Three Years Of Being Together

23 March 2010.

On this day, AstroBanana celebrate an important anniversary. Time really flies - they have been together for three years... with many more good years ahead of them :)

As today is a weekday, AstroBanana decided to have an early anniversary celebration last Friday. They had a sumptuous dinner at Les Bouchons, a quaint French restaurant along Ann Siang Road that dishes out gigantic portions of western food with free-flow french fries. It was DGT who introduced them to the restaurant a while ago.

Of course, as usual, Eric Banana was ready with a surprise present for his beloved wife - which he presented to her last Thursday... a Seiko 5 Automatic ladies watch (model: SYMJ03K1). Eric Banana couldn't find the exact picture online but here's how it looks like (except the real thing has a hexagonal textured black dial):

And yes, Astro Girl was surprised... and she likes her present :) She likes Seiko watches but would almost never get one for herself.

Contrary to popular belief (read: Eric Banana is popular, and therefore his belief is... ), Astro Girl is capable of delivering surprises. Eric Banana received the cutest present ever yesterday evening - a Precious Moments figurine from its Disney series...

... titled "Friends Help You Find Your Way".

Actually, Eric Banana spied this figurine a few months back but found it way too expensive. Precious Moments' Disney-themed figurines are priced exorbitantly. Knowing how much he likes it, Astro Girl decided to get it for him. According to the retail assistant at Precious Thots, this is the last piece and the figurine is sold-out elsewhere. A quick check at the Precious Moments website showed that it was not available anymore. Eric Banana is glad that he received this figurine while it was still available :D

Silence Of The L.A.M. ...

... where L.A.M. stands for "Life After Marriage".

Some people would argue that "life after marriage" is an oxymoron - for them, there is no life after marriage =/ Ignoring what those cynical detractors might say, AstroBanana are proud to say that they do have a life after marriage, although it would appear that it has transformed since they got together three years ago.

During the dating phase, their life revolves around spending as much time together as possible. Full stop. Romance rules the day. And night too. During the engagement phase, their life revolves around spending as much time together as possible WHILE juggling a myriad of wedding preparations. Joy joy. During the marriage phase, their life revolves around spending as much time together as possible WHILE adjusting to a whole new world. A huge chunk of their weekend time are now taken up - or rather, devoured - by household chores and family time. This leaves them with less time to watch movies and window-shop. And before they know it, the weekend has passed and it's back to the daily grind...

Typically, weekday evenings zoom by rather quickly, no thanks to their long working hours. When they are not headed for the gym and yoga studio respectively, Astro Girl and Eric Banana spend their time watching DVDs together. AstroBanana have been obsessed with the Get Smart television series from the 1960's, entertaining themselves with the antics of Maxwell Smart (Don Adams), 99 (Barbara Feldon) and the Chief (Edward Platt).

As each episode is only about 25 minutes, it is highly watchable, despite the fact that Astro Girl becomes impossibly sleepy when her bedtime draws near. They have watched an amazing total of 112 episodes, or the equivalent of four seasons, so far. Regrettably, they only have 26 episodes, or one season, left for their evening entertainment. They would need to plug that gap somehow.

Eric Banana spends significantly less time on his laptop nowadays, which explains why he has not blogged much in the past few months. Instead, he is reading a lot more books than he normally would. Considering the  huge number of books he owns, it's probably a good effort towards making sure that it's money well-spent. He would have to find storage for his rapidly-expanding "library" though. A viable solution might be an e-reader. At one point of time, Eric Banana was sure he wouldn't be getting an e-reader. However, when he was in Scottsdale last year, he happened to walk past the only Sony Style outlet in that area - and got a touch-and-feel on one of the e-readers. Eventually, he ended up buying the Sony Reader Touch Edition (PRS-600; red colour):

Like many couples, AstroBanana have been inflicted by post-wedding fatigue. Many wedding blogs get abandoned after the wedding itself - this blog nearly faced the same fate. AstroBanana have been trying to recover from their extensive wedding preparations. Besides, one should only blog when he or she feels like doing so, and not because he or she has to.

Well, AstroBanana wouldn't get to rest for long - they would need to start planning for their new flat soon...

AstroBanana Wedding Actual Day Photos: The 9 Frames Series Part II

Here are the photos from the AD evening series:

AstroBanana Wedding Actual Day Photos: The 9 Frames Series Part I

And yes, after four long months, AstroBanana have finally gotten their act together - they just finished selecting the photos for their wedding album. Well, it sure wasn't easy to pick 40 photos from a humongous total of 739 photos that were taken by 9 Frames Photography - 410 by Gilbert Chua and 329 by Simon (the second photographer). And these 739 photos were those which made it to the final cut. Who knows how many were left on the editing floor :|

Included in this blog entry are photos from the AD morning series:

Eric Banana Wonders...

... if he should resume blogging on uptoyoulor.com.

Not that it matters, but what says you?

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