Everything Under The Tropical Sun

It will be the eve of our anniversary tonight. Since we’re not fighting or anything, I guess it’s safe to say that we’re 7 years old a day ahead. Hehe. This is a date we feel that is more important than our wedding anniversary. 02/20/2002 was a life altering day for the both of us and our wedding day was just something that confirmed what we knew then…

I’ve often “bashed” (his term, not mine) him on this blog saying the most ridiculous things or airing out his weird laundry for all the net to see… but the truth is, I’m truly and madly deeply in love with him. Just like a kindergarten kid bullying her crush on the schoolyard, I’ve often picked on him on and offline. That’s just the way I am I guess. I express myself excellently through writing but when it comes to physically showing it, I fail miserably. I don’t think he minds. He usually just shrugs me off when I’m in one of my bullying moods.

In spite of my bullying extravaganzas, I know he loves me. Believe it or not, I CAN be sweet (yes, I CAN!!!)… when I want to. He often tells me he doesn’t exactly know why he loves me and that he just does. It annoys me but I guess that’s just what it is right? Love is something very difficult to explain or describe… or even in some cases to justify. It just is. Hmmm… maybe I should stop bugging him about it? … NAH.

In the span of 7 years… we’ve managed to turn from a all-day-all-night party couple to the most boring couple in the world. When people would ask us what we’ve been up to, our normal response would be: “Nothing. We’re kill joys now.” I’m serious. We live it and own it because quite frankly, we enjoy just staying home… hanging out… experimenting with crazy and the not so crazy recipes. Sure, we talk to each other… but if we have nothing to say, it’s okay too.

Seven years… it sure can fly by so fast when spending it with my best friend.

I love you. Happy Anniversary!

One of the things I love about my husband is that he makes me laugh. Usually it’s at his witty remarks… the “why didn’t I think of that?” type of humor. And there are those times that could be marked as a “classic” moment from him. This is one of them.

He told me last Saturday that he was so irritated because he kept seeing the sign: “Ped Xing” at every traffic light. Each time he passed one, he’d keep wondering what it was. When finally he couldn’t help himself and had to ask our partner what it meant.

Without letting him finish, I uttered in my miss-know-it-all tone: “Pedestrian Crossing.” and started laughing really hard. “You’ve been driving for almost half of your life and you didn’t know what that meant?!” And kept laughing some more.

He really didn’t find it as funny as I did, though. He was irritated. It was a simple sign to get and he hated that he wasn’t able to analyze it properly. One of the things he hates is the feeling that he didn’t grasp a simple joke, or a simple riddle. He’s not stupid, but he hates feeling like one.

Towards the end of that conversation, he said that he will conduct a survey… he will check how many people know what Ped Xing really meant. I knew he was only out to prove that he’s not the only one who didn’t get it. Lucky for him, when he asked my brother, he didn’t know what Ped Xing stood for either. But the difference is, my brother didn’t care whether he got it or not. Goes to show….

Well, hubby my love, here’s something I want to share. Once upon a time, during the PRE-Ped Xing knowledge… that sign plagued my very existence. I didn’t know what it meant either until I saw this:

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So you see, I was just lucky enough to have seen a directional signage with a picture… and I didn’t even get it right away. So, it’s okay, Love… you’re not stupid. Ha ha ha!

Nikon D80, f/5.6, 1/60, ISO 250, 80mm

Nikon D80, f/1.8 1/20, ISO 640, 50mm