in the beginning the bride
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The alarm clock buzzed unstoppably one early morning as I got up routinely for work, and out of nowhere, I realized it had been months now since the last time I have put into writing the events of my life. And I guess, this is high time for me to start scribbling because I ought to describe the person I would be spending the rest of my life with. I knew John since 1994 way back in our college days. I used to describe him as makulit, magulo, maingay…but there was more to this dude. For some reason, I think he had always been the target of my assessing skills, (thanks to my psyche course!). What interested me most was the fact that he has a twin brother (Oh yeah) and he, quite satisfactory indulged himself to the field of architecture, like his dad. Actually, whenever we go out in the mall or to any establishments he would naturally scrutinize the general structure, design, etc.
Through the years, he devoted himself to architectural field. His interest and goals became more crystal clear when he pursued building construction and put up his own business sometime in the year of 1999. I was there, in awe as I watched him move around and comply with the business requirements. The most admiring part was when he had to face the great of challenge to market his services, get clients, and make profits, so to speak. There were ebbs and flows on the process but I cherished those times that I got to be with him in his low moments, frustrations, pressures, and outright rejections. Because those tough times gave us more perspective and enriched our strategy in finding out the direction of our lives together.. John is a risk-taker. He usually choose the trial-and-error approach in dealing with most of his undertakings. However, he can be remarkably realistic too. He is the type who assesses and judges things based on what he sees, feels, and hears. This notable characteristic of him is quite contrary to my idealistic nature (okay, am working on this one!). John’s risk-taking quality unfortunately, cause him to make poor forecast of the mistakes or possible errors, dwelling more in being curative rather than being preventive…but hey, who said I should write about weaknesses. Hehe..! Okay fine.
A friend once told me that my weakness is John’s strength and vice versa. For example, I hate math but he loves it. I’m good at remembering peoples’ names while he is more inclined to remember the names of certain places. I think compatibility is not a problem here because our differences only made us compensate for our minuses. I have learned that John is the greatest bud I know, someone I can count on about my girly stuff. An incredible man who can support you on your cosmetic needs. He would volunteer to buy those stuffs for me including those hole- prone stockings. He can even be a chief of food control when I am in my so-so diet. Right on! But of course, among all other trivial matters I would say, John cannot be described in just a few words. No, he’s a man with so many hats to wear with a big heart to explore! They said, love is blind and marriage is an eye
opener. Yes, open our eyes Lord and let us see the things we cannot
change, and understand things we cannot comprehend because for that
matter You simply made us perfectly unique! |
