I gave hubby 10 out of 10 for helping to babysit Yee Sinn yesterday evening while I attended a friend’s wedding. He had a difficult time though, and that’s just because he wasn’t sure of baby’s schedule. If he’s reading this, Yee Sinn and Mama just want to let him know that it’s ok cos we’re all learning along the way.
I had an interesting encounter yesterday evening with the taxi drivers. I love chatting with cab drivers as they can be entertaining most of the time. During my journey to the hotel, the cabby was telling me how disillusioned he was with marriage. He mentioned how his wife from China left him 6 years into their marriage the moment she obtained her PR status. He was bitter about paying her child maintenance every month even though the kid belongs to her previous marriage.
On the way back, another cabby told me how hard he has to work to sustain his standard of living. He has 5 grown up children with 8 grand children. He mentioned how successful his children were and how much they were earning. When I asked if he has intention to retire, he just shook his head and said that he doesn’t get a single cent from them. He also revealed that he has been estranged from his family because he has another wife in Batam, whom he visits every week.
Everyone has a choice. To keep a marriage going, we have to make that choice in order to make things works. In the speech the groom’s father made, he said that it wasn’t easy for him and his wife when they got married. There were social pressure from inter- racial marriages at that time. But they held on and have been each other’s support and pillar of strength for the past 20 over years.
Growing together, showing appreciations and loving one another with all our hearts are some of our choices that we'll have to make to keep a marriage growing and going. I told hubby that it’s going to be a long journey but as long as we have each other, we’ll get there – Together.
I had an interesting encounter yesterday evening with the taxi drivers. I love chatting with cab drivers as they can be entertaining most of the time. During my journey to the hotel, the cabby was telling me how disillusioned he was with marriage. He mentioned how his wife from China left him 6 years into their marriage the moment she obtained her PR status. He was bitter about paying her child maintenance every month even though the kid belongs to her previous marriage.
On the way back, another cabby told me how hard he has to work to sustain his standard of living. He has 5 grown up children with 8 grand children. He mentioned how successful his children were and how much they were earning. When I asked if he has intention to retire, he just shook his head and said that he doesn’t get a single cent from them. He also revealed that he has been estranged from his family because he has another wife in Batam, whom he visits every week.
Everyone has a choice. To keep a marriage going, we have to make that choice in order to make things works. In the speech the groom’s father made, he said that it wasn’t easy for him and his wife when they got married. There were social pressure from inter- racial marriages at that time. But they held on and have been each other’s support and pillar of strength for the past 20 over years.
Growing together, showing appreciations and loving one another with all our hearts are some of our choices that we'll have to make to keep a marriage growing and going. I told hubby that it’s going to be a long journey but as long as we have each other, we’ll get there – Together.
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