300 days and counting !!
It is probably time to post an update on the David and Ming story. I have been remiss in just enjoying our life together and not sharing it with those who also have their Brides with them, and those who are still waiting.
It is fascinating to see how life has quietly evolved into a new phase, with lots of good, lots of "normal" and just a few bumps in the road.
In just 300 days we have come so far together, Ming has got her driving license and is fully mobile, she attends English classes and has got to a level of fluency that has surprised me. She is teaching Chinese at the local Chung Wa school on 3 days each week, and has already got several private commissions for home teaching.
Our home runs like a Swiss watch and is always immaculate (despite the shoes and slippers all over the place !!) , as is the garden and she just loves picking fresh fruit from our trees...the fruit is free and totally natural, she cant get over this luxury !!!
I have got used to feminine intimates hanging in the bathroom...she adamantly refuses to allow them to see the light of day and NEVER dries them outside in the glorious sunshine.
She can cook many western dishes now, and between us we have a cosmopolitan mixture of Chinese and western food. I am happy to share the cooking because we have a lot of fun experimenting with various dishes.
I have failed dismally in educating her about English Cricket and Aussie rules football...she just regards them as one small mental abberation that her LG has !!
She goes out with her mates on Thursday evening, mostly Chinese, but some other ethnics also join in...must be a bit like the United Nations when they get together. She has successfully learned to detest Julia Gillard and has a marked distaste for certain ethnic groups (but I wont go into detail...not appropriate here )
How she finds time for her busy schedule AND the time to continue to spoil me to death I dont know, but she is a real dynamo and never hardly gets rattled or flustered.
We are now busily preparing for her Parents to come for a visit in July, which she really wants...to show them that she has made a good choice and is very happy.
If there is a downside it is about money, she feels strongly that she needs to contribute financially and hates the fact that I provide all the cash, but I wont allow herto put te money from teaching into our joint funds, I want her to have that for herself. She demands sometimes that we are too frugal and I dont like this, we had a few rows about it, because I dont care about spending a bit of money on frivolous enjoyment, but she does...hey ho !! She cant get it into her head that tomorrow we may not be able to eat if we dont conserve cash. I have to stop her driving 20 km's to get some item of food that is on special and to stop her buying 20 of them at the same time. In the cupboard at the moment we have 26 bottles of honey that were $1.00 off...enough for 2 years and she drove 26 km to get them !!!
In summary...300 days....a beautiful new life together continues to evolve, it is not Earth shattering..it is just a quietly good, happy life with a woman who amazes me every day....lucky me
