Langkawi July 2016 and 10th wedding anniversary

Meritus Pelangi resort is a five star beach resort and spa in the Pantai Cenang area of Langkawi. This is a popular tourist destination in Malaysia. Although it’s a small island, when we landed there we were amazed to see how clean and well maintained it was. At the resort, the first day we rested while it rained. The rain didn’t dampen our spirits, instead, I thoroughly enjoyed reading a book in our little patio on our private beach facing room while yoyo played in the sand and Satya enjoyed reading, watching TV and trying his hand at the dart board! We walked by the beach in the evening when it cleared up a bit and planned our activities for the next two days. 


The next day when we took a full day trip to see the island and also went up to the cable car and sky bridge (the one made famous by the Hindi movie, Don), we were lucky that it was hot and sunny. Due to that we could get a clear view of the adjoining mountains and the valley down below from the sky bridge and cable car and the surrounding sea. The day after that, we tried the jet ski bike and that was one crazy experience! I may give it a try once again if we get the chance!

10^th wedding anniversary!

The real reason why we had booked this trip was to celebrate our 10^th wedding anniversary in a unique and memorable way and spend some quality time together as a family. Our marriage is a hard earned fruit and we treasure and guard with all our care. Of course at times we are reckless and we take each other for granted, we quarrel for the stupidest reasons (and some important reasons), but we try our best not to drop the ball and we are there for each other.  Satya is an amazing partner and I am lucky to have him in my life, by my side, sharing the good and the bad, forever! We have known each other for 18 years and have been married for 10 of those years. By the sheer number of years we have spent together, one would imagine we know each other well. But on the contrary, I think that the two of us, who got married that day in July 2006 were two very different people, different personalities than who we are today. We have changed and evolved. Our love for each other too has changed and so have our dreams and ambitions and expectations from life and from each other. But I can proudly say that we love and respect each other even more than we did before.

We are not a perfect couple (and don’t want to be) but we hope to keep going on this journey and live up to the promises we made to each other so many years ago as teenagers. We celebrated this 10^th anniversary with our Yoyo by our side at a peaceful and lovely dinner by the sea. We had an amazing time together; we relaxed and soaked ourselves in the joyful bliss of the celebration of our love and recalled events of the years that have gone by. With tears in our eyes we called our dearest friends and family and thanked them with all our hearts for their unconditional love and support thru all these years! We could not have made it this far without each one of them.


Family of course, but we give special thanks to our friends – Tracy, Mohit, Mihir, Devdatta, Anila and Najma for never leaving our side. To Cynthia aunty, Timothy Uncle and whole Crasto and Monterio families and Anagha tai - Deepak, Shreyas-Nivedita, Natasha-KK and Aditi-Nachiket for being our family in Dubai and helping us thru tough times and sharing our joys. 

We love you tons because you stood by us and our love! 

Teddy bear on a date

My boy has turned 7 this year and time is flying. Luckily, the questions of birds and bees have not been asked yet but I can see that time is not too far away now.

Yoyo is a really innovative boy but also with a funny bone. He loves to make things, and try out new ways of using the same toys. One late afternoon, at our apartment condo in Bukit Batok, Yoyo walked up to Satya and asked him to help him find his tie. Intrigued, Satya asked him why he wanted it and was tickled to hear that he was getting ready for his teddy's date!

And so the make over began. They decked up the teddy with a tie, yoyo's shark shorts from when he was 3 years old, mickeymouse sunglasses and batman perfume!

At 5 pm sharp, he said he had to go down for the date and left home. My hubby called me immediately to share the whole episode. I was smiling ear to ear and amazed with his creativity...I had heard of Doll's marriages and Barbie parties but a teddy bear on a date, that's new!

Such events not only remind me how fast time is flying by but also warn me how the day, when my little puppy will walk out that door on a real date, is imminent!