Our 1st Anniversary

It's already been a year since I first met Jazz, and it's been quite a year. That is the reason why I am so happy, and the other big reason is that my life has changed a lot in the past year.

Before I start telling my story, I would like to tell you that I believe in love at first sight. It happened to me and I am sure it has happened to a lot of other people.

The first time I laid my eyes on Jazz, was on 4th Mar 2005. I had an appointment to meet one or two of my ex-schoolmates to discuss about the upcoming Reunion that we were planning. It turned out that the meeting of girls became a meeting of 10 other friends. In the midst of the discussion, came in this intriguing man, whom I reckoned would be Jazz. We have chatted on Yahoo! Messenger earlier that afternoon prior to the meeting, but he said that he wouldn't join the meeting. I wasn't expecting him to be there, but deep in my heart I was hoping that this gentleman would come and meet me. Not for the meeting, but for me. And I was so excited when I saw him.

We were sitting diagonally from each other, and I was stealing glances at him, trying to control my poise and pretended that I wasn't looking. Although there were 10 other people in the group, suddenly what they said didn't seem that important. Sitting opposite me this incredible guy was looking at me. Our eyes met and it was like our souls joined. We couldn't stop looking at each other. I knew deep down inside that he was the one for me. After a while, he gave me the most incredible smile. It took my breath away. I felt something I have never felt in my life before--what I believe to be true love.

Lots have happened since that date. The 27th Reunion of ex-schoolmates, the so-called friends that I've never knew before, and still don't. Dispute among peers, spouses, misunderstanding in emails and 'the' threat of disintegrating of the portal. My best bet is that when I entered into this group, these people came with different skills, with remarkably different abilities and different needs as human beings. Some days and some of my nights were consumed with trying to understand them. And we are not talking about teenagers but adults of 43 years of age.

While others were struggling to function in unstable family situations, I have been living in cloud 9 for this past year. I have been the happiest that I've ever been.

Jazz is a God sent, he came with all his love and more for the children and I. We have never been so blessed, and everyday I thank God for this gift.

With the initial meetings with discretions, that involved Sword Fish and 2 bastard guys, the memories were sweet and unforgettable. The nights spent with Merlion as our witness, and the sea breeze whispered the words of love in our hearts. It turned out perfectly, we both had a lot of fun and it seemed we were soul mates. We kept on arranging to go out with each other. Not long after, we realized we were madly in love with each other.

No longer are there voices, as there once were, telling me there was someone special out there for me, as I have already found him, My Jazz, My Love, My Life.

Happy First Anniversary Papa. Love you forever.