Since last year I have been reminding hubby that we are hitting 10 years in our marriage. To all the husband out there, when your wife constantly bringing something up for your attention, it is a 'hint' that you SHOULD do something. :)
As usual, my not-so-romantic husband did not get my 'hint' at all. Church is keeping him busy. Children are keeping him more busy. Wife is keeping him even more busy. 24 hours do not seem to be enough for him. We always joke of him needing 5 duplicate of him: One acts as the pastor of the church, another one serve as the father of the children, one be the husband to his wife, yet another one function as the son to his father, finally one just for himself.
Just about two months before our 10th wedding anniversary, hubby asked me what are we going to do for our anniversary. Well, usually our anniversary flew away unnoticed. The most common thing to do is go for a meal together as a family. 10th wedding anniversary sounds a bit more significant. Hubby suggested to go for our second honeymoon. Well, that is a brilliant idea! But how about the children? "I couldn't think of anyone that can babysit our children during our absent", My motherly instinct kicked in. The children have never left me before ever since they are born. I doubt I could have peace of mind even if we found someone to take care of them. That's where hubby makes a promise that during our 25th wedding anniversary, we will go for our 2nd honeymoon. Sigh... 15 more years to go. Don't you think it's a bit too long?
Anywhere, we still haven't solve our problem on how to celebrate our 10th anniversary. Hahaa... it's kind of funny to think of it as a 'problem'. Finally, we've decided to have a dinner celebration since we did not have one during our wedding. The next 'problem' is: Who to invite? We thought that inviting our friends in church would do the magic. But being the pastor of the church, it is difficult to decided which member to invite, which member not to invite. We certainly could not invite the whole church as $$ is the issue this time. Finally, we extended the invitation to all the LCEC, their spouses and their children. We humbly request that they do not bring any gifts and ang pow for that matter. It is our sincere desire to bless these leaders of the church.
Soon, e-invitation was sent out and we did not even mention what was the occasion. But many of them guess it correctly without any clues given. Well, it is quite embarrassing to mention 10th wedding anniversary while most of them are already passed 15th, 20th or even 25th years of marriage.
While waiting for their RSVP, I browse through the web in search for a memorable door gift. Hubby and I finally choose this butterfly bookmark.
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| pic courtesy of weddingkarren.com |
The venue for our dinner definitely has to be Bei Zhan Restaurant. We would prefer to have a sit down western styled dinner rather than a Chinese sit down dinner. Unfortunately there is no Western Restaurant in Melaka which is deserving of Andrew's taste bud. Anyhow the food at Bei Zhan is one of the better ones in Melaka. The ambiance is nice - white coloured walls with high ceilings and very spacious.
My first visit to this Restaurant happened all the way back in December 2012. We were residing at KL then. After the reading of the posting at TRAC Conference and we realized that we were about to move to Malacca, hubby decided to pay the church a casual visit. The PPRC and the pastors of the church brought us to this Restaurant for lunch after the service.
Back to our dinner celebration - It was drizzling that evening when we stepped into the restaurant. To our surprised, more than a dozen of the leaders were already seated down waiting for our arrival. How embarrassing it is! Hubby kept insisting we leave at 6:30pm but me being stubborn refused to obliged. My argument was people are always late. I guess hubby proved me wrong again. The first memorable time he proved me wrong was on our wedding day (10 years ago). I insisted that Ps Rajan only told Andrew that he wanted to give us a gift. However, Andrew insisted that he was speaking to the both of us. Later when we reviewed the video, we saw him speaking to both of us and I even nodded in acknowledgement. The lesson is, hubby is NOT ALWAYS wrong.
The kids helped to distribute the door gift to the guests, the remainders were placed on the table. Hubby brought along our wedding album for the pleasure of the guests' viewing. By then, the secret of the 'party' was revealed and Ai Leng set on a quest to find out the longest married couple in our midst.
Before the food was served, hubby gave a speech. SPEECH?!? Sort of. He thanked the leaders for gracing this day with us. He then read out a poem to Mrs Lim as an expression of his love for her. However, he refused to grant me the permission to publish it here. *argghh...
Pastor Danny officiating the Renewal of Vows for the couple.(very impromptu)
I, __________, have taken you, __________, and take you again, to be my wife/husband.
To have and to hold, from this day forward, for better for worse; for richer for poorer;
in sickness and in health; to love and to cherish, till death do us part, according to God's holy law.
This is my solemn vow.
After the exchange of vow, time to dig in! Wait a second, Dr Chuah gave thanks for the food.
Our ever-happy boy posting in front of the camera.
While my princess was dying of boredom.
We ordered the mixed vegetable curry, crispy spinach with pumpkin, deep fried prawns with mayonnaise, steamed and fried cod fish, braised pork meat with steamed bun, roasted duck, and tofu.
Someone suggested for a toast, so here it goes - yuuuuum seeeeng!!!
Elyse and Erwyn enjoyed such fun. We rarely bring them to this kind of function. So it was quite an eye-opener for them and now, they even 'yum seng' at home!
Erwyn playing with grandpa while Daddy and Mommy thanked each guest for their presence.
Aunty Christina even gave him and Elyse a present each! By the way, our princess celebrated her birthday just one day before this. She, too, received presents from Aunty Iris and Jie Jie Amanda.
Last but not least, a family portrait.
A special thanks to Khai Chew for putting away his doctor hat and becoming the photographer of the day. Thanks for catching those special moments for us.
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