Koay's Love Language #34.

Recently, my Honda Accord broke down when we were coming home from Ipoh, and since then, many people have been telling us to say sayonara to this Japanese car and get another one that doesn't drink petrol like water.

After few times of discussing, he seemed to be against the idea of selling the car (market rate about RM40,000) to get a new one (smaller perhaps). So, I let that go as it's just not too big of a deal.

Then, few days ago..

Me: Ohhh, look at that! *One of our neighbours got a white Honda Jazz*
He: How much ah?
Me:  About RM80k! *I knew this because this is my dream car okay so of course I secretly got do research all hah*
He: Ooh, why don't we sell off your Accord and get this one for yourself?
Me: *looked at him with the craziest eyes* WHATTT? But you said you want to keep the Accord?
He: Well, if you really like the Jazz, then we can just sell off that to get this.
Me:  Are you seriousss?! *In my mind, I went crazy excited!* Err, I think we'll just relax now and think about it again next few weeks when the Accord is finally fixed and all.

I've always dreamed of owning a Honda Jazz but it is really just Power of Dreams that kept me going. Hah. Get it? Honda's tagline - Power of Dreams. Cannot get too excited because later this dream cannot come true sure sad sial.

Anyways, I will be posting on the next update on our Australia trip soooon!

Stay tuned!

Koay's Love Language #19.

My alarm ranged 15 minutes earlier than 7am so that we could snooze one time before having to wake up to go work. 

Him: *rolls over to my side of bed and hugged me* 

Me: Aww that's nice.

Him: *whispers very sleepy-ly* Baby.. I want to spend the rest of my life with you.. 

Me: *half-asleep* Huh? Aren't you already doing that? You do have your entire life stuck with me, you know right? 

Him: Mm-hmm. I love you..

Me: *straight fell asleep again*

So much for romantic moment in bed early in the morning. Hah. 

Adrian is 26.

Special shout-out to my man for turning twenty-six today :)

I admire how you actually made the decision to "change" your life/body on the day you were born to this earth. Pretty brave okay, but very meaningful yes.

I love you to the moon and back and yes I know that phrase is overly used everywhere, but I do, and I did not know that I have the ability to love and trust someone this much, until you and I became 'us'.

That and I probably have never argued with any human like how I do with you. So drama and intense. Hah. Drama will be the more suitable word.

I look forward to celebrate many many more of your birthdays with you :)

Bye now. 

Koay's Love Language #18.

We were in KL the other week and we went shopping at Atria Mall.

Him: Choose a pair that you like. I'll buy it for you.
Me: *eyesbrows raised* What do you want from me? Hah.
Him: The current shoe makes your toes painful ma, so get a new one la.
Me: Serious wan ah? I choose ah? *walks around like a queen*
Him: Nah, this one nice.
Me: This is too pink for me already dei, but others are too girly also. Hmm.
Him: This one seriously nice la, and it's Puma. Get this one.
Me: *tried it on and it looked great* Okaylah. This shall be it then.

Few weeks later back in Penang, I got a call from him during office hours.

Him: Babe, the dinner plan got cancelled so no plan tonight d okay.
Me: Okay! *in my head I was planning to go watch movie and wanted to suggest already*
Him: Okay, so tonight this is what is going to happen.
Me: Huh? Okay.. *hear and see first*
Him: After work, you go back to your house and change and then we go hiking/running at Botanical Garden, then we go Adventist Hospital to visit Adrian and Caren, then back to my house to plan our room's lighting all.
Me: Errr, okay.. G!

It looks like the 'buy sport shoes for me' thing is a trap! A trap to ask me go exercise because now I cannot say no. If I really say no, he will most likely end up not talking to me one whole day because the deal is sealed.

To be fair, he did mentioned it that time when he pay for the shoes that all he wants in return for this shoe is for both of us to exercise together, but I really thought he was joking and he will like forget about it, but nope. Not even close.

Now that I'm documenting this, it's slowly to grow on me that this is pretty sweet la. In one of our pre-marital counselling session, he did mentioned that one of his expectation and things he really enjoy doing with me is exercise time.

We used to play floorball together, okay maybe not like together-gether kind, but we would sweat together (sort of) until I decided to end my floorball chapter due to health and laziness reasons. Heh.

I guess we will be venturing more into hiking because that's for sure one thing that we both love.

Love you, Mut.

Bye now. 

Koay's Love Language #17

Him: When there's a whale, there's a way. 
Me: Huh? Whale? You mean WILL? *laughing at his incorrect pronunciation* You can some more say until so confident! HAHA!
Him: *raises eyebrow* I mean.. 
Me: STILL LAUGHING HARD.
Him: When there's a whale, there's a wave!
Me: HAHA. Not too bad for cover up. 

Wedding Update 8.

I actually don't really know how to start this post.

It's not really a wedding update but it is related to that so can lah. 

I have been wanting to express myself fully here since yesterday but I was way too tired after getting home from life-group. I thought that I would have forgotten about it when I woke up this morning, but no, so here I am.

Okay, I'm going to try my best to word it out. 

There has been undeniably a lot of disagreements between the huz-to-be and myself when it comes to anything related to the wedding that's happening in 5 months' time. 

It did not come as a shocking thing as we sort of expected it, seeing that we are both very different kind of people, with quite a handful of different taste in things. 

What is really nice to him, is super ugly to me in some cases. So, we argue our way through. That is the natural way right?

People argue because they don't see eye to eye in things or situations. 

This is where most people would 'agree to disagee' which we do but really rarely. We often want to talk till something is settled, but if not then we leave it at that and it would somehow surface again. 

Wow, I think this is probably one of the most honest post that I will ever do on us. 

Anyways, it has been a struggle for me to go through this. If I'm correct, we've never argued so much since we got together 4 years ago and I cannot say that it has affected my feelings towards him, because I love Adrian no matter what. But it has certainly affected on how I see through the planning for our big day. 

The one question that people always ask me is this: How's the wedding prep?

Often times, my reaction is a mixture of excited and clueless (if I may be super honest). Clueless because it's just so difficult to get things sorted when we both have such different preferences and please don't get me wrong. We will always manage to meet halfway and agree on one thing we both are okay with but all that will only be achieved usually after a lot of arguments and heartaches. 

Sad but true. 

Being at Joe Sern and Jaryn's ROM yesterday opened my eyes a whole lot. I realized the one thing that I have failed to see for so many months. 

The man that I'm going to be with for the rest of my life. 

The man who I will go through hard times and good times with. 

The man who will be my children's daddy. 

The man I truly love with my entire life.

 The man who is still at a mourning stage for losing the most important man in his life, his father. He misses his dad everyday of his life, and it is with no doubt that on our wedding day, he will miss him hundred times as much and makes it more difficult for him to go through it.

So, all the details does not matter as much to me anymore. 

We have been arguing over the little-est things because we want to make this wedding the best one yet on our own expectations #bridezillaalert and along the little arguments, we forget the whole reason to having this wedding. 

It made me realized that there is absolutely no point in arguing over petty things for an event that will only last for a day. Yes, it is our once in a lifetime, but so is this whole planning for own wedding. 

Sometimes it is not the final destination that matters most, but the journey to the destination and this is exactly what I want to focus on from now onwards. 

I do think that he will have harder time doing this without his dad on that day and I am not going to be that horrible partner to not remember that. 

To be honest, I have always felt that I am giving a bigger sacrifice because I am the one who is going to leave my home and everything that I am comfortable with to go to a new home and start again with new habits and stuff. 

So selfish of me to think like that seriously. Good thing I woke up today feeling so different and well. 

With all that being said, I can say that there will definitely be a drop in our arguments since I am usually the one who is more stubborn right. Hah. 

Here's to five more months of fun times, Muthu. I love you and that will be till our-forever. 

:)

To the Mister.

I miss you, a lot.

Koay's Love Language #16.

One day while stuck in a non-moving traffic jam, he received a Whatsapp message.

Him: *opens the message, click download the voice message and hears them out loud*

Me: *looks at his serious face, thinking confirm this is about work so no disturb*

Him: Yeah, okay. Sounds good la actually. *while still listening to the long voice message*

Me:  *looks at him with both my eyebrows raised and burst out laughing so loud that he terkejut*

Him: What? Why you suddenly laugh? *the voice message ended while I was laughing*

Me:  WHY DID YOU TALK TO THE VOICE MESSAGE? YOU KNOW IT'S NOT A LIVE PHONE CALL RIGHT? YOU KNOW IT'S RECORDED RIGHT?

Him: *looks at me then at his phone* OH SHIT. *embarrassed to the max*

Me: You're so noob wei! I thought you work so much till crazy already for a split second. You answered to a recorded voice message. Just know this okay, that this I will forever remember. Heh.

Him: G!

Me: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

That was one of the day when traffic jams didn't feel like a torture. We laughed for so long and even after we got home, we would still be laughing on it. My huz-to-be is a noob. 

Koay's Love Language #15.

Koay's Love Language #14.

Other than my family, he is the one person that would volunteer in a heartbeat to fetch me to the airport in the wee hours. I am really blessed.

We were walking to the check-in counter.

Me: I hate flying without you :(
Him: Yeah, right! 
Me: What? This one is for work leh. But it's okay cos I have a piece of you with me at all times! *shows off ring to him*
Him: You mean a piece of my bank!
Me: G!

Koay's Love Language #13.

We were in a very cold room for quite a long time one night.

Me: Wahh, super cold wei. Cannot tahan!

Him: Ma good thing I went up and switched off the air-cond. 

Me:Oh you also cannot tahan ah? So weak ah?

Him: You got more fats what thats why you can tahan.

Me: WHATTT! YOU DID NOT JUST SAY THAT!

Him: *laughing*

Koay's Love Language #12.

He had just gotten his iPhone 6s two days ago okay. 

Me: Eh, charge your phone with the powerbank lah, so you can lie next to me and use phone together.

Him: Huh. Can trust one or not the powerbank? Can explode one or not?

Me: Whattt? It's new and it's a powerbank. What explode all?

Him: *came next to me with his iPad*

Me: Why not using phone leh? Where is it?

Him: Charging with the proper cable la.

Me: Why? Can charge with the portable powerbank what. That's what everyone do..

Him: *looked at me* It's too young!

Me: *looked at him, and literally rolled on the bed laughing my lungs out*

Him: Now you know how I'm going to treat my babies next time.. 

Me: HAHAHAH! YOU ARE CRAZY!

Koay's Love Language #11.

This week has been the busiest week for me and as much as I wanted it to be over as soon as possible, that also means I'll have to go through with it and survive. 

For him, it was one of those weeks where he can relax a bit but still he's always busy since he loves what he does so much. 

Job - 1, Fiance - 0.

Sometime this week, he made plans to go down to KL with a friend for more work-related matters under his annual leave mind you. So, that basically means that we will only see each other once for the next 14-days or so since I'll be leaving to camp soon. 

The timing was right on Wednesday when I will fly back to Penang from KL, and him, to KL from Penang, all on the same day. 

We made plans to meet up a while at the airport, just to have a glance on each other. Overly attached couple alert. Hah. 

I arrived at the airport and called him.

Me: Mister, where are you? I just landed.

Him: I'm here already. 

Me: I go upstairs Departure Hall meet you ah? You wait at McD or something lah. 

Him: No no. You just come out, can see me d.

Me: Ahh, okay okay. 

I walked out and did not see any Muthu at the domestic arrival hall. I called him again to check if he was at the right place. Serious. 

Once, we were supposed to meet at the hospital for something ( I cannot remember what). We agreed to meet at the canteen but after long calls and stuff, we realized we were both in a different hospital!

So yeah. 

Him: I didn't see you coming out also.

Me: What? I'm out like so out d okay. 

Him: OHHH! I was waiting at the International Arrival Hall! G!

Me: G!

His plan to 'receive' me failed but puts a big smile on my face that night. 

We had quick dinner at Airport's KFC and bid farewell. So drama alright. HAHA!

Koay's Love Language #10.

*we went fishing at Pulau Betong on Saturday when he suddenly realized something*
Him: Babe! Why you bring such an expensive bag to the beach?
Me: *being super defensive because he asked that question* This bag where got expensive! It's the two piece for RM200 only wor.
Him: Whatt? That's expensive lah!
Me: *ignores him for a while since got other people around*

*later when on our way home in the car*
Me: Haiz. So sad lah. Just now my fiance scolded me! *drama a bit*
Him: *obviously shocked* WHAT! I where got scold you. 
Me: Just now the way you question me and my bags lah. Haiz. *still drama-ing*
Him: Aww baby. I wasn't scolding you lah. I thought it's a very expensive bag ma.
Me: I where can afford to buy branded bags now. *day-dreaming about my desired Coach handbag*
Him: When I can afford, I will buy for you okay? I will buy branded bags for you. Any brand you want. LV okay?
Me: Hurhhh? Did I hear correctly ahh? LV? 
Him: Yeah, I will buy for you okay.
Me: *looking at him so suspiciously* Oh! You mean made in Bangkok one ahh! HAHA!
Him: No no no. I mean the really branded one lah, the one that you have always wanted. next time I sure buy for you.
Me: *speechless literally*

If this is what being engaged does to him, I cannot wait till when we get married! Hah.

Koay's Love Language #9.

#9
*While walking him to his car with an umbrella under the heavy rain*
Him: Do you know what happens to mosquitoes when it rains?
Me: Nope. Hami?
Him: They get to shower lah. Noob.
Me: WHATTTT! LITERALLY LAUGHED SO LONG!
Him: Is it that funny ah? Laugh till like that.
Me: I don't know if it really is but I really didn't expect such an answer. Walauuu.

Mobile Friendly Test.

So, I was just clicking here and there and came to this page where you can check if your site is a mobile-friendly site.

You can click here to try yours and yes, you're very welcome! Maybe can click on my ads before you leave also. heh. 

I typed in WhatTwoEatHere's link and it came out:
Awesome! This page is mobile-friendly.

Then, I tried www.sarahkhooyw.com and guess what came out.

This!

What a shocker okay.

After editing some settings in blogger, it's AWESOME already. Oh wells.

It has been the most hectic weeks everr. So hectic that I still haven't been able to sit down for a good two hours or so to update about my cruise trip! The photos are still in their folder, untouched.

That aside.

Today marks our together-ness for, *drumrolls*

THREE years 
THREE months 
THREE weeks 
THREE days!

No, I'm not that mad to everyday go count. I obviously have a date tracker on the side of my this blog if you haven't been noticing the side of my blogs. Boo sama lu. Heh.

Still like any normal days, we try to see each other for few minutes today before he needs to attend more seminars or go for physical/technical training or meetings or disappear for a good 10 days for his SEA GAMES in June. 

So proud of everyone in the SEA GAMES team. 

GO MALAYSIA!

Okay bye now. Will be back soon with the cruise update!!

House Tours.

This could be one of the most first-adult-thing we do together as a couple. Something that
is leading us to a future together I believe. Heh. I don't even know how to explain it. 

It's quite an exciting thing to do okay.

To buy a house!

JUST KIDDING!

We do want to get a house (obviously!) but we have plans. Heh.

So it was Labour Day and this means no work day on a Friday! Syiokness. No alarm clock whatsoever to disturb my precious sleep. We send the car to the Uncle Soon for a makeover and had a slow-paced lunch at Perak Road. 

Then, spontaneously we decided that we shall go hunt for showrooms around Penang since we didn't plan to do anything specific. 

It was fun actually and quite tiring to be honest. Who would ever thought that checking out houses can be so tiring. Heh.

We went to a few developers at south area and then today, we went to three more at north/town area. 


Tropicana Bay Residences by Penang Worldcity.

• 400 sqft studio-style RM390,000.
• 550 sqft one-bedroom RM520,000.

Skycube Residences by GSD Land. (which we both like!)

• 1153 sqft 3-bedrooms RM733,000.
• Completion by 2016.

Gardens Ville by GSD Land.

• 2980 sqft 4-bedrooms 3-floors (maybe 5, I can't remember) RM1,500,000 onwards (I think).

SP Setia. 

• 1153 sqft 3-bedrooms RM700,000 onwards.

Andaman by E&O.

• They have a few different layout and because it's obviously way above our budget, I didn't really bother remembering them. Heh.

Middleton by BSG Property (definitely my favorite!)

• 1409 sqft 3-bedrooms RM1,200,000.
• Completion in 2019.
• I must say that Kaydence (the sales lady who hosted us) had both our attention when she showed us where the house is. We fell in love with the house even more after more details and having a look at their showrooms. AMAZING. Too bad it's so expensive.

MIRA by BSG Property.

• 1,400/1,600 sqft 3-bedrooms RM1,200,000 onwards.
• The cheaper ones has lousy views and it's too far north. Heh.

Eco Terraces by Eco World.

• Around 1,000 sqft 3-bedrooms RM850 per sqft.
• No showroom was available so we looked at photos and illustrations. The whole idea seems really nice but it's located at Paya Terubong. Not a big fan of that area to be honest. We enjoyed our 'sales talk' here because they even served us with a glass of orange juice and a squared-slice of green tea cake to celebrate Mother's Day. Well, I will be one in the future so yes please for the cake and juice :)

At first, we had a few more showrooms to see in the south area on Friday but he suddenly decided for us that we should just head home. I think I know what he was trying to do. 

I was getting a bit sad after the third showroom on Friday because reality hits and we both know it's going to be impossible for us to get a house with this kind of price although we know very clearly that our God is bigger than all this. I knew that but somehow still sad lah okay. So, I think when he saw how I was in the car, he drove to Genting Coffeeshop and we had a wrap-up talk on the showrooms tour and went home to rest. Heh.

I love you, Adrian. You're too sweet. 

I think it's very important to have like a closure-talk after every umm effort or making huge decisions. That post talk on Friday helped both of us a lot in terms of the reality and the main reason why we wanted to go for these house tours. 

To get ideas for house designs! Heh.

Then today we decided again to explore the town ones and it went well I have to say. We realized we have so many disagreements in our house preferences, house designs et cetera but it was a lot more fun to talk about it now. Not so intense anymore. Hah.

This shall be the one thing that we will not worry of because the Big Man has plans. He always have plans :)

Monday has been kind.

Okay, goodnight now. 

Pashmina Scarf.

To be honest, I was struggling for quite a bit on what should I update today. 

I wanted to talk about the most recent airplane crash but it's too sad. I cannot. So, I decided to just read on the news.

So, after thinking on what to write for so long, I finally came out with one thing.

Actually, I didn't come out with anything. Heh.

My brain is still as blocked as two days ago. 

I realized somehow these days, I tend to want to be in my loose t-shirts and over-sized shorts with my hair all tied up and stay home. No contact lens, no eyeliner and no spending money elsewhere.

Speaking of money, we went to Gurney last night and the lover shopped like a royalty. Okay, maybe not like a royalty since royalties won't feel the pain after spending so much money in less than 3 hours. Hah. 

I think he deserved the shopping moment that he had last night since he has been keeping his money so tightly (heh!). Nolah, what I meant is he has been saving like a good man and it's time to let loose a little. Yes, babe? Hah.

If it wasn't for the painful legs and needing to get burger for mom, he would still be going everywhere to find some of the other items that is still unchecked. 

I'm proud to say that I didn't spend a single cent last night. 

Err.. Kit Kat counted ah? RM2.90 it is then.

No idea what to talk about what already. Head is starting to ache. Bleh.

I shall end this update with a photo. The scarf is made in Cambodia. 100% Pashmina - the finest type of Cashmere wool. And yes, it's very comfortable. Thanks Jayne! :)

Our Third Year of Date-ship.

It was such an easy morning to wake up to yesterday. We were both excited to celebrate because it hits us that we actually got together for 3 years already.

If not mistaken, we have been friends for over 7 years. 

I shall tell you the story of how/when/where we first became friends.

Please excuse some quite blurry photos. Anyone wants to take couple shots for us for free? We can be your guinea pigs! Heh.

Anyways, 7 years ago, fireBRANDS had just joined Floorball and they needed at least 3 secretariats. Since no one wanted to do it, I told Alex that I will volunteer to help until he finds someone who can do it more often than me. 

Then, we had this secretariat meeting where we were given a briefing on how to do the scoring etc. There were like 20 boys (I think) and I was the only girl. Back then, I think there were no all-girls team. I'm not so sure.

But according to Koay, I was the only girl there and he had already noticed me. His first impression on me was not a very good one. Hah. He thought I looked weird, like funny kind of weird. I didn't even know he existed then. AND HE NOTICED ME FIRST so that explains a lot about who like who first. Though that time wasn't even counted. Since we can never agree on who like who first, it will always be the other one then.

On the very first game that I was involved in and on duty for secretariat work, I was one of the scorekeeper I think. There was someone sitting on my left and Alex was on my right. Koay was sitting next to the someone on my left and he was the timekeeper. I didn't know their names. How to remember right? So many new people.

So, halfway through the game, I needed to check how much time was left. So, I gave Koay a poke on the shoulder and asked him. It was after the game that we introduced ourselves among the secretariat team.

That's how we met, sort of. 

To cut the story short, we became best friends when he came to KDU College and enrolled in the same course as I did. No, we were not course mates because I started my course first. One semester earlier, but we spend a lot of time together in college and also then, I started playing floorball already.

Looking back, I was sure that he's the one person that I will never date because of various reasons that I will not reveal here, other than the fact that I was already attached that time. As for him, he thought the same thing. His preference of a girl that he would date was just not me-kind-of-girl. He wanted someone tall, someone younger (for sure!), someone girlier, someone who plays sports actively, someone taller (yes, I've said that already but he really wanted a girl who's taller than him!! ), someone probably darker (I don't know!). My color quite nice what. Haha. There is just no way that we would love each other in that sense. It has always been me and him as best buddies, doing stupid things together. 

But I guess things changed and here we are, in love with each other. Heh. Bieber say never say never.

It's definitely NOT love at first sight. 

Okay, back to our three years of dating dinner. 

I was supposed to finish work at 5:30pm right because we wanted to catch the sunset. Last minute, I had to rush a mini project and got held back for a while. Straight panicked and kept looking at the sky to see if the sun has gone down.

We rushed home and changed quickly. While driving towards Balik Pulau, he kept assuring that the sun is still quite high and all. We got there and the sun was still high in the sky. Haven't gone down yet. So, we hang around and took some photos.

We ordered and ate like a royalty. Since it's going to be just once a year kinda thing, we spam terus. It was a lot for just two persons dinner okay. And yes, we tapau-ed back some of the food because it's impossible for us to finish all. 

The night was special because I was with him. That's all that matters. I wasn't afraid to let him see my bulging tummy. I wasn't afraid if I had to dig my nose in front of him (okay, maybe not so much). I wasn't afraid if he would judge me when I eat like a boy. I felt most comfortable with him. Best friend for life okay?

In my every night prayer, I thank God for you, Adrian Koay. You were there at the right time and right place when everyone else was not. It was you who taught me the real meaning of GIVING. Okay, no need write too long essay already. You know deep inside can d. I lazy type so long. Heh. Conclusion is I love you long long time, Muthu! :)

Here's to many more amazing years for the both of us :)

Muthu, The Promoted Bangla.

Today, we had our lunch here. After lunch, we were supposed to drop by Muthu Frozen Food to get Cheddar, Parmesan, Mozzarella cheese and a box of cooking cream for mom.

While we were driving back from lunch, he was driving on the left lane when I suddenly remembered that we were supposed to head over to Muthu's, and the turning was just right in front.

"Muthu! Muthu! Right! Turn Right!!

I shouted in shock because I SUDDENLY remembered and didn't want to miss that turn. He obviously forgot about getting those cheese. 

Then, he quickly put on the right signal and cut into the right-est lane.

"Excuse me, my name is Adrian, not Muthu okay."

I looked at him, confused. 

"Muthu! Muthu! Right! Turn Right!!"

I laughed out loud alright. I didn't even realize it came out sounding like that.

He actually thought I called him Muthu! 

One of the funniest moment in the car for sure.

Everyone, please meet Muthu, no longer called a Bangla. Promoted already :)