Today marks our 10th year anniversary. Though I know he doesn’t remember the date (as always) but he gave me the right to remind him whenever/if ever he forgets. LOL!

December 11, 1999, t’was the day when we became sweethearts “officially“. It wasn’t an easy love journey though but glad we made it. Exchanged our vows without having anyone else’s heart harmed. We proved the “critics” wrong that culture difference is always a problem and that whatever we have/had is/was a serious matter.

Seriously, what we had gone through wasn’t easy.

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I thought for a while, “where do I blog this?” Here or here? Since I got more readers here, I think, I chose the latter one. I want the world (as if the whole world reads my blog LOL!) to know that today marks our 5th wedding anniversary.

5 years had already passed, hmmmm…. make that 10 years coz I’ve already been with him for almost 10 years (next month to be exact) yet some people still ask me “Why did you marry an Indian?” Note the sarcastic tone in that question. 5 years ago, I would answer with the same sarcastic tone they used, with an eyebrow raised “Why do you ask? Do you even care or just curious about my lovelife?” Or simply because you are a racist who has got nothing to do with your life?

Why did you marry Derrick? Why did you marry your husband? Why did you marry him? I’d rather hear those questions than hearing “Why did you marry an Indian?“.

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Guess what I dreamt of last night? Me and my husband had cancun honeymoons this year. If you’d ask me where or what cancun is, to tell you frankly I have no idea haha! But based from what I saw it had this romantic swim up rooms with ocean view, white gauze curtains floating over four poster beds, perfectly perfect for lovers or 2nd time honeymooners. We also had a romantic dinner by the sea where you’d feel the highest dining quality everyone would wish for. Imagine, we had the most expensive red wine served just for the two of us.

After the romantic experience we had in one day, I then asked my husband to call and check on our daughter, dialed the phone, it rang…

That was the time when I realized it was just a dream! Grrrrr!

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Received an email from my husband’s colleague and this is what it says:

“I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me. The road to success is not straight. There is a curve called Failure, a loop called Confusion, speed bumps called Friends, red lights called Graves, caution lights called Family. You will have flats called Jobs. But, if you have a spare called Determination, an engine called Perseverance, insurance called Faith, a driver called Jesus, you will make it to a place called Success.”

I’m touched. I was moved. More than anything else, this is what we needed most at this moment. Wish I could elaborate, but I couldn’t…

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I still feel sorry for my friend - whenever I remember her experience I can’t help but to think that in this world nothing is really permanent. You see, she’s been with this guy for more than 2 years before they decided to get married. A perfect couple and best buddies too! Their relationship was an ideal one. Read between the lines - I used the word “was“. Yeah, it was…. until…. a year later, everything went kaput! They lost in touch right after my friend went home for good. I guess, some marital issues. But c’mon it is still not proper to just go missing or abandon your wife.

I was still in Bahrain when that happened. I contacted my friends residing in the US and asked them if it’s possible to locate him, coz the last time I heard during that time he was relocated to Texas. I wish there were public records posted online that I know of that time, then maybe everything was easier especially for my friend. After that, I don’t know what happened….

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