Happy CNY!

Happy (belated) Chinese New Years everyone!
The Eng household, which is a unique mix of Chinese and Korean blood both consider
Chinese/Lunar New Years to be one of the biggest and meaningful holidays!
And, to stick to both of our traditions, we enjoyed a feast- ddukguuk (rice cake) which is a Korean tradition and enjoyed a plateful of dumplings which is Chinese tradition.

Happy CNY!!
Love the Engs

As I have married a "Chinese"-American-Canadian, I decided CNY would be a fresh start for me and made some new realistic  New Year's resolutions. Actually, as of now, I will focus on one I desperately need to implement in my daily life:

• Instead of focusing on losing weight, I will cut out dessert. Let's not forget the "realistic" factor-I will "slowly" start cutting out dessert. 

Yes, I know it's silly. But after starting a desk job and sitting at a desk eight hours (or more) a day, I have noticeably gotten bigger. And, since I sit all day long, I eat, all day long. When I come home, I'm tired from work, so I naturally munch on sweets. It's an evil cycle. And I need to stop-not just for my weight but also for my health. Wish me luck. Slowly but surely, I'm saying goodbye to sugar.

quarter century!

The husband is twenty-five today! Just wanted to shout out a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my hubby.

He think he's royalty, my David. Taking a day off work just because it is his birthday and relaxing while dearest wifey worked all day long ! Jk~  

The weather was a bit down so David picked me up from work, went shopping and picked up some manly boots for the hubs. After, ate a very calorie filling meal, hit the dollar theater and came home and helped ourselves to some cake. Pretty good b-day, if I do so say myself.

I don't want to get mushy and affectionate, but I'm glad David was born and grateful he is mine now!

He's a keeper! Happy b-day dear David. Welcome to your mid-twenties! 

@ Sweet Ginger  with our friends!! 

six months and counting till eternity

David and I have been married for six months!! Just like hubby said, marriage, in its own way has been a challenge for the both of us. We hear the first year is the hardest and boy oh boy, it's been interesting. Ahhh.. How funny people think marriage is the happy ending. It's certainly happy, but I'd like to think of it more as a happy beginning- I was thrilled but yet fearful to start a new chapter in life.

But, I'm certain I couldn't have made it work with anyone else but David.

Mondays, always the dreadful 12 hour shift for me: 6am-6pm. So, when I walked into our apartment,

was I thrilled to find a cute surprise!( I shouldn't brag but this is my blog so don't mind if I do).

He also took me out to Outback Steakhouse. Back in the old dating days, we would go to Outback on every 22nd and share a steak to celebrate! (We became official on 10/22/2011).

However, since we got engaged, we decided to stop splurging... but hubby thought today was an exception. He tried surprising me but hubby is an open book-of course when he said "American restaurant" I knew it was this special place. 

Celebrating our six months of marriage
 @ Outback Steak house.
Our waiter, 'how can two small Asians eat so much?!!!'
Oh no, they're Asian, no tip for me..'

All day long, I was reminiscing of the day of our marriage- the sealing at the Bountiful Temple, the beautiful reception with our family and friends, the quick but crazy stop we made at Cafe Rio all decked out in our wedding clothes, our romantic night (hehe), our honey sweet moon in Cancun... 

I know we have a lot of trials in the future. But, I'm not scared as long as we face them together as husband and wife. Oh dear husbands out there- just remember, "happy wife, happy life!" The wife is always right!

Firefly Portraiture

Firefly Portraiture
Our engagement photo

HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE- 8/4/2012

Firefly Portraiture
My best friends and the hubby.

My fav picture of our Bridal Party  

Mmmm.. Cake!!

Starry night ?

Our wonderful family (minus my bro Jimmy, Tim and Kathleen and Rachel Eng)

... What the brown ?? 

        ------------  HONEY SWEET MOON ----------

Our first night in Cancun! 

Take me back to the beach!!! 

Why am I in UT... ?? 

My sweet Chicken little ! 

Honey sweet moon ~

Last but not least, Mr.David Eng- my one and only. The love of my life.

Happy six months babe!! Forever and ever~ 

6 months later...

Hi everyone, David here.  I can't believe Diana and I have been married for 6 months now!  Time sure flies...  and yet it also seems like we've been married forever.  In a good way, haha.  Here are some things I learned about marriage so far:

1.  It's not all daisies and butterflies.  We learned that marriage can be challenging, but we learned how to deal with our differences.  I'm glad Diana can put up with me.  ^^
2.  You have to put each other first.  We've learned how to sacrifice for each other.  It's hard because we can't do whatever we want like we could when we were single.
3.  Communication.  I'm not that good at communicating, which has been amply pointed out by my dear wife.  Haha.  But I think I'm getting a little bit better.
4.  Patience.  Need I say more?

Well... that's about all I learned.  jk.  I've learned so much that I can't really think about what to write about, but those are four big things that come to mind.  Although I make it sound like marriage is hard, it has really been the happiest time of my life.  I'm so glad that I met such an amazing girl to share my life with!  Love you Diana!~~

The happiest day of our lives!