He has been by my side for many years, encouraging me when I feel down, cheering me on when things are going well, holding my hand when I am sick, my adventure buddy, my partner, my lover. That’s Alex.
This is my fourth year of marriage, and boy, has it been exciting. This month, we celebrated Alex’s birthday, and I thought I’d write a post to celebrate him. The best part about my marriage is the fact that I can journey together with him, going on our little adventures together. It’s not just about a trip to the beach or an extravagant holiday somewhere, but it is the little things in life that I appreciate. Him waking up early in the morning to prepare me breakfast. Him carrying my camera bags from the car at the end of a tiring shoot. Him looking after my parents while I am away.
He’s an amazing man.
Photo by Dawn McCarthy
Yes, we have our squabbles, like any other couple (like him getting exasperated at my short term memory, or me getting annoyed at him for leaving receipts and bills all over the floor)… but at the end of the day, it doesn’t really matter. I believe in not holding grudges and working at a relationship to make it work.
So… to celebrate his birthday, I did a few things…
Firstly, we went away to Port Dickson for a short holiday. It felt good to just be away for a while and chill. Then, I organized a birthday party with some of our closest friends – with really good food prepared by Yossi, a friend of mine who had just started her fine food catering business called Lolita’s Daughter. She created some of these recipes herself and it was really amazing!
Here’s Yossi working hard in the kitchen, making sure that our food is served warm!
I have to sneak in some shots of her delicious cooking here. These are quail’s eggs with caviar.
On the left, yummy asparagus with pork slivers, and on the right, potato with crispy bacon.
Delicious mandarin duck with edible flowers. How cool is that.
More edible flowers.
And yummy macarons!
Ok enough photos of food, else this post will end up being a food post instead! So, we had great food, served by Yossi’s husband Shawn…
Great company…
…including a friend calling in from Dubai through Skype!
Happy birthday darling!
Food! Hungryyy! :)
I have the opportunity to know Alex, and he is a great man :) And… I see iPAD! Was that his gift?
Thanks for the awesome post – makes me feel really touched.
Yes, we do squabble at times but we do resolve issues and move forward. Above all, we’re gonna grow old with each other, yea!
Thanks too for the great gifts – a MacBook Pro and an iPad! Quite a lot of support for Jobs there, huh?
Awww……..
Oh my god…i wanna cry..too sweet! And grace….you can never have enough foodie pics!
xx
Happy Belated Birthday! Food sure looks good.
And you 2 look so young, you could pass for teenagers. That’s a compliment!
Great advice on the not keeping grudges part. Happy Belated Birthday, Alex. You’re both incredible blessings and incredibly blessed.
<3
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So sweet! And she’s good at picking gifts. RT @TheBackpackr: Aw… my wife wrote a blog post to appreciate me! :) [link to post]
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Awww… my wife wrote a blog post to appreciate me! Thanks for the MBP & iPad! :) [link to post]
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this is so lovely! :) RT @TheBackpackr: Awww… my wife wrote a blog post to appreciate me! Thanks for the MBP & iPad! :) [link to post]
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Wow! You get MacBook Pro and iPad for your birthday Alex! So blessed! I’m envious!
wah… Grace is definitely a loving wife!! I am looking forward to hear posts about the surprise that Alex is going to give to Grace …..