Learning something new

Lately, I've been feeling a little stagnant.
I think I should learn something new.
Maybe sewing, or baking or sign up for some English class to polish my language.

I don't think I would want the stress of learning a brand new language though.
Also, students are raising funds for various causes and I'm quite excited cause I'm moving soon so I have tonnes of stuff to recycle. TONNES. So at least I can bring it to work and donate it instead of throwing everything away.

And some of them are doing car wash. My car needs to be washed so yay for that as well.
Look forward to all the things they are going to do.

We also finally had our CNY luncheon in the office. With lion dance and all, yes, a week plus after CNY passed. Better late than never, right? So...back to my learning something new topic. I'll look for something. Maybe after we move.

1 year 3 months later

In a blink of an eye, it has been 1 year and 3 months since we got married. We still sleep on the same bed and he is currently next to me, cramming for his exam in May. I still feel happy going to bed next to him at night and wake up to him preparing our breakfast in the morning.

Soon we would be renovating and by mid year move into our own house. It is not near my family =( but it's a place of our own. With work and his exam, we did not have time to be excited about the house even. Or maybe that's just us. We were pretty chill for our wedding too so maybe it's just us.

I decided to start writing again because I find my language deteriorating and this is bad news especially when I am supposed to teach others English. Also, I kind of miss sharing and reflecting on my own life based on what I write. So we'll see how long I'll write. =x Not very good at keeping in touch or doing things that requires follow up and consistent attention.

2017.
Another year of change.
Bring it on..... *declaration that is 2 month late*

The Simple Joy In Life: 6 months

6 months into the marriage and I still look forward to going home and seeing my husband.

We do our own things but at the end of the night, we held hands and slept.

I do miss my family from time to time. We do fight (like every day but we make up before we sleep).

When I see other people's wedding, I wished I have done more. I wished I have enjoyed it more and just live in the moment. But then again, I am me. And I always stress out. So even if I get to do it again, I think the outcome will be the same.

So I just look forward to sharing more moments with my husband. Maybe I should write our honeymoon.

I feel like going back to writing because it helps me to remember.

-1 day to June's Bachelorette and we are going to

 Langkawi!!!!

It isn't easy to get all of us who are currently spread out in KL, Pg and Sg to gather. Besides, some just started their new job so we decided to go for a super duper short trip.

Mine was done at Macalister Mansion cause it was too near to wedding. I really had no luxury of time to leave Penang for even 2 days 1 night as it was a busy time at work too.

Can't wait to see my girls again!

So let me count my blessings a little:-

- My husband helps around at home.

- My 2nd sister is having a baby boy in July.

- We are going to Korea end of this year.

- I have quite good colleagues.

- I have a job.

- My students are cool.

- I enjoyed seaview room for 3-4 weeks. Moving out soon.

The Simple Joy In Life: It's everywhere

I have blogs everywhere. I think if we talk about wedding, I have at least 3 blogs where I talked about it at different phase of my life. I don't know what we can do. Maybe one day I will import everything over here. 

Today marks the 100th day Ah Ma left. I still find it hard to believe that she left. Sometimes I wish I can see her smile again, or bring her out to eat and have her show her black face because she doesn't like the food, or quietly observe how she scrutinise the food before putting it into her mouth. Then we will see her chewing the food with her 2 teeth that's left. Why did she have to leave so soon? Why not give me a few more years?

Sometimes I feel like the worst granddaughter on earth cause I sometimes find it troublesome to open my ipad and let her check her 4D numbers. I miss her so much and I can't believe she'll never see me in my gown. Or see me get married. I should have just let her come with me to choose the gowns. And then wear it to 1st floor and show it to her. There are so many things I should have done. But I will forever leave with the regrets because she is not coming back again.

My only consolation is that Daniel proposed before she was ill. Also, she knew I was getting married and she met Daniel's parents before so she can be rest assured that I am in good hands.

Still, every time I stop to think of her, I still wish she is here with us. I miss my grandma, our Datin Leong.

The Simple Joy in Life: We are married

And so we got married last Saturday. It is a little surreal and I still giggle when I call him my husband (awkward okay?) but we definitely feel married because it was one tiring day alright?

Many things went wrong but in the end, we pulled through with friends blessed by God. Seriously, without them, I don't know what would happen to the wedding. God's blessings are always with us.

Anyway, we are married! Will blog properly soon.

The Simple Joy in Life: Countdown - 16 days to go

Even though we have registered our marriage last Saturday on our 5th anniversary together, it still don't feel like we are married.

Maybe because the whole ceremony ended in 15 minutes and we spent the next 45minutes snapping photos.


Anyway, 16 days to go to the very day we have been preparing for. Because there are so many parties involved and so many different segment to prepare for, I still cannot visualise how the whole day will turn out. There are still a number of things to do such as:

• Finalising the tables
• Writing our speech
• Trying on the gowns that I have chosen
• Fixing my nails
• Finalising the plan for the day (morning and night)
• Briefing our helpers
• Going for my hen's night
• Clearing up the new place to bring over my clothes
• Buying bedsheet for the new place
• Finishing up our guestbook
• Finalising the decoration
• Finalising the hall decoration for dinner
• Packing the ang pows etc
  
  

Still. It is good to know that we have done a lot more of other stuff and what we have left to do are just finalising the whole thing. 16 days more and we will officially be husband and wife! Crazy isn't it? The whole I-have-a-crush-on-this-guy to I-am-with-the-guy-I-had-a-crush-on to I-am-marrying-the-guy-I-had-a-crush on to many more new things.

I'll probably not repeat the whole story of how we got together but maybe some advice that may or may not work:

It's okay if your girlfriends** or close friends** know who you have a crush on 
**as long as they are good people and not out there to ruin your life - this will be another lesson for another day.

And sometimes, it's okay to have a friend who cannot keep secret. Mine couldn't and now I am marrying this man because she told him I liked him.

Then again, may not be applicable to all situations. Follow my advice at your own risk.

Have a great weekend.

xoxo

P.

The Simple Joy in Life : Wedding Planning 2

Q: What is worse than a bridezilla?
A: An indecisive bridezilla?

Q: What is worse than an indecisive bridezilla?
A: Being the sister of the indecisive bridezilla.


Woe be to my sister. I, on the other hand, am super blessed to have her as my sister cause she makes everything good! Like I am on a tight budget so I said no to everything but she still does it for me and subsidised or even pay for everything!


Advice? Go get yourself your own awesome sister. Mine is MINE!

3 more days to signing myself off to be Mrs. Chong!

All the excitement is there because I am doing it with my best friend, best girlfriends and my awesome awesome family. If only Ah Ma is still here. I love my Ah Ma.

-P