7 years worth of research

10 things i've learned about my husband over the years (in no particular order):

1. he can give up a heated room for me during winter, but will be hesitant about giving up the last piece of chocolate in the box.

2. he's tamad to reply to friendster messages - heck, he's even tamad to check his friendster account.

3. he snores.

4. he gets irritated when asked twice why he's masungit.

5. at 27, his memory is quite faulty. he forgets my blog URL, and gets confused when my bday is (his excuse being our bdays are only a day apart so he gets confused if it's a day before or after his bday.)... add to that the fact that he now has to remember 2 wedding anniversaries (he never had that problem before because we don't have a gf/bf anniv).

6. after one night in a single-sized bed in our house, he wakes up and says: "remind me that we should get at least a king-sized bed when you get to vancouver."

7. an ideal date for him when he's in manila is to go to the nearest Hen Lin outlet and eat braised beef, wanton mami, and hong-kong style siopao.

8. he adores Duran Duran... wild boys!!!

9. what he lacks in the letter-writing and phone call department, he makes up for in airline miles, beach trips, and MNG shopping sprees.

10. he apparently listens when i say i love pablo neruda's poetry, and bought me a great big book last christmas. (i'm keeping my fingers crossed that he's listening to my current parinig for a laptop and an iPod.)

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the reason for this post? after spending an afternoon with J who got married last december, i realized that it's been a little over 6 months since we exchanged yes-your-honours at the makati city hall. a lot of things have happened in between november and june, and i'm pretty happy to learn that although the journey is not one without tears, it has been worthwhile. and, more than ever, the discovery that comes with the relationship now is more fun, interesting, and mature.

who says relationships are doomed when you cross the international date line?