To sum it all before I start, they were
surprising, indelible moments, soothing, sweet, cosy and luxurious..
D
Friday – 12 September
The grand plan goes this way.. On Friday night before I pack my stuff for ”weekend home”, I was told not to leave the house until he has told me what’s that one thing to bring.. So i waited patiently for this busy man to tell me what’s that one thing.. And it turns out to be…. my swimsuit.. !
When I saw Cheeky… I asked him ” Uh…are we going swimming?” and I was told that we MAY be going for a swim before anniversary dinner..If not, we can go on Sunday too.
Later in the night, Shaun came asking if we wanna join him and his girlfriend for a swim at their dad’s condo tomorrow afternoon. And it was dismissed with a ‘see-how’ response from Cheeky, when I thought they already planned it before-hand. It’s just too coincident yea?
As promised, Cheeky gave me a hint, on where we’re going the next day, before we turned in.
- “A place that doesnt close until past midnight” and he wanna cross midnight with me ;D
Obviously, this wasnt a very good hint, at least to me. Coz almost everywhere opens past midnight on a Saturday night…I stumbled on my guesses.
Saturday – 13 September
We diligently packed our swimsuits, grooming needs, the clothes for dinner to go over to his dad’s abode for a swim. This man is smart; he came up with the excuse that we dont have time to return and change for dinner so we have to bring our stuff along. And I docilely followed the man, as much as I can according to his plans. While I had totally no idea of the grand plan in mind. All in my mind was how will Swimming be with all of them. On the other hand, Cheeky said he dont really feel anything for the swimming but rather how the plan would work out. The waiting time before the activities for anniversary rolled out was slow..
We tucked ourselves into the car, finding ourselves driving on busy roads in the day-time. It was kinda different. Rather than the usual soothing cruise we had, things felt abit more energised. We had Cheeky cursing and swearing at car-drivers who horned at him. With the guidance from Shaun and Lin to his Dad’s place, we arrived at the first destination. Supposedly a destination or not.
“Hey where are you going darling?” Cheeky asked me when I opened the car door attempting to get down with Shaun and Lin. This made me pretty puzzled and I probably gave him a blur reply.. “I’m getting off with them?” But I was told to accompany him while he go park the car..outside.
Outside? This sounds pretty weird to me. And I was just thinking how weird this condo is, not allowing visitors to park their car inside. (I’m feeling kinda dumb whenever I think of this part). The journey to the car-park “outside” was beginning to feel alil long.. until he hit the expressway. I cant help but asked.. ‘why is your carpark so far away?”
“We are not going to swim, darling. We’re going somewhere else..” Cheeky smirked as he utters those words. It kinda stunned me that I only replied “oh! okae…”
As the car moved towards CTE (probably the only expressway that I can really recognise), I asked if we’re going to town and was told that “nope, we are just passing by town”
Soon, we reached the REAL destination and looking at where Cheeky was going, I finally got my guess. Meritus Mandarin.
Upon the arrival at the always-familiar Meritus Mandarin’s lobby.. I was again urged to wait at one side. It was really sweet looking at his back-view, checking in…Doing everything by himself. And one thing that I havent mention is the kind of contentment, warmth and love felt when I saw him carry the bag of heavy belongings.- It’s not about what he always do but what he usually don’t do, despite it being a small favour.
Room 2042The lovely room that we were allocated for the night was 2042, at the South Tower.
With a skillful swipe, Cheeky slotted his key-card above the ‘key-hole’ above the door-knob. And what stands before the opening of the door was a room which was spacious, luxurious and really soothing.. It must be the kind of holiday-mood one has when checked into a place of absolute nothingness in ur reality. Sadly, the view of the room wasnt facing the Wisma Atria Side.. Nevertheless, like I told Cheeky, this place is really a great place for a contemplative mind to think and feel.
On the right side when you enter this cosy room, it’s a full-walled mirror facing the toilet with the sliding door..On the left side when you enter, it’s a simple yet classy and sparkling clean toilet with a bath-tub!
In the room, neatly plain yet luxurious-oriented white coupled with orangey-red furniture really made the furnishing look really compatible. The bedsheets were of no crease and had four big comfty pillows laying on each other. Most importantly, it, the king-sized bed, was big enough.. for me to roll around.
After exploring our own room (looking through the drawers, the pamphlets, the menus etc), we checked out the Tennis Court and Swimming Pool and finally decided to go for an hour swim before it closes at 7pm.. The water was quiet. Not a single soul in the pool. All there was were a few foreigners sun-bathing at the side of the pool, despite being an almost sun-less evening.
Special memories during swimming given to ..
1) how Cheeky taught darling to float on her back and swim backwards, rather than her standard Breast Strokes..
2) How Cheeky asked me to count from 1-20 but swam to me within 5 at the 1.5m mark, grabbed my ankle (yuppps, i screamed) and carried me up on his shoulders as if a token of triumph.. =x
3) the competition of who can swim further away with just one breath. And….I lost.
4) the attempts to dive downwards..
5) the piggy-backs..
This has to be, I say for sure the best moments the 2 of us have since Cheeky’s return from the US..
Desk and Sofa
The lady has a choice for dinner. To ensure that Cheeky wasnt making all the decisions for the day, he let me choose among the list of dining places he has in mind for us. Here it goes, Triple-3, Pine Court, Chatterbox or in-room dining? I couldnt make up my mind for that. While I thought that in-room dining is gonna be reallly rare, I was afraid that Cheeky wanna have it somewhere else.. Like a tug-a-war, I finally finally chose in-room dining and was glad that it was parallel with Cheeky’s initial decision! *grins, grins, grins.*
One of my favourite pics!! ;D
Another favourite pic!
Setting up of the table of food in OUR room! Really love the look when this man sign off the bill, not for materialistic reasons but the kind of
‘air’ and masculinity.. =D it took them approximately 25 minutes to deliver our orders up and they were all still piping hot when delivered.
Too much too much.
Dinner was really sumptuous with food from Chatterbox, Triple-3 and maybe some other restaurants from Meritus Mandarin. Especially love the Samosa…really nice! Caesar Salad w Smoked Salmon was nicely complemented too…Crisp, with the fresh salmon.
But dinner is absolute privacy, just the two of us with no restrictions in time. The simple chats over dinner. And the coincidental playing of “The Lakehouse” on HBO has complemented our dinner well with romantic love songs. *glad that we had in-room dinner.
US in the Mirror
We had ourselves lying on the bed, having heart-to-heart talks, or maybe more of a reminisce kinda chat. And even though both of us missed chilling at the Observatory Lounge, we were too full to stomach much of anything. And since I really dont feel like leaving the room… we forgo-ed chilling and enjoyed each other’s company just in the room.. ;D
lovelove. chubchub loves *u!
And my only gift and surprise for this very well-deserved man is the newly-launched nano. Bought it off the shelves of I-shop when it’s not even officially keyed into shop’s system!
But it just felt utterly good when I saw how happy he was, even back home when he was fiddling with it..
I was kinda reluctant to sleep that night. Knowing that such isolation would soon be over the moment you sleep. Oh and to mention, while giving Cheeky his weekly massages, on the big bed, it really felt so much easier…. coz you dont get cramp and difficulties massaging one side of the body.
This stay with Cheeky made me realised how one couple can easily indulge in their very own best moments without the interference of the outside world and when u place their in the right environment.. I didnt realised such isolation until I walked out with Cheeky to ‘stock-up’. Then had I realised Im already engulfed into the moments belonging to our the 2 of us. It’s a very very new experience.
As to why One year or One month? It was with regards to the kind of honeymoon period the two of us are in despite being together for one year. My idiotic smiles for the little actions Cheeky did. To the extent that the kind of sweetness really felt novel, fresh and like those of the usual first few months of couples. I’m extremely, extremely glad that we haven’t lose them. And actually, if i really think these through, Cheeky’s trip to US had kinda gave the relationship a ‘restart’, like we have started on fresh grounds.
I recall how things weren’t as sweet just before he left..when both of us were on the verge of solving issues for each other, or for self. Whichever way it is.
All of these, I can safely say that we have grown stronger, much much stronger in terms of the understanding, and support (only when needed) we gave each other. The always important comfort level. The certainty of this love. The honesty emphasised. The simplicity of mine which kept your love. The complexity and contemplative that made me fell in you. We’ve been through the test of time and distance, non-obigatory but self-obligatory showers of concern. It sounded dumb to friends of mine ,when one year ago, i told them that our relationship were on the terms of non-obligatory and maybe even to the extent of an open-relationship. I received overwhelming response saying im insane then. Perhaps nobody..even my siblings didnt know what I was thinking about. But know what? It was such non-obligatory terms and all those mentioned above that brought the love of 2 of us up.
Over this one year, I was always said to be a good gf, a good gal who always deserves to be happy and shouldnt be sad. That even during shitty times when you were in the US, you were blaming yourself for putting those shitty things of yours as part of my burden too. But like I say..shouldnt couples be sharing good times and bad times? For the fact that I know whether I wonder get involved in your unhappiness or not, you have no right to really blame yourself. And being overly understanding, sometimes I tend to make decisions for this man.. thinking too much into the interest of another isnt really good yea? Cheeky hates people to make decisions for him especially when he knows that he chose for a reason, a reason good and convincing enough to keep that choice. Inferiority kicks in at many times with Cheeky. A man so high up there, regardless of intellectual, wit, knowledge, ideas, maturity.. I’m nowhere near. I always have the mindset that whatever I have in my life is nothing compared to everything that Cheeky has in his.
But despite all these, we never had problems. If i recall… the number of times that we really quarrelled can be count within one hand. Sometimes I really still wonder how we were made possible and not only made possible but made to grow beyond our own expectations.
Forgetting all I’m lacking
Completely incomplete
I’ll take your invitation
You take all of me now.
8:01 PM
Trios – Singing ‘Love will keep US alive’
Pseudo-candle
Observation LOunge – Meritus Mandarin.
