Sorry for the lack of updates guys, has been a bit of a wildrollar coaster ride.
Ling and I had a big fight over her smoking mostly due to the fact that we had spent the day on the beach and I probably drank to much wine and got too much sun, which is not really a good excuse at all...
She stormed out of our hotel and checked into the one next door (i found that out the next day).
She called me the next morning and we met up and made up:)
I'm back now in Tianjin from Malaysia and head back home in a couple of days, not looking forward to that.
Ling back at her folks place ..washing my clothes
Lets just say that after the argument things really cleared up for both of us. Funny as it may sound we have been far stronger since, it really cleared the air.
And Ed..the getting back together wasn't bad later on to haha!
Ling and I talked long into the night after getting back and our last day in Penang was spent at a lovely hotel right on the beach with fantastic views, it was super romantic and we both loved it. On our last day we hired out a taxi for the day and he just drove us to various places on the Island to see, it was great and stress free, we had a wonderful time.
Ling must have taken like a thousand photos on the trip and can tell she is utterly bursting to tell her friends all about it. She never saw Muslims in full dress before and it made a big impression on her with the way the women dress and the fact that men can have four wives and it seems in Penang they often did!
I am going back home on Sunday but Ling wants to ask her parents permission for me to visit them tomorrow, and we all know what that means right?!
This has been a big decision for her, she was in love with her last husband when he divorced her and she said she had the worst six months of her live after that and she wanted to be sure before committing to anyone again so she doesnt have to experience that again. I understand that totally so know she is taking a big leap of faith from her perspective.
Regarding the smoking she explained it to me and has agreed she wont smoke inside as I don't like the stink of it on clothes etc, she says she wants to quit anyhow, again as an ex smoker of 18 years, know exactly how hard thats so respect her for that and will not bring it up again.
She's the one, proving the meeting with the parents goes ok tomorrow (she is very confident it will) then we are planning on a marriage on Chinese new year 2010 with a honeymoon maybe in Thailand as it will be nut numbingly cold in Tianjin in February!!
I'm going to visit her in November for a couple of weeks also.
I would like to move t China to do the TEFL thing and Ling who has a good job here is ok with that - I don't think there would be much work for her in Ireland except level cleaner type roles which which would drive her crazy coming from a fairly senior management level role in China. I hope to move to China next June approximately.
I'm sorry I havent had time to update the forum as well, its been one heck of a ride!
