Robin turned two! We were in the midst of organizing an under the sea party when the entire family came down with the flu. My procrastination turned out to be a blessing in disguise. We had a little celebration at home with my parents who flew in all the way from Singapore to spend the day with their grandson.
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I was told early in my pregnancy that women tend to forget the pain of childbirth. So before I do and make the irrational behaviour to conceive again, here’s the story of how baby Robin C Wang came into the world.
I was suffering from pregnancy insomnia in the final days of having him. On usual days, I turned in at 3 am and woke up only at 1pm. On the 2nd of February, I woke up at an impossible 9am and decided against all logic that I had enough of sleep. Then, I stood up and felt an oddly familiar gush from down below; it’s the kind of feeling you get when you sneeze during your period, except, I wasn’t supposed to have my period.
I think my water bag broke.
After 2 years of endless Skype calls, Bo and I got married. I would say we finally got married but 2 years only felt painfully long because of the distance. Realistically though, 2 years is not a long time at all.
On the 29th of July 2017, we registered our marriage in a small intimate ceremony in Singapore. While I thoroughly consider the ceremony a wedding, Bo insists that it isn’t because we didn’t have the traditional parts such as the Chinese tea ceremony. I would like to, at all cost, avoid the logistics of planning a large-scale event but I also think it’s important for us to go through the traditions. To be fair, Bo’s relatives were also unable to make the trip from China to Singapore so we will probably we having a small banquet in China to make up for it. If the groom wants a proper wedding, the groom gets a proper wedding 😂. On to our not so proper wedding now.
DONNA BOWEN 