happy birthday to mel!

we had a nice time at kent ridge park. i cooked - COOKED haha! - the following yummy things:

1. eggplant and minced pork in sweet thai chilli

2. tomato omelette

3. black pepper chicken with green peppers and mango

4. rice

it was really nice weather (thank God) and not crowded, so we could enjoy a little picnic of our own in the park. and i gave him his present, which i've been keeping a secret for sooooo long i almost cannot tahan anymore!

haha!

it's a scrapbook of memories and well wishes. =) a bit hard to describe, but i'm glad he likes it, and i really enjoyed making it! =)

as i made the book, it was really touching for me to see how different people in his life care for him, and have been a part of his life in some way the past 30 years. and to read some of their thoughts as they reflect on how their lives have been connected over the years.

so many of these friends are church friends or cousins that he grew up with, and i was struck again by how little i know him in comparison. in some sense, there is a part of his history that i can never truly know, a 'mel' that i will never get to see. but reading their notes helped me to see a bit of that. =)

and i am once again amazed that God let our paths cross so out of the blue and brought us together. it feels so special when i consider the many other girls that he could have had in his life by now, and the guys i could have had in mine. yet we are together now...

kind of reminds me of this song:

Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight
Someone's thinking of me and loving me tonight

Somewhere out there someone's saying a prayer
That we'll find one another in that big somewhere out there

And even though I know how very far apart we are
It helps to think we might be wishing on the same bright star

And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby
It helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky

Somewhere out there if love can see us through
Then we'll be together somewhere out there
Out where dreams come true

And even though I know how very far apart we are
It helps to think we might be wishing on the same bright star

And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby
It helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky

Somewhere out there if love can see us through
Then we'll be together somewhere out there
Out where dreams come true