Bonne Anniversaire Mon Cheri

Today, three years have passed since we uttered our marriage vows,
Yet, it still feels like we were married yesterday.

I can recall the time when I chased you around the big oak tree on the University Quad in California for having the gall to say that I looked like Rafidah Aziz in my then big-lensed glasses.

And the time I looked forward to your letters from Kuching during the summer break before we went off to our respective colleges.

Also the time when I beamed a huge smile upon seeing you waiting for me at Chicago train station for our weekend outing in the Windy City. Always with a coffee in your hand to kickstart the day.

And the time I shed a few quiet tears in the train ride back to Indiana after a wonderful Fall Break in Evanston.

How about the night we spontaneously lied down on the sidewalk to make snow angels in the dead of Midwest winter?

Not to forget our unforgetabble series of adrenaline rush at Six Flags Great America during your Senior Graduation Week's activities. Love them roller coasters!

And how I like to wind you up for that California Love-infused silat performance on stage.

How about that 'relaxing stroll' wending through the dangerous overpass at Jalan Kuching on our way to a shortlived picnic in Lake Garden. Some passerbys gave us funny looks for lolling about in that ridiculous heat!

And that Penang trip to visit my twin's intended which was fraught with thrills and emotions, in between the rickety KTM service to Butterworth. A group of gangsta monkeys in Botanical Garden was one such highlight.

The trip down south to Lion City was equally memorable, with the whole family traipsing down Orchard Road.

And in the early days, each time you sent me 'home' at Bank Negara's Komuter station following an outing when we were both without cars. Now, in our 30-plus year-old bodies, we wonder how could we have walked all over the places in KL.

And of course, that absurdly long yet most cherished phonecall, discussing our future together, which had bumped me up to Cloud Nine.

Despite (or is it because of?) the initial hiccups and subsequent tiffs, we have managed to forge an inexplicable bond with some legroom to maneuver :)

Happy Anniversary my beloved, my kindred spirit. Thanks for everything that you've done to make all the moments in our lives count.