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August 15th was our second wedding anniversary, and because we've been so busy lately we just decided to have a relaxed, normal date day. But of course it turned out to be more than just a normal day; we laughed so much and had many special moments doing simple, everyday kind of things.

We went to Bistecca for lunch, one of our favorite restaurants in Itaewon for their Tiramisu and the memories we have there. We went there for our first Valentine's day before we got married (John-Michael gave me a letter that made me cry... and the guy sitting next to our table with his girlfriend asked John-Michael what his secret was), and when we were celebrating my college loan being paid off (which I cried for the second time because of hubby's surprise gift: the newest and the hottest Photoshop and Illustrator) - it's a place of sweet tears. I was a bit sad because they renovated the place completely and didn't look anything like the old quaint, cozy Bistecca anymore. But the food was still good. :)

Oh and I didn't cry this time. Although, I was fighting the tears when we exchanged our small gifts and hubs gave me my favorite kind of gift - a hand written letter and a paper robot I can make. My gift was a wedding album but I ended up returning it because it didn't get printed right. :/

Then we went to go look at furniture for our new place we'll be moving to next month. 

And... meet our new couch, everyone (what a way to celebrate our anniversary! :P)! One of the few things that made to our home when we got married was John-Michael's TV, brown leather couch, and fridge... and they served us well for the past two years. But it's time to say goodbye to hubby's old couch and he's a little sad... but it's ok! He (the couch) is going to our friend's house, so we can go visit him whenever we want. 

[some other friends we found... a birdie with a foaming pump, an amazing airtight lid for my mugs]

And we opened a sweet card from John-Michael's parents when we got home...

and the illustration on the card reminded me of a book I gave to John-Michael as a gift when we were dating!

It's a nonsense poem about the owl and the pussycat's love story... and I got this book for John-Michael because our nicknames for each other used to be owl and cat. The reason for that is because whenever I would show love to John-Michael by stroking his hair, he made an owl-like noise, and I sound like a cat in unexpected moments like when I drop things, get surprised or bump into something. 

I gave him the book wrapped and hidden behind a calendar I made, so he didn't get to see the book until after he proposed. I intentionally did it that way because we were semi-engaged at the time and I wanted the book to be a way of saying "yes" to his actual proposal. 

So I re-read it after seeing the card and it's a bit silly, but it's really similar to our love story!

[Adventure! JM used to say that he would take me on an adventure.]

[I don't really like the turkey, but our school mascot is a turkey! haha :P]

[This looks like us on our honeymoon to Jamaica... me exhausted in bed with JM feeding me.]

And this next one is my favorite...

The author wrote an incomplete sequel to "The Owl and the Pussycat" that begins: Our mother was the Pussycat, our father was the Owl, so we are partly little beasts and partly little fowl... haha!

But on a more serious note, I think it's pretty cool how marriage is like two very different creatures (a man and a woman) falling in love and learning how to dance together by the light of the moon. And of course, you can't forget the adventure part. ;)