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It's been more than 2 months since my last post, and so much has happened since then. I turned 20, got a new job, and Lun enlisted into the army and just recently POP-ed. It's been a rollercoaster to say the least. The past months have, as usual, been a torrent of highs and lows, but I consider myself lucky enough to be able to say that I've had a good mix of both. There weren't too many dull moments to black out the good, and despite adjusting to a new phase in life, I was still able to always have something nice to look forward to.
I've said it a lot of times to my friends all around me, but Lun being in the army makes life seem like a perpetual countdown. We are always counting the days down till he's able to book out, and then looking at the hours go by until he needs to book back in. Time never seems to be enough when someone you love needs to be elsewhere, especially since Lun and I were basically inseparable before the army. I'm not ashamed to admit it either - different couples work differently. Some do better and would rather not see each other every day, but some just like the comfort of being able to see each other regularly.
It was - and still is - that way for Lun and I. He is my stability, and my home to return to at the end of every work day. His home is basically my home, and I am so fortunate to be able to have a second family that is willing to welcome me and include me in their own dinners and activities, as if I was never a stranger to begin with.
So you could imagine how strange it would seem to suddenly not have all of that. I don't regularly see Lun anymore, neither do we have family dinners often. But that's what makes his book out days so much more dear to me. It's saving up the dates and the things we want to do together and making plans in advance, and it's finally being able to see him at the end of his two-week confinement, all stinky, sweaty and callused but still him all the same.
Eventually, you start to get used to it, though not entirely. Now it's all about focusing on my work when the weekdays are here so I can spend the time with him on the weekends, and getting used to being excited for Fridays, and then dreading Sunday nights. But it's all temporary, and I'm so happy that Lun is also finding joys in the army, and enjoying the friends and experiences that he's gained.
After his POP last Wednesday (technically last last Wednesday since it was almost 2 weeks ago), we had an entire week to just chill and relax. An entire week, oh the opportunities haha. Besides being useless bums at home and just lazing around the bed and watching Ah Boys To Men (because, relevance), we also made a short weekend trip to Taiwan.
It's quite funny actually. Lun has already been there THREE times in a row. Three. The first with his school, the second with us for our grad trip, and now one more time with just us. With his SCS course, he might also be required to go to Taiwan again for training lol, four times in a row? It sounds a bit ridiculous, but Taiwan was almost a no-brainer for us because #1, comfortable and efficient Metro system that will get you anywhere you need to be in Taipei without a hitch, #2, we felt like there was still so much more we could do around the city, and #3, night market food, ru rou fan, and Chun Cui He milk teas. Need I say more?
It was so chilled, and I enjoyed the quick respite from reality. It's good to finally put aside the to-do list every once in a while and just dedicate your entire time to doing whatever you want. And I'm thankful that we were able to do this together. This was our first actual trip together, just the both of us, and I daresay that it only makes me want to travel with him more. Next stop, Jap bby? ;)
Anyways, I'm sorry for the damn ramble. Sometimes you feel like you can't type two coherent sentences and other times you get too carried away, without realising that you've already gone SEVERAL paragraphs deep. Oops. Are you even still reading to this point? Kudos to you if you are hehe. Not much pictures this time because we basically went to roughly the same places we did before, except making a trip down to the zoo (which was pretty lacklustre, we still enjoyed the Singapore Zoo a gazillion times more), the Xinyi Shopping District, and the SOGO stores.
But just 2 weeks from now, I'll be embarking on another trip - this time to Japan and Korea with Belle. We've had this planned more than a year back, and I remember us whining about how it's 6 months away. How did 6 months become 2 weeks? We'll be gone for 21 days - the longest I've ever been overseas - and I'm feeling a weird mix of excitement and fear. But hey, what's life without stepping out of your comfort zone and doing something you've never done?
Till then.
