Hush Puppy shoe! And guess what? My mum actually bought us (me & sis) a gift each!! Woo hoo!! That’s also very unusual cos my parents don’t usually do that…it has never really been a tradition in our family… (we were often in tight budget).

I guess turning 29 is after all not as bad :)  I am truly very very happy today.  Not just because of the number of SMSes, phone calls, emails, FB posts or e-cards that I received…but also because of the quality time that I actually get with my family and Bibs; all together in one go! That’s really precious :)  I really miss spending time with my family and knowing that Bibs enjoyed the time together with all of us really made this the bestest b’day ever.  From morning till evening, we were just together as 1 big family.  Granny even cooked dinner for me and we all wrapped up the evening having coffee at our favorite spot 😉

One word… AWESOME!

Thank you all for the B’day wishes.  Thank you for making my farewell with the big Twenty-Eight less miserable and making my Twenty-Nine so much easier to embrace.. LOLx!