I promise this is the last post about the previous trip to Bali. haha. That hat is everywhere in the picture because my hair was having bad days after being given an excessive amount of hair spray and backcombing on the wedding.

We picked Bali as our honeymoon destination only 2 weeks before our wedding and everything was done in last minute. On Sunday night after the reception we went to bed at 2 am and had to wake up 3 hours later to catch our flight! We didn’t make a very good preparation. However, despite the epic moments, we still made the most out of Bali.

I nodded to Michael when he said this holiday had got to be very very laid back. He knows me too well that I can even be busier and fussier during holiday. Wake up way earlier than usual, rush to get dressed, take my big camera and stroll around from 9 am to 9 pm, take picture of everything, go back to hotel and be ready for the next day. I just want to explore and don’t want to miss a single thing. However, this holiday was different. As my husband’s command, it was very, very laid back. So, all we did was only waking up, having breakfast, chilling around, going to the beach, pool, hopping from one eating place to another. No rush. No fuss. I didn’t even bring my DSLR camera (all pictures were snapped by a pocket camera). And it was soooo much relaxing. Another beach escape, please, husband?

It was my first Bali visit after 6 years and Bali has a lot of new cool places. Karma Kandara is my favourite on this visit! It’s so tranquil in there that all the tensions I’ve had these past few months were released all of a sudden. A 3-day trip wasn’t enough (oh yes, a year of holiday isn’t enough for me either, thanks for reminding me haha). However, I’m so happy we still made it.

Holaaaa, I miss this blog. So, to start off, let me tell the world that Michael and I… we’re now married! We’re husband and wife now. It still feels weird (and a bit of magical) to call him my husband but I’m going to get used to it. Haha. We did the Holy Matrimony on 6^th January and the Batak ceremony followed after on the same day. Two days after, 8^th January, we held the reception. All those events were much blast to us and I can’t quite explain how happy and thankful we are about how everything turned out. Thank God for the most, thank our parents from both side (still crying as I remember everything they have done to us. My prayer never changes, God give them happiness, please. And teach us as children to respect and love them. They are just the greatest!) and thank everybody (our big family, wedding organiser team, vendors, and everyone who had come to be part of our big day) for the helping hands. The party would be nothing without them.

We just got back from 3 day sweet escape, I mean honeymoon, in Bali (a post about our honeymoon will arrive later on!). I didn’t feel like leaving that place of tranquillity to be honest. Haha. Hell yeah, the reality of married life starts now. Bring it on! Haha. We have a temporary place to live just the two of us, at least for 1 year ahead because our real home is estimated to finish in 1 year time. And as happy as I am to live only the two of us, I’m also a bit worry about staying alone at home when Michael isn’t home, haha (such a spoiled brat). Mum is the one who keeps encouraging me that the adjustment will take place only one or two months and I’ll get the hang of it very soon. Then she said about being tough. Ok mum, thank you, I love you.

We got a lot of valuable messages on our wedding day. Wedding is only a day (or two days in our case) but marriage is a lifetime. All of our elders told us to put God first in our new family. We must be aware from the first place that marriage isn’t always about sweet things and romance. There are times that things are allowed to just go wrong and sometimes we just keep questioning why this or that happened. However, if we put Him and set aside our ego, we will get strength to go through the marriage storm, they say. I must not say it’s going to be easy. There is a teensy bit of worry, honestly. However, worry not. Trust in and lean on Him as the source of our love so that when rocky periods kick in and love seems to fade away, He the source of love himself will restore the love between us. It’s no easy if not impossible. On the bottom line, we are looking forward to seeing things unfolding in our little family. Hopefully and faithfully, good things will unfold. Amen.

Anyway, Happy New Year people (better late than never, haha)! Good wishes to everyone!

We wish you a very holly jolly Christmas! Merry Christmas!

It’s that time of the year again. Christmas. My absolute favourite season with no exception! Mum has set up Christmas tree in our house since early November (she’s really cute, isn’t she?) plus I have been listening to Christmas songs since that day the tree was set up so it has begun to feel a lot like Christmas since. I loveeee these days prior to Christmas. Everything just feels merry, happy and joyful. Such a good way to start a new year merrily, joyfully and with bunch of optimism. I remember telling Michael on Christmas last year that I wanted to have a gingerbread  house making session for Christmas this year. It turns out this Christmas our both families are all busy preparing for the big day (not that I whine, seriously!) sooo fingers crossed we could make it. My sister is going to be back in town in days-counting and we plan a little Christmas dinner some time in the next two weeks. Ah, can’t wait!

I miss England a lot in this kind of season and I can go all mushy and teary when listening to my playlist of Christmas last year. haha. I didn’t realise until now that songs have some sort of power to bring us back to past memories and leave us feeling nostalgic. haha. Christmas this year, however, I change my playlist. Songs from Michael Buble Christmas, She & Him Christmas and Hey, It’s Christmas 2 are dominating. I’ve been listening to those albums for a while now with the similar hope that next year as I replay this playlist, memories of Christmas this year will come rushing back in my mind. Ah, I already have the feeling this Christmas will be missed too, despite being the most tied up Christmas I’ve ever had. So, what’s on your Christmas playlist? Hope you have some good ones. x