Here I am 4 months into marriage

With a conscious desire to escape work. The feel is getting stronger even as I get busier! Everything is settling into a routine i.e. get up, (gym), shower, wake the man up, hustle in the kitchen, move out and get to work, get off work, go home (either back home or his mum's or my mum's), (cook), (wash clothes), eat, clean up, prepare for bed. With weekends come more washing of clothes, wiping down the house, general housework that's not done during the week. 

I can appreciate the fact that such a life can and will get monotonous after a while and if left untouched, we will lose the spark of joy (lol) sooner or later. As it is, we only have half a day each weekend to perhaps enjoy each other's company. Hence, I also recognise the importance to retain that spark and do stuff that is non monotonous i.e. go out, date, etc. ;-)

Besides that.. I am totally becoming a cook!

Heh heh I enjoy the process and end product (if it's tasty). Cooking makes me happy!

Let's hope I keep it up ;-)

In other news.. I was really disappointed that I wasn't even though it wasn't planned.. The hopes and expectations!

One more week later.. I am cooking

In the midst of a strong urge to burn up the tender specs.. I decided to take a break and blog.

I will maybe get bashed by the MIL if I don't start cooking la hor. Last week she was like.. "Actually you all can come home any time to eat, just tell me". I think she is really worried her son will be eating dabao-ed food most of the time.. :/

So I cooked. 

Well, some of it anyway (we do have a fair bit of instant food nonsense in the freezer..). 

And I made a mess of the kitchen.

But it's my kitchen!!

Woohoo. 

Now I get why my mum would fret over what to cook.. Before cooking yesterday I am already wondering what to cook tomorrow.

I think it shall be broccoli with shitake, egg with onion and ham, and ABC soup! (because... limited ingredients in fridge).

Piang eh, it is very hard to buy raw ingredients for 2 pax...

We got married!

And moved!

All within a span of one week!

And I got gastric flu! Twice! Within a span of 2 weeks!

That's a lot to digest in one post, eh.

The long and short is, the never ending wedding prep IS FINALLY OVER *throws confetti

One week before the wedding, out of a sudden, all the suspicious gastric flu symptoms came out early Thursday evening, and I threw up halfway while meeting the man's friends for dinner. It was so bad I automatically asked to see a doctor and immediately got an MC for the following day. Then.. one weekend of rest (and intermittent errands) happened and suddenly it was THE WEDDING WEEK. Thank god the symptoms went away mid-week, while I chiong to finish up the rest of the to-dos, while taking care of the house renovation which was almost complete at that point of time. 

I think our wedding went really well, much thanks to the venue managers and our family and friends! Our sisters and brothers are amazing. They are so independent, we hardly got asked any questions throughout the day on our wedding programme. 

I loved loved loved the train of this gown :D 

Banquet at InterCon was fantastic. I think I loved all the vendors I got in for the banquet. The music was stunning and Benjamin actually delivered what I wanted (One Piece banquet song xD) The roving photographer was AWESOME (that story about why it's the best decision I made is for another day). 

So after all that fanfare and binging in the following two days at InterCon.. The gastric flu CAME BACK AGAIN amidst the need to move house and arrange for delivery etc. Wah piang eh.... Let's just say it's a terrible thing to stand up, feel nausea, and yet still have to clean up the house. T_T The 3 day diarrhea also didn't help matters at all. 

But at last.. we moved in! And because of the sickness, I lost a fair bit of fat around the face, arm, waist (after not eating for a few days...). Hahaha blessing in disguise la hor. So we've slept in the house for a week, and man, does it feel good to have your own house (even though it means doing the chores at home and constantly monitoring for dirt and cleaning it up and worried about bugs flying in). 

I love our home :D