Trip to Miri
I know I’m a little too late with this post. Not that I have nothing to say about, I have loads to say. But well, I had loads to do as well.
And it feels good to finally blog again.
I’ve been to Miri twice before this. How should I describe Miri? It has the peace of Ipoh, Seafood from Sitiawan, beaches of Pangkor, Starbucks and Coffee Bean of KL plus the national park of Pahang. Oh well, I just have a fond impression of it.
This time though, I went with my parents to visit Stephanie’s family. And the extended one =). They say that if you bring your parents to visit your gf’s family, things must be progressing quite far. Well, I don’t deny that =) More than that though, it was also a getting-to-know-you trip.
My past experience taught me that relationship, however romantic one puts it, is not just a thing between two person. A relationship that involves only two is a sad one. Much more colorful is a relationship which involves people around them. Friends that see the progress, friends you could go to when you hit a road block on the way. Much more importantly, it also involves the families. A family reflects much about the characters and values of a person. Well, it was my mom who taught me that. When you’re with someone, it’s not just her you marry, but also the family.
So surely I was nervous. Though I’ve spoken to Steph’s parents, heard tons of stories about them. The aunties, the uncles, the cousins and so on….. Nothing can be compared to the real face to face meeting.
The first words from her mom was…… “You’re not a giant as I thought you might be……”. =) I guess they were expecting a Yao Ming. But it did break the ice and we got on very well.
I must say I was pampered all the way. Before I could finish the sentence “I like fruits!…”, there were more than 13 fruits on the table!! Well, that was her aunty, who was renowned as the fruit queen, something which I really should have known before that. I was “shipped” from one restaurant to another, from one delicacy to another.
All in all, besides the 3kg that I gained in that week alone, I brought along a very peaceful heart with me back home. Why the word “peaceful”? Well, happy or delighted or grateful, those words would be a little too obvious, won’t it?
But I felt the peace. Knowing deep inside me that the decisions that I made, with all the consequences, were correct. Nothing can be said about years from now besides the Big Boss up there. But for now, I feel peaceful.
And happy, and delighted and grateful as well, of course.
And a big thank you to everyone who has made the trip so enjoyable for me and my parents. I’ll be back very soon, I hope.
Very happy for you.. and I understand what it means to be pampered by her family. I dare not say, “I like walnut”, else, I’ll get 1 Kg of them to bring back… or Sausages… or anything else.
I was given ‘back massage’ by the mum when I said I have back pain — brought to the best spine specialist in Harbin (thankfully no charges, just see see look look).
I was ‘forced’ to eat at least two bowls of rice everyday by the day, who said something like: “What ? Enough? You must be kidding!! Big man like you~ EAT!” and of course, I ate….
I hate Harbin beer with the dad and lots of chatting with the parents. Oh, I ended by sharing with them our marriage plan (on track! 1.5 years since we met them).
So, what’s next for you my Valect Bro? ^_^
well well, i guess it’s nice to be pampered and cared for.
Next up for me? Well, it’ll be completing my Masters, well. =)
There is a typo in my previous post, it should be:
“I had Harbin beer”, not “hate”… thanks to Mum’s very sharp eyes and super logical mind … haha..
I LOVE HARBIN BEER should be even better! =)