People say time passes fast when you're having fun.
It has been 4 years, and to be very frank, it feels like we've been married longer than that.
So according to that theory, if i feel like we've been married longer than we actually have, it's supposed to mean we're not having fun?
:O
uh-ooooohhhh.....
To set things straight, i definitely enjoy being married to Munch.
I enjoy the companionship, i enjoy the understanding and trust and stability.
I appreciate that however awful and ugly and jaded i feel, he still believes in me and trusts and encourages me.
I love that he knows me so well, he can anticipate how i'd react, what i'd feel, what i'd need.
I love that he spends time with the girls, that he enjoys them and loves them, and is a real father.
Between being married and not, i'd definitely choose being married.
When i was a teenager, i devised a (what i thot was) brilliant True Love test: If you could have ANYBODY in the world - dead, alive, fantasy, pop star who doesn't know you, any of your ex-es... - would you still be with the person you are with? My logic was that if you'd rather have someone else, you're only "making do" with whoever you have.
DUH.
but i thought it was a brilliant test, (and heck, i still think it's brilliant now)
And yes, Munch passes my True Love test.
He beats Aladdin with the flying carpet, and all the promises of adventure and those sparkly cheeky eyes.
He beats Aaron Kwok. (Oh yes, you lost, Aaron, the moment you donned those red fireman costume and danced like a gigolo.)
He beats Beckham. (ok, now thinking back, i have no idea why i had a wedding ceremony with his poster in VJ canteen. must be the poor company i kept. hp married giggs. oh wait don't tell danny.)
He beats Dao Ming Si - (helped partially by Season Two's development).
He beats the Ex-es (cannot elaborate)
He beats even the epitome of the Strong Silent Man... Captain Von Trapp.
Point is, if all the aforementioned characters were available and pursuing me (muahahah, i said "if" already la!) i would still choose to marry munch... Which is a big deal ok. If you still don't think it's a big deal, go and watch Aladdin again and then stare into Captain Von Trapp's eyes for 20 minutes, then come back and continue reading.
Still don't think it's a big deal? Ok imagine you are, say, the lead female character in Meteor Garden. So after all the macho things that DMS did for you like allowing gangsters to beat him to a pulp so that they wouldn't hurt you, like ordering the entire school population to treat you like a goddess, like buying an apartment in ulu-district just to be close to you, run after your bus until he collapses on the ground (Taiwanese men dun have ippt?) ... after ALL that, Munch walks up to you and suggest you marry him instead. I'm saying that i would marry munch instead of DMS. So is that big deal or what?
Anyway, in other words, Munch ACES the True Love Test, Yay!!!!!
:) :) :)
You know why? Because his brow-bones are sexier than Captain Von Trapp's, and he's more emotionally mature than Dao Ming Si.
Exploring Punggol End in our Red Swift is way cooler than exploring endless diamond skies on magic carpet rides.
And he looks like Ip Man.
Anyway, last night, we were trying to recall how we celebrated our anniversaries, and we spotted a rather unhealthy trend.
2006: Just married. Went on a month-long self-drive, no itinerary, wander-where-we-please trip to USA.
2007: Preggy and Pukey. Hotel-staycation at the hotel where we got married.
2008: Left Glory with Mummy for an evening, scooted off to Barnacles for a lovely sea-front seafood meal.
2009: Left Glory and Celeste with Flor at home, while we had a meaningful "marriage evaluation dinner" at Buono's at Serangoon Gardens. (btw i later found out that my school was moving right next to buono's and that took the romance outta that place forever)
2010: Left Glory and Celeste with Charisma at home. Walked to Serangoon Central for Crab Bee Hoon.
Truth is, it really was my choice. I gave clear instructions about not buying flowers. I didn't want any hotel stays or fancy restaurants. I wanted to go back early after dinner so we could spend some time with the girls before they popped off to bed.
He's very sweet la, didn't complain and still played along with me, discussing the merits of eating crab bee hoon on our own (dun need to feel paiseh to take the pincer, got nice view (?), can take a walk back after dinner to aid digestion....)
Haha... sorry munch.
we'll do better next year.
:)
