It’s A Wrap!

Saying Auf Wiedersehen to twenty-fourteen brought a tinge of sadness to us as there were just too many happy memories made in a short time-frame of 365 days and having to say farewell to it, kinda bring a little swell in our little hearts.

Personally for us, we are just so impressed on the accomplishment we have made at the age of twenty-six. We are truly blessed to have given the opportunity to be able to celebrate six years of our courtship together. Though the ride was a little bit bumpy, we are just contented that we managed to pull through the obstacles together.

Some of the highlights of last year event that’s worth mentioning here, would be, having to graduate from a University of my choice. After three donkey years of slaughtering under piles and piles of notes, essays, projects and datelines, Alhamdulillah, I overcome it all. The sweet boy of mine was there throughout the entire time; witnessing the screams and cries, checking out for my grammars and plagiarize sentences, staying up late with me and knocking at my front door in the middle of the night just to surprise me with a tub of ice-cream. He may not be the most expressive sort of person to say “Hey honey, here’s an ice-cream to distress. Take a breather, you deserve a break” but he sure know how to pull the right strings to my heart, even if it means “Nah, ice-cream for you!” Hahaha.

Soon after graduation was over, lady luck rang me up over the phone and offered me a job. A job neatly packaged with an awesome monthly salary, fantastic benefits and the most friendliest colleagues to work with. Going to work never felt like a breeze for me. The fact that work is located near our future home make everything seem so sweetttttt.

As the year draws to an end, more surprises and good news popped like mushroom on steroids. For which we are forever indebted and grateful for HIS blessing. We couldn’t help but felt a sense of gratitude for everything that HE has done and about to plan for us because we knew and trust that what HE has laid out for us is for the best and that whatever HE does I’m sure will work out pretty well. With that said, here are some of the memories that we have built together that not only consist of life-changing events but also memories that is simply worth reminisce, such as:

– surprise proposal to Maldives (which is worth mentioning for the umpteen times!)
– making our relationship officials in the eyes of our old folks and relatives
– news from HDB that we are now officially owners of a flat in Buangkok
– news from school to announce that the boy will be graduating with honors
– learnt the hard way that you cant apply the technic of steering a bus to riding a horse
– learnt that its impossible to find a hair clip with your snorkeling gear
– discovered that when hunting for mattress you are encourage to lay down and try on the bed
– meeting up close with Mufti Menk
– having to swallow my first (and last!) sushi

Everyday for us has been adventure of new discovery. There is a saying that goes like this; “Perceive life just like a book; where you don’t jump to the end to see if it’s worth it but instead enjoy life and fill the pages with amazing memories.” Today is the first blank page of my 365 page book and on the very first line of my page this is what I scribble on it…

“I’m getting married next next year!”

The “Merisik”

Merisik is basically the first step towards marriage. When a man is attracted to a woman and intends to marry her, he will send his family as representatives to meet the woman’s family in order to seek whether the lady is still single or otherwise. If she’s single, the representative of the man will ask for the woman’s hand in marriage. – Source Yahoo

Since, both our parents still holds onto the Malay traditions and customs strongly, we gave in to the old folks. The event was a simple, short and a private affair. The attendees that turn up for the ritual was just between the mums and the dads. We do not find the necessity to have an extravagant event to announce to the extended family members that we were engage. We feel that, eventually through word of mouth everyone will soon find out on our status.

In today’s society when everything is on the rise, you would want to save up every single penny you could. Think of the big picture. You could use that few hundred dollars spend on a caterer on your engagement day for a nice big sofa for your future abode or on a pretty dress for  your wedding day. Well its just two cent worth of my thought.

Love,
Soon-To-Be Mrs ID