Christmas Gift

Morning honey,

Merry Christmas! This is part of my X'mas gift for you. I aimed at 100 but my study does not allow (as you know perfectly well). Anyway I put quite an effort into it so hope you like them. See you tonight.

love

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50 things about my wife

1. My wife is a dedicated teacher who truly cares her students.
2. My wife always thinks she should have done much better as a teacher, which I often disagree.
3. My wife will tell me about her day at school everyday and I enjoy listening to it.
4. My wife has a tender heart towards all the naughty boys at school.
5. My wife will spend her time reviewing the homework and test papers at nights, and I volunteer to be her TA whenever possible.
6. My wife is easily moved when she saw people in need. That's why she went to study psychology and counselling in post-graduate because she really want to help.
7. We both like psychology and talk about interesting things about human minds and new ideas.
8. e.g. ' The Minds of Billy Milligan' (though I never started to read seriously), the marshmallow experiment and TED.com.
9. My wife has a photographic memory on the events we are together.
10. My wife always reminds what I forgot, as her hubbie has a 'goldfish' memory on a lot of things =).
11. But my wife will be reminded by me on other things e.g. paying rents, checking (physical) mailbox.
12. My wife is 大頭蝦 and I enjoy making fun of her =).
13. My wife sometimes does not bring her keys home.
14. But she was really worried when I lost my passport and wallet during our honeymoon in Japan.
15. My wife sometimes does not bring her cell phone home.
16. My wife have not lost a cell phone (right?), but her husband did. Twice =P.
17. My wife gets up earlier than me when she needs to work.
18. My wife gets up later than me when she don't need to work.
19. I will stop my wife from 捽眼 when she have her contacts on.
20. My wife was brought up in a loving family where her bro and sis have taken good care of her.
21. My wife has great parents. I have great in-laws who are kind and nice to me.
22. My wife likes cooking and set her mind in becoming a good cook, and I have much faith!
23. My wife and I will shop for food and cook together when we are free after work. It is the most enjoyable time of the day.My wife likes chips when she is stressed (who don't?).
24. My wife will eat cup-noodles when she is really busy, something I strongly oppose.
25. My wife likes 《不能結婚的男人》, especially 阿部寬. Not convinced but feeling good, I was told that I am 100x more cool than him.
26. My wife is willing watch The West Wing with me. I guess that's pretty boring for her.
27. My wife likes 櫻桃小丸子.
28. My wife got several series of 小丸子 VCD and we will watch and laugh together.
29. My wife got 4 小丸子玩具 at home.
30. But she did not ask me me to eat 開心樂園餐 (maybe I acted before she asked =P).
31. My wife loves cats. I like them too as long as it is not kept in my/our house =P.
32. My wife and I can get into a fight on some really tiny things, just like any other couples in the world.
33. My wife respects me, and the decisions I made even though some were proved wrong later.
34. My wife has never yelled at me or 發脾四, no matter how upset she is.
35. My wife supports me, in my job and study, even though they rob my time that supposed to be spent with her.
36. My wife took good care of me when I was sick. That's the time when you feel having a wife is so wonderful.
37. I took care of her when she is sick, I hope she feels she got the right guy.
38. My wife is not that keen about those luxury brands (me either). I once want to buy her a nice handbag but she said no.
39. We both like Muji. We got two pairs of slippers, same style, different size.
40. Her first gift for me is from Muji.
41. My first gift for her is from Giordano (!) ('how can you go out with such a stingy guy...', I know, I know, it's a black, plain-style sweater from Giordano concepts, really not that bad).
42. So obviously she does not mind spending the rest of her life with a 'cheap' guy (hopefully with good earning potential in the future, buy and hold a value stock like Buffet!).
43. My wife handmade a really nice scarf for me last Christmas. She put in so much time and effort and I felt so thankful and sweet.
44. And interestingly, what what I got her is also a scarf (and gloves), of course not handmade, but she liked it.
45. I sent my wife flowers twice from a shop near 花墟. I never told her which shop it is, but to our surprise she ordered the flowers for wedding at the same shop(!). Just because of its distinctive styles. (Good eyes honey)
46. My wife and I enjoy every ride on the bus 234X when we were dating.
47. My wife has good sense of humor and is my best companion in any situation or event.
48. My wife loves God. She seeks the truth in her faith and willing to stand for it despite conflicts and challenges.
49. My wife is gracious and forgiving, willing to accept who I am and used to be.
50. My wife is someone I want to spend the rest of my life with.

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I love you darling. Merry Christmas.

I miss you

Writing again

The major reason (excuse) for me not to write or update my blog is my turtle speed of Chinese typing. I just decided not to use Chinese for blogging before I can write reasonably quickly.


It's been literally years since I write. You can't image how many things have happened in between, getting 30 (age, not waist size), getting married, new job (not that new now), move to a new place (I really like)... I really haven't even thought that I would have done all these in last two years (okay, wrong grammer, I don't "do" 30). But I am happy, at least happier than two years ago (yes my wife is reading this...), and I am truely grateful, for a lot of things: having a job (stable one I believe) in this outrageous economic crisis, my family (parents and sister), my wife and the wonderful honeymoon in Japan last month (during which I almost lost all the valuables and passport on a train station platform). I really should be thankful.

Look forward to the remaining four months in 2009. Will be extremely busy, have a lot of irregular working hours, and potentially further my studies, and adjust to the new page of life.