Today, 3rd Aug 2011 is our 1st Civil Marriage Anniversary. M surprised me by sending me a bouquet of roses while i was in office. Of coz it was sent by the florist. He followed by a call after that. Such a cheeky romantic man he is!
After work, we went for a satisfying dinner at Amaree, Subang Avenue. We were so happy eating that we've forgotten to ask the waiter to take pictures of us. Boohoo~!
Hence here goes a solo picture of me in the car. But we've promised to remember to take picture together on our 1st Church Wedding Anniversary which will be on Sept 4th. Hopefully we will remember and not like this time, busy eating only.
Thank you, darling! May our love continues to grow stronger as each day passes by, just like it has been ever since we first started. I love you more than you could imagine and i know you too. Love you always!!
Marriage is when two individuals love each others and decided to spent the rest of their lives together. I still remember my wedding very well. It was a beautiful morning. All my beloved families and friends had come together to celebrate this sacred and wonderful celebration of ours. It was the most wonderful thing that ever happened to me. When Martin declared his consent before God, I had tears in my eyes.
I. Martin, take you, Jean to be my wife. I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. I will love you and honour you all the days of my life, till death do us apart.
Martin & I were together for 9 years ++ before we got married, and now it makes us 10 years ++ of being together. We have started our love strong and it has been even stronger as time goes by. He has done his part very well. He was there during the bad times and he is not selfish at all. He has put my happiness before him. Sometimes, I am amazed at the things he can do for me, especially during our most difficult moments recently.
"Darling, I've been wanting to thank you for everything, for all the things that you did for me. If it wasn't for you and your divine love, I would still be in my dream. The reality is too cruel for me to accept but you've made it easier for me. The road ahead will be tough because we will always be reminded of the incident but I am confident that we can make it thru'. Please know that I am always here for you too! We will have each others! I love you, darling!"
To all my MM friends; This is also one of our wedding song. Hope you guys will love it too. "Happy MM, peeps!"
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Hello, guys! We're back with an update for you! On 3 Aug 2010, we went through our Civil Marriage at Putrajaya with our families and friends as our witnesses. We're now legally known as Mr & Mrs Martin Soo. :)
Right now, we are busy preparing for our church wedding & reception which will be next month. Till we see again, please take care of our TGB!
M & I have just watched Sex & The City, The Movie during the recent weekend. We found it kind of dramatic for Carrie to get so upset with Mr.Big that she has totally ignored him, leaving no space for making up. Well, at least she could have listen to his explanation first. But then again, who wouldn't be upset if the groom pulled out at the most exciting moment of your life? It's really a complicated feeling, if i were the bride. It's a mixture of embarrassment, anger, rejected, betrayal, hatred and love, all at the same time.
What i really love about this movie is seeing how supportive this group of girls are! And it has shown us how important our girlfriends are, regardless how old you've grown. :)
So, what was playing in Mr. Big's mind when he decided to leave the wedding? Well, at first, i couldn't understand why he kept calling Carrie and insist on listening to her voice before going in. But later on, i got it. Carrie has let the wedding gets bigger than Mr. Big himself. And Mr. Big was in a 'confuse' state for a moment. He thought that the marriage will change their relationship.
I think that it is so important to talk to your significant other about marriage and all before the BIG DAY. Communication is one of the key to a happy relationship. This will helps to avoid such thing (like Mr.Big) from happening. For M & I, we talk alot about our life and our life after marriage. We're blessed that both of us have the same goals in life. That way, we can work together to achieve them. Just to test my readiness, i've taken the below quiz. And looks like I'm 86% ready for marriage. :)
We have Father Simon joining us in our 5th session of CMPC because it was about Sacrament of Matrimony. Father Simon explained to us the meaning & reason of having this sacrament. Before we start our class, we had a photography session. I am not going to elaborate on who is who, but to just show you guys the lovely couples whom have been attending this course with us.
7 lovely couples + 1 leading couple + Father Simon
Sacrament is an outward sign of an inner grace. It is a sign that bring invisible changes within us. We need to go through sacraments, so that we can be sure that we are in contact with God. We need to have faith and love to go through sacraments.
Jesus himself has invented sacraments so that we may see what is unseen. This was explained in John 9:1-12:
As He walked along, He saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked Him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God's works might be revealed in him. We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is ocming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
When He had said this, He spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man's eyes, saying to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam". Then he went and washed and came back able to see. The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar to ask, "Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?" Some were saying, "It is he". Others were saying, "No, but it is someone like him." He kept saying, "I am the man." But they kept asking him, "Thn how were your eyes opened?"
He answered, "The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and said to me, "Go to Siloam and wash." Then I went and washed and received my sight. They said to him, "Where is He?" He said, "I do not know."
Matrimony is the sacrament made by Jesus Christ to sanctify (make holy) the lawful union of a Christian man and a Christian woman.
"Being subject one to another, in the fear of Christ. Let women be subject to their husbands, as to the Lord: Because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the Church. He is the savior of His body. Therefore, as the Church is subject to Christ, so also let the wives be to their husbands in all things.
"Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the Church, and delivered Himself up for it: That He might sanctify it, cleansing it by the laver of water in the word of life: That He might present it to Himself a glorious Church not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy, and without blemish. So also ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife, loveth himself. For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, as also Christ doth the Church: Because we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall be two in one flesh. This is a great sacrament; but I speak in Christ and in the Church.
"Nevertheless let every one of you in particular love his wife as himself: and let the wife fear her husband." ~Ephesians 5:21-33
First Commentator Congratulations, Marzie! and thank you for all your comments love!!! :)
Most peoples avoid talking about sex in their marriage. But it is really something we should talk about. In the world's perspective, sex is an activity based and it's for self-fulfillment, where as it should be a commitment and a way of saying both of you are united and belong exclusively for each others.
Sex is a day long love making. Allow me quote from the booklet that was given to us to further elaborate on this statement:
You touch each other alot. You are communicating - if not by touch, by words. You talk about anything & everything all the time. You listen to each other, because what is going on inside the other person is so important to you......The more you are really involved with each other all day long in every way, the more exciting & delightful sex will be for you two.
Again, it is back to communication. We must always communicate with our partner to know & understand what is happening in them. Sexual relationship runs into problem as soon as it becomes an activity in which both parties are seeking individual goals and satisfactions.
Homework: To finish the rest of the booklet.
First Commentator ***4th time in a row*** Congratulations, Marzie! We Love Ya!!! :)
In our third session of CMPC, we talked about God's desire for our marriage and are we ready to give ourselves to our fiance. We were then asked to answer a questionaire consists of 9 questions. One of the instruction was to wrote a love letter to your fiance starting from your fondest hopes & dreams for your life together. As usual, couples were asked to do this separately, then come together to discuss about your answers.
When M & I gathered together for exchange of answers & love letter, I was quite excited. Anxiously, I asked for the love letter first. I read the first line and it was his usual style of starting a love letter to me, "Hi darling, time passes by so fast...". Then as i read on, i felt something, something was tinkling my heart. I do not know why but I had tears in my eyes when i've finished reading his letter to me. And my voice was shaky. I can't explain how i really felt at that moment, I was speechless. I just hugged him tightly and whispered "I love you" at his ear. It was his sincerity & his love that I felt from his words. He has really touched my heart. For the first time, I felt like crying after reading a love letter from M. One of the thing that he said is, "I am so looking forward to write this letter to you... ...i really hope that we can build a family together,"
Thank you darling! I love you! :)
During the sharing, every couples has their own stories to share. It was great to know about others, and i could relate to all their stories because it happened to me & M too.
M & I have a lot of special moments, too much that we couldn't recall. But it is important to remember your special moments, at least the most special one that you've experienced with your hubby. During the downs in your marriage, this special moment can help you to bring back the love feeling you had for your hubby.
Homework: To finish the rest of the booklet.
First Commentator Congratulations, Marzie! and thank you for your comments love! :)
Yesterday was our first session of CMPC. There were seven couples altogether including us and the leading couple who are helping us through this CMPC are Byran & Tracy. They seems to be a lovely husband & wife indeed! We were all instantly connected, maybe it was because we all have the same objective which is preparing ourselves for our wedding. :)
Our first subject was "Marriage Today". Basically it was about what we think about our partner and marriage. We were given a little booklet with 8 pages altogether. Then we were asked to answer the first two pages separately with the ladies sitting comfortable in the sofa and the gentlemen sitting on the stool outside. After 20mins, we were asked to go back to our partner and discuss about our answers.
The questions were what is the characteristics of your fiance and your own, what is marriage and how marriage should be. Well, thank God these were not subjective questions. We do have options to choose from. Like for the question 1, we were given a list of characteristics and we were only to write our initial beside the charateristics that applied. Easy right!
We were not surprise at our answers as we got most of it correct, except for one, which is 'talkative'. All along, i thought i was a talkative person but M doesn't think so. Phew! it's such a relief to know about that. At least now, I can go on and on and on without worries. lol!
After the discussion between us, we were then asked to share with the other seven couples. Everyone were reluctant to share. The first couple to share were A & F. I cannot disclose much about them here as everything that we shared in CMPC is P&C. After them, Tracy asked who's next. Her eyes were going from couple to couple. I had a strong urge to share but I am afraid that M would not want to share. He's always the quiet one and refuse to stand out in a crowd. Tracy asked again, and her eyes were going second round from couple to couple. Everyone were extremely quiet.
Suddenly, M raised his hand and broke the silence, "Well, I have something to share." He went on and told everyone that we have been together for 8 years and we had each others correctly.He said that we do have arguements but it only lasted 5 mins each. He said time heals everything. Time as in the time we've spent together.
I didn't understand what he meant by "Time heals everything". But Bryan did. At the end of our session, Bryan said that love is like what M has said, Time heals everything. He added, **"Love is a choice. M choose to make a decision to love J and hence not to get mad at her for long."
I was really surprised that M has willingly offered to share. As I've said, he's the quiet one and would not speak in public. His action has proved to me that he is serious about this course and are willing to do anything to keep our relationship strong. This is a reassurance. I am really proud of him. And i am loving him more for that! :)
Homework: We were asked to complete the little booklet before the next session. Consists of three articles and 5-6 questions for each.
** i couldn't remember very well what Bryan has said. & this is the closest meanng i could get.
