Still The One or the corny version... Still The Wan... heheh

3rd June 2006 was our 1st Wedding Anniversary.

It’s amazing how fast a year can fly by! It feels like just yesterday I was blogging about wedding jitters and the bliss of being newlyweds.
Now it’s BABY jitters and the bliss of being not-so-newlyweds.

I took a week off from work to celebrate the occasion. The family took us on a trip to Pulau Redang and we spent a wonderful time relaxing, eating and snorkeling.

It was gorgeous in Redang!
White sandy beaches, wispy clouds blowing in the breeze, unbelievably clear blue-green waters... We swam with swordfish and rainbow trouts, along with other amazing aqua life.

We had dinner on the beach, barbecues, buffets etc. I’m so glad I regained my pre-pregnancy appetite!

After a few days in Redang, we returned to KL and promptly checked into the Concorde Hotel Premier Suite. Spent a romantic weekend there just lounging about and ‘connecting’.
I’m really thankful to have a husband I can actually TALK to and discuss all issues under the sun. I don’t know how I would’ve coped with one who only grunted once in awhile between football commercials or murmur incoherent sentences behind the newspapers.

I love my husband. I love our marriage.
It amazes some people how we maintain our relationship so well, for so long.
Some of our friends are still waiting for the day we strangle each other in frustration.
We’re so different yet remarkably compatible.

I am thoroughly amused by his jesting clowning and he laughs uproariously at my sarcastic one-liners.

He can enjoy my occasional fine-dining dinners and I have learned to take pleasure in eating at obscure backwoods stalls that serve delicious food (with zero presentation).

We both understand each others need for ‘me-time’. He endures my many hours of ‘being lost in a book’ and I endure his ‘DVD marathons’ (It’s amazing how that man never gets bored of Italian Job and Oceans 11).

He’s so patient with my unpredictable moodiness and knows exactly how much time I need to sulk-on-my-own and when exactly he should appear and amuse me. I’m equally patient with his fickle ‘artistic moods’ and just go with the flow, wherever it goes.

I am, by nature, a bit anal and plan everything to the dot. I can’t stand surprises or unscheduled activities. Wan is the absolute and complete opposite. He actually HATES planning. He’s more impulsive in his activities and is Mr. Impetuous. But with God’s help, we have managed to avoid driving each other crazy. He goes along with my pedantic planning and I put up with his madcap activities. I think it helps strike a balance in both of us. Two extremes meet up and become a nice neutral.

A great marriage is not when the 'perfect couple' comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.
Dave Meurer, "Daze of Our Wives"

Next year, we’ll be celebrating our Anniversary with a 6-month old Little Wan in our midst, insyaALLAH. Seems like it’s ages away but time flies and it’ll be here soon enough. I think I should start p.l.a.n.n.i.n.g.
Hehehe...

Happy Anniversary, B!
I Love You, very very much.
I hope and pray that we'll live happily ever after.

Looks like we made it
Look how far we've come my baby
We mighta took the long way
We knew we'd get there someday

They said, "I bet they'll never make it"
But just look at us holding on
We're still together still going strong

(You're still the one)
You're still the one I run to
The one that I belong to
You're the one I want for life
(You're still the one)
You're still the one that I love
The only one I dream of
You're still the one I kiss good night

Ain't nothin' better
We beat the odds together
I'm glad we didn't listen
Look at what we would be missin'

I'm so glad we made it...
Look how far we've come my baby