Well hello there my readers, I never knew you all existed until the comments that was posted in my previous post!

I’m thinking that since this blog is a no running engine I might as well thought nobody reads this anyway but I am very pleased and surprised that there are people who actually read what I wrote!

Anyhow, back to the point of this post.  As I have said before, this year is all about major changes and I probably have my main events mapped out for the entire year whilst the year has just barely begun!  I am getting married in December, which is still a long time from now but preparations have to be days and months in advance. Case in point, wedding dinner venue bookings. I was fortunate enough to be free to drive back to my quaint hometown for a week of binge eating with my mum that we went to survey several restaurants in between our gastronomic schedule. I am pleased to have booked probably in my opinion, the best Chinese restaurant in Ipoh.

Funny thing was, my future father in law was nagging (as usual) about why so anxious for the wedding(?) as in why am I so eager to get the venues booked. It was until when my future in law’s had a bump on the road where they couldn’t secure any restaurants in Penang that they were scouring desperately. I’ve said before, and many many many times too that your son and I are not the only ones getting married in the entire Penang island and year end’s are a really busy time for restaurants for weddings so things like this need to be secured in advance. Luckily, they managed to find a good place in Penang that serves good Chinese dishes but the dilemma was, the date we wanted was unavailable so we had to push it back a day earlier for the wedding dinner. So I guess, all those dates done by the temple sifu calculations are useless. I am not in any particular, superstitious as opposed to my future in law’s.

I don’t believe in spirits, ghosts or anything illogical. I will believe when I see and feel it. I’ve been vying for my dad to appear somewhere in my life but it hasn’t been the case. So, nah.

It’s funny how I feel like, instead of marrying just one man, I am marrying his entire family. Where else, he is just marrying me and my mum. My siblings just pop in once in a blue moon.

Another very huge thing I am anticipating for this year is traveling! I complained that last year whilst I was still studying, that everyone in my family is flying to somewhere, somehow and all I do is just go to classes, bum at home and go to classes again.

But not this year.

I figured that, after all the years of studying, it’s time to start working but beforehand, I am going to maximize my travels before I enslave myself away. I am flying to Taiwan in 10 days, days before Chinese New Year! It’ll be something new for me, spending the new year abroad! For a freaking month. I am eager to scout for wedding stuffs and be back to my dearly missed 7-Eleven. I am craving for their sandwiches so badly it’s not even funny.

Other than Taiwan, I will be flying to Bali in March. It’s a group trip with Hugo and his friends so I guess it will be fun. I am anticipating their food and the weather there. I love summer! Not a fan of winter too, boo Taiwan.

And a week later after Bali, I’ll be going to Bangkok! With Hugo again. Now isn’t 2011  fun now.  The last time I was at Bangkok, I was 4 years old. The only thing I remembered was nothing except for the pictures that my dad took of me with alligators, some traffic light ice cream, on the airplane with my mum and in some temple with huge steps that I could barely climb. So yea, it’ll be like a new place that I’ve never been to.

My travels doesn’t just end there though, there’s still another Taiwan trip for me but it’s solely for the wedding photography. I have yet to set on the dates yet because I have no clue when Hugo and I are able to take days off and fly off to Taiwan to shoot some photos. As I have yet to begin working, and it’s kind of ridiculous to start a new job and in months, I would take a week off and jet off right. So, there’s this dilemma where I can’t grasp the exact time that I can fit my wedding photography in!

Besides the dilemma, I think 2011 will be an awesome year for me.

I have this feeling that people are skeptical of me that I am getting married at such a young age, but tell me. What is the exactly right age to be married? Late 20′s? 30′s? My idea is, I don’t want to be a mother when I’m 30 and I certainly don’t want to be a grandmother when I’m 60! Too old!

I guess being married at 23 is acceptable no? My mum was a mother and a wife at age 22 and she did fine, partially because she married an awesome man which is my father. But I guess I am to marry an awesome man too. He’s pretty good, a little lost in the husband department for now but he’s proving to me that he’ll be a great foundation for our new life.

As for myself, I am learning to be alright with the idea that I need to bear with old people demanding traditions and certain procedures. It’s not easy though because they make things so complicated and I am not about complications. My idea is easy, simple, straightforward. And I will start a job soon, so it’s all about adapting and learning for me. I think I’ll do well, the big problem is that I need to find a job now!

It’s hard to get a decent job in my field in Penang. I’ve been scouting and searching and it’s meek. I supposed if it doesn’t work, I could always head down south.

Let me sleep on it and see how it goes.

Till then, have a good day my readers.

♥ Wendy