Lumière & Letters

So, Amin and I had our wedding reception last Saturday. We just had to. Some of our friends are starting to forget that we're married so this is a good refresh. Plus, my sister also got married and our parents thought that this would be a very good time to hold a joint reception. One shot headache, they said. Well, they're not wrong. The next wedding reception at this scale we'll probably be having is in 25-30 years from now when our kids are all grown up. So till then, we don't have to think about this yet.  They're not even here yet and I already think that far...  On a serious note, it is such a relief to get the reception done actually. To be frank, I didn't plan to hold one because it's been months since we got married and many things have happened since then and given the current situation that is full of uncertainties, I just don't want to plan a reception and have it postponed at the last minute again. Plus, I like my intimate nikah ceremony and ...

  Amin and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary this week.  Time sure flies very fast. In my mind I still think that I haven't been married very long because I still feel like a kid deep inside. Married people are supposed to be an adult right? I don't feel like one though. Well, maybe not all the time.  So, first anniversary.  We had a simple dinner, just the two of us. I have been wanting to try out a lasagna at this place we went before so we went there again so that I can order the lasagna. They turned out to be not good lol. But Amin enjoyed his meal. And afterwards we took a stroll at the city which was really nice because I haven't walked in a while. Talked about town planning and architecture and how the city was used to be so busy pre-covid but it's almost dead now. I know, boring stuff. That's what one year has done to you hahaha.  But one year can do a lot of things other than just talking about boring stuff. Life's very different now, if you as...

  I really did think, at one point, that I would stop writing anything on the internet. But I don't know what came over me this morning because here I am, typing.  My husband has started working this week. We're so excited about his first job and also nervous at the same time because we know that it's going to be one massive change for both of us. So much so that I actually purposely delay my own job start date so that we both can adapt to him working first. I thought if both of us started working at the same time it'll be too much to deal with and adapt to so here we are taking one small step at a time. I have never been apart from him since a year ago and this is no exaggerating. We were together literally 24/7 for the past one year. When we were in Liverpool all his classes were online so he never really left the house without me. Same goes during the following months in Malaysia after we came back. So this is a big change for both of us. It's a big thing to adap...