Gr8 Day 2gether!

We celebrated our 8th anniversary today. Before we cap the night *wink*, let me recall how it went.

It began with a wake up kiss and a warm whisper of "Happy Anniversary" from DH. Of course it was accompanied by a tight embrace. But that's common for us to be locked up in each other's arms all night long. Aaawwww!

Anyway, we had plan for this day to be filled with simple pleasures. So long as we are together happily - this day will be as grand as any luxurious celebration.

And so, while getting ready, he first took Wiji to school and left Yoyon with me. And then he came back and surprised me with a bouquet of peach roses. My fave colour of roses.

Then after dropping off Yoyon at the child care, we caught the bus to the city. Felt like being tourists when we got to the harbour (Circular Quay)!

Made a few poses around Sydney harbour to kill time before the main activity of the day. Hahaha! (Took advantage of other "turistas" for some photo opp!)

So what was planned for the day? - Try something different for that adrenalin rush! Prior to breakfast, we booked ourselves to this 45 minute jetboat ride.

And from being sooo dry, DH and I ended up overly saturated. Our clothes never recovered even until we got home tonight. My mini was even dripping while walking up the city streets afterwards.

So before we could even sit down to grab lunch, we had to look for decent shops (READ: SALE is the operative word!) for some unexpected shopping! And because of this, we ran out of time to try the dim sums at the newly opened franchise of Din Tai Fung. So we ended up having SuperBowl across Chinatown. Hehehe! Simple pleasures, remember?

Anyway, before catching the bus home, we had a few drinks at Bar333 and took the chance to pen down my thoughts onto the anniversary card I just bought then! Slack I am... NOT! I have long bought one but it I must have misplaced it. Couldn't find it last night. And it's very important for me not to let the day pass without giving him an anniversary card since he had already given me his very heartwarming card last night.

I know this posting have gone far too long and you must love or like us at least to reach this far. But like what I said to my DH in my card, I have loved you this far and I am not yet finished loving you even further more!

My Wish List

Our 8th church wedding anniversary is coming up. My DH has sort of made suggestions how we're going to spend the day. And I'm excited already!

There's no gift in particular I want to get this year. But I know I have (an unending) list of needs/wants. But whenever I am being asked - I just get mentally blocked.

So let me get these wishes started before they escape my (100 terabyte) memory again.

1. A new perfume. I tested a perfume at Myer a few weeks ago and liked it. But I forgot the name. 'Shame!

2. A necklace. I don't own one yet. My bling blings don't count. Sorry!

3. Room filled with roses and bears and chocolates just like in the movie Good Luck Chuck. I remember getting a room filled with air pumped balloons you did at 3 o'clock in the morning.

4. A booking at Spa Chakra. Only, it had to be with you!

5. A set of hot rollers! I'm done with my curling irons.

6. A KitchenAid mixer. See this.

7. Degustation at Forty-One or Tetsuya's. But I'll have a go at Prime first. Medium rare steak is just getting popular with me nowadays.

8. Cupcakes on Pitt St. (Cause I haven't tasted them yet!)

There you go. I'm pretty sure I will be attaching more to this list. Needs and wants vary over time, don't they?

A Life That Matters

by Michael Josephson

Ready or not, someday it will all come to an end.

There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours, or days.

All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else.

Your wealth, fame, and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance.

It will not matter what you owed, or what you were owed.

Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies will finally disappear.

So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do lists will expire.

The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.

It won’t matter where you came from, or what side of the tracks you lived, at the end.

Even your gender and skin color will be irrelevant.

So what will matter?

How will the value of your days be measured?

What will matter is not what you bought, but what you built; not what you got, but what you gave.

What will matter is not your success, but how hard you tried.

What will matter is not what you learned but what you taught.

What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage, or sacrifice that enriched, empowered, or encouraged others to emulate your example.

What will matter is not your competence, but you character.

What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when you’re gone.

What will matter is not your memories, but the memories that live in those who loved you.

What will matter is how long you will be remembered by whom and for what.

Living a life that matters doesn’t happen by accident.

It’s not a matter of chance, but of choice.

Choose to live a life that matters.

Our Favourite Quotes

... from the Bible.

From DH:
Hebrews 10:23 - "Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful."

Philippians 1:6 - "...being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus."

From Me:
Jeremiah 29:11 - "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Isaiah 40:31- "But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."

Do you have an ultimate passage from the Bible that you always cling to, that motivates you to keep pressing forward amidst challenging situations?

Care to share?