Glory's room was dimmed, and florencia was tucking her in. We could hear Glory chatting and chuckling away.
Kids in order, we left for our anniversary dinner.
It's been a long time since we last had a quiet, unrushed dinner. No toddler to entertain or feed, no baby to tend to, no bedtime routine to rush for - just time for us to slowly enjoy each others' company.
Munch made reservations at Buono, an Italian restaurant tucked in a quiet corner at Serangoon Gardens. We had Portobello mushrooms, seafood risotto and gnocchi (italian mee hoon kuay?) which came with a fly camouflaged as ground black pepper, so we had it changed to a 4 mushrooms pizza. A lava cake came complimentary, on account of the fly. The food was good, the place was nice, service was good, and to top it all off, we had a lovely time chatting.
Pastor Tiak had just sent us a copy of our wedding exhortation (so cute hor, our pastor ) , and we were gonna discuss it over dinner. Yeah, i like evaluations and reflections. =P
The Six Areas to Building a Strong Marriage.
1. Conflict Resolution - doing fine. We both realized i get very uptight about road safety. Ok... not that he's a terribly unsafe driver la, just that i am really very finicky about it. Just dread the thought of ever hurting some innocent folks and causing grieve to their family members due to our rashness. So i'd very much rather crawl along at 50-60 kmh and patiently drive behind a turtle, than to overtake unnecessarily.
Munch agreed safety is important, and i have to be careful not to get too flustered over his driving.
2. Roles and Responsibilities. We have failed to allocate, so we spent some time deciding on each person's roles. In the end, we came to such a cliché, gender-typed conclusion it's embarrassing! Munch's taking care of the major, "manly" things like car, bills, insurance and household repairs and maintenance. I'm in charge of guniang things like school fees/enrichment/education, childcare, maidcare and groceries.
3. Money - Need to give more. And we've got a family project coming up!!! =) Excited!!
4. Communication - doing fine.
5. Sex - two kids in three years, whaddya think?
6. In-laws (Honouring in laws like your own parents) - We've been visiting weekly, but need to build more meaningful relationships, more than just polite talk. How? Well, for a start, just increase amount of polite talk ba... Ay, considering how afraid of them i was before, i've come a long way ok! =P
Pastor Tiak closed off his exhortation with this:
"Children. All i want to say is this: may God bless you with many children in his good time."
Kekekek. =)
We'll see.
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