After getting myself into so much trouble trying to get hold of this love letter/story, now here it is...the sweet side of the love of my life, Joseph King. Written back in 2008, this was our entry for a Valentine's Day treat courtesy of 7Days newspaper called Dubai's Hottest Couple of 2008 where the lucky pair will win an exciting hot air balloon ride but unfortunately we didn't win.
Well, this is a very rare chance to relive these memories so I've posted some pictures in between and I had to go through all our pictures taken all the way back in 2007. But before anything else, I would just like to say I'm sorry first to Joe and I found (well the truth is I've desperately looked for it) this wall post you sent me on facebook on 08 January 2009 at 23:10pm and I guess this time I'll have to send it back to you...
There's one sad truth in life I've found
While journeying east and west -
The only folks we really wound
Are those we love the best.
We flatter those we scarcely know,
We please the fleeting guest,
And deal full many a thoughtless blow
To those who love us best
I'm sorry mahal ko ♥
And you can change your email password again by the way :p
So without further ado, here's how our crazy lovestory started:
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| Joe on a land rig before I met him :D Posing for "What's that over there?" |
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| This is my Australian friend, Hayley! I miss you X |
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| And this is Lewis, he will always be a special friend to me ;) |
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| ;) see more of our graffitis in my previous blog! |
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| Our very first photo |
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| He said he never liked taking pictures... |
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| yeah right! ;) |
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| The Engagement Ring |
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| Our Engagement Party |
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| On a rig in the middle of the sea |
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| Inside his room and he made this out of boredom... |
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| In our first nest and first Christmas together in Mankhool |
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| On the plane to our first vacation together in the Philippines |
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| At the Manor House, for our wedding preparation |
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| New Year's Eve 2007 trying to eat one of our guinea pig |
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| Just arrived in Coco Loco Island in Palawan |
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| Messing about before we go to sleep |
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| After touring the whole island within just 30 minutes he wanted to write the word HELP in the sand |
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| And I wanted to have a picture with the word HELP he wrote in the sand LOL |
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| Lunch in a beach resort somewhere in Puerto Princessa |
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| I'm actually trying to cover his face from getting sun burnt but for some reason, in this pic it looks like he was trying to poke something LOL |
And so the story continues:
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| On our Honeymoon before our Wedding, 5 months pregnant with Ethan - Long Beach Island, Phuket Thailand |
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| On our Honeymoon before our Wedding - Koh Phi Phi Island, Thailand :D |
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| Our stag-hen night do in the red light district of Bangkok |
To Joe, I hope you read this once again. I was actually hoping we could read this together on our Anniversary but I guess that's quite impossible right now. Our story began marvellously – love at first sight, more or less, and I can still remember like it happened just yesterday. And I couldn’t have asked for any other way to meet you, and fall in love with you. I wonder how we found each other, or if we had anything to do with it at all. Was it a chance encounter or was it fate? (credits to myspace and facebook! LOL) Everything was indeed too good to be true but look at us now? 4 years together plus we've had two beautiful boys Ethan and Elijah in addition to our crazy lovestory.
I feel rather depressed right now whilst writing this, looking at our old gazzillion photos and I don't have much to say really (really?!)... other than I really miss the Joe who wrote that love letter/story, my tootsie who frequently asks how was my day going and calls me petal, pumpkin, moody face, babf, life ko, mahal ko and whatevs LOL! Who wants me to give him a call just so he could hear my voice, who tells me he loves me so much his heart's already bursting, so much that most of the time he can't even find the words to describe it...it just makes him smile...but then again, maybe it's just too good to be true! He said people do change, that marriage is not just all about flowers and chocolates, and no fairytales, boohoo! :(
But even though there will be rough patches in the future, I know we’ll be alright. Our marriage has been a whirlwind of love. We can’t say that we're perfect,
but all of the struggles, doubts, hopes, fears, failures and triumphs of our relationship made us where and what we are today. I know that I have to work at our relationship and keep growing with him and my goal in life is to love him more this year than I did last and keep reading this blog called
Why I love My Husband-
100 WAYS YOU CAN LOVE YOUR HUSBAND HIS WAY! to keep me going LOL kidding!
Like us, everyone has their own lovestory to write and to share, I wonder tho if we could still continue writing the next part of our lovestory... This time next year? In five years? Ten years? Fifty years?
Happy 4th Anniversay...
