Happy 4th Anniversary!!!

Today is my 4th wedding anniversary with Lia. Well, 'technically' is was yesterday 5th June - that was our akad nikah day. But our ceremony was on 6th June, and 6/6 is easier to remember - so I just prefer today as our anniversary.

Four years is not a long period for a marriage. But we do sailed through a long of challenges along the years. Everyone who got into marriage will say that it is not an easy thing, but the words will ring true the loudest when you're having one. It is not for the faint heart to maintain a marriage.

2009 - Bujang trang tang tang lagi

2010 - Mengandungkan Haziq

2010 - Haziq entering the picture

2012 - Last year Raya

Usually we didn't celebrate our anniversary. For me personally, since I expect it to last for eternity - selama-lamanya, I didn't see the need to count how many years that I am in a marriage. Not that I judge whoever that celebrate it - it is up to anyone's choice, but for me it is just not that important to celebrate it every year. For example, if I'm an immortal - I will not care how long that I have lived. Nor that I will celebrate my birthday every year. In reality, we celebrate our birthday every year because we knew that we will NOT live forever. Yeah, I know you already got my point.

But this year I want to make a different. The last 3 years, mainly because Dahlia been too busy with her Masters Degree, I'm busy with my projects, and we're both busy with Haziq - celebrating our anniversary had been reduced to a quite greetings between both of us & acknowledging that it was a special day. Maybe also going out for a simple lunch or dinner later. Since this year both of us are having some extra free time & Haziq already 3 years old, there is an opportunity for us to enjoy this day.

I already planned to do a surprise to Lia about 2 month earlier. I had bought a pair of watches for both of us. Mine is a pastel red, Lia's is a pastel yellow. My 2nd planning was to go to Legoland. Every Johorean that I knew already visited that place. Three of my office colleague have an annual pass for their family and one of them have been taking her kids to Legoland EVERY week. I think it would be a shame if I didn't grab the opportunity to visit that place.

Initially I want to make a surprise to Lia today about the watches & Legoland. "Surprise!" I would say to her in the morning. But then I need to rethink my plan. Firstly, on 6th June it is still a school holiday. Going to Legoland during school holiday will be a disaster. Too many visitors, too little time to visit to all of the game, but I will still need to pay with the same price ticket. Plus, since we will bring Haziq together - I don't think it will favorable for a 3 years old to be in a crowded place. So, I will postpone the visit to Legoland one week later - that will be on 13th June 2013.

Secondly, it is regarding the surprise that I want to give her. While Lia is someone that like to give other people surprises, she is not the one that like to be at the receiving end. She loves to receive the news early & do the planning for the event (Plus, I'm suck at surprising anyone). When I told her regarding my plan to go to Universal Studio Singapore last year, she was the one that surfing the net for information about the rides. When we're going to the East Coast for my nephew's wedding in early 2013, she was the one that planned the roads that we would take, the restaurants that we would visit, and the hotel that we would sleep in.

At the end, I decided to do off with the surprise & break the news of my plan yesterday, when we're going out for lunch. I took out the watches & she goes "Heeeee!!!". And when I told her about my plan to go to Legoland next week, she didn't believe me at first. After a while seeing that I'm not kidding, she went "Huuuu!!!!". I'm glad that she's happy.

But of course, this story wouldn't end without mentioning the party pooper - Haziq. When he saw both mine & Lia's watch - with pastel color & all, he got hooked. The color of the watches is so vibrant in his eyes that we want both of the watches by himself. Using a kid's weapon of crying & screaming, of course he got to hold them throughout the dinner last night.

The culprit

After living as a husband & father for 4 years, I knew that any pictures showing these below are just fakes.

Because the truer situation usually like this. Hehehe.

"Some people have a lot of theories about how to raise kids.
Other people actually HAVE kids."