Year 2013 whizzed past like a gust of wind and before I knew it, I'm now in 2014 which also indicates that I am turning 30 in a month's time. Gosh... how come the year passed by so quickly? The moment the first digit of your age turns to the next digit, it's pretty scary. It feels like a decade is a short time and I have finally leave my twenties behind and moving on to being a 30-year-old lady... more precisely a married woman.
I remembered when I was a teenager, I told my friends that the right age to get married is when one turns 28 years old. Well, there is no right age actually but the right one. So when I turned 28, I thought to myself "Maybe I ain't getting married after all!". That's when I bought a house so close to my parents' house that it is just merely 2 doors away thinking that I could still depend on my mom to clean and wash my clothes and cook my meals.
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Things got better in 2013 and unexpectedly, I met a guy whom I never thought I would end up falling in love and now married to him! I never thought I would meet a guy who shared so many of my interests and we could talk and talk for ages. That whole dating, quitting my job, moving to another country and getting married process happened all in 12 months. It was indeed a rollercoaster of emotions and more importantly very crucial decisions made that changed my life. We met for the very first time in Singapore at a whisky tasting and then we started dating in London in January, we embarked on a romantic trip to Maldives in April, I quit my job and left for Belgium, we got engaged and then we got married last month on the 28th December 2013!!! How time flies when one is having fun!!!
A week in Naladhu, Maldives
But life is not a bed of roses. When you are single, you start to worry about not finding the other half that you can share your life with. Now that I found my soul mate, there are much bigger problems to deal with. I made the biggest decision to leave my job and declining a great job offer that pays me double of what I used to earn which I knew that it will lead me to lack of financial freedom. I also had to leave my new home behind, my family and my friends. I had to move to a country so far away that I barely understand the language. And finally I have to learn to live with my new family. All of that in the name of love. Some might think I am silly to do that but I believe if fate hands you a lemon, you can always make it into a lemonade. If I am capable, I can survive anywhere. And yes, I am surviving and leading a happy life. That is the reason I have been so lazy to blog... Only 55 posts in 2013. Shame on me!
We did so much in 2013. Ok, we didn't have to clock in to work but we do work on our own leisure. Luc traveled quite a bit with me last year not only for holidays but also for his whisky business. We did two of his "Glenfarclas 1968 My Tribute dinner" in Singapore and Taiwan which was really fun as I get to taste really fine whisky from Glenfarclas and we also went to Abu Dhabi, Maldives, Paris, London and Marbella in Spain for holiday. There is also the annual Lindores Whiskyfest at Hotel Bero in Oostende that is tiring but really fun to do and we took part in the Aston Martin rally in Belgium where I had to be Luc's co-driver. We had such an eventful year!
I'm now slowly but surely learning the trades of whisky. Whisky is after all an interest close to my heart and because of whisky, I found the love of my life. Recently I have taken the responsibility to help Luc to bring the Tomintoul 1968 Thosop Handwritten Label (previous post here) into the Malaysian whisky scene so that more people can be aware of the existence of independent bottlers. I will continue to introduce more independent whisky bottling into the country so that we can also enjoy some of the finest whisky casks like our European counterparts and our friends across the straits. 2014 will be a challenging year as I am about to introduce my own bottling into my country...
I'm all prepared for 2014 and I guess I will have to stop being lazy and start working on my project asap. But then again, reflecting the year 2013...
What a year!
We did so much in 2013. Ok, we didn't have to clock in to work but we do work on our own leisure. Luc traveled quite a bit with me last year not only for holidays but also for his whisky business. We did two of his "Glenfarclas 1968 My Tribute dinner" in Singapore and Taiwan which was really fun as I get to taste really fine whisky from Glenfarclas and we also went to Abu Dhabi, Maldives, Paris, London and Marbella in Spain for holiday. There is also the annual Lindores Whiskyfest at Hotel Bero in Oostende that is tiring but really fun to do and we took part in the Aston Martin rally in Belgium where I had to be Luc's co-driver. We had such an eventful year!
I'm now slowly but surely learning the trades of whisky. Whisky is after all an interest close to my heart and because of whisky, I found the love of my life. Recently I have taken the responsibility to help Luc to bring the Tomintoul 1968 Thosop Handwritten Label (previous post here) into the Malaysian whisky scene so that more people can be aware of the existence of independent bottlers. I will continue to introduce more independent whisky bottling into the country so that we can also enjoy some of the finest whisky casks like our European counterparts and our friends across the straits. 2014 will be a challenging year as I am about to introduce my own bottling into my country...
I'm all prepared for 2014 and I guess I will have to stop being lazy and start working on my project asap. But then again, reflecting the year 2013...
What a year!
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