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Shawn has gotten me an uber nice wedding present! It came as a surprise one day as we were unpacking our grocery bags. At the bottom of one bag, beneath all that organic tomatoes and eggs, was this medium sized boxed, inconspicuously wrapped with brown paper. I asked him what was the box all about, and he simply told me it was for me to open and find out. =) Open it I did, and to my delight I found the little Prada bag I’ve always wanted but was too stingy to buy, lol. I thanked him profusely and secretly vowed to get him a present too!

I racked my brain day and night for the ideal gift when suddenly it hit me: By golly, I’m going to get him an XBOX 360! Shawn owns a Sony PS3 and a Nintendo Wii (he’s nuts about video games), and the only thing he does not have is an XBOX 360. So I went over to a local game store and got him the latest bundle with 60GB hard drive and a couple of games. While there, I found tons of nice accessories and even saw a PINK wireless controller which I included in my purchases! I love pink stuff and how appropriate it is to buy that controller because that meant I can actually play with him occasionally. Shawn was always rattling on and on about how he wishes I play video games too just like the “other guys’ girlfriends”.

Armed with the console, pink controller and games like GTA IV, Fable 2, Fallout 3 and Left 4 Dead, I presented Shawn with the package right after dinner last night and he was pleased as punch! He was even happier when I told him that I won’t mind joining him for a gaming session or two sometimes. And I did mean it. We played Left 4 Dead, a cool zombie shoot-em-up game which I enjoyed immensely. I found out that it was pretty easy to master the controls after all. It was very intuitive and easy to manage!

Have you ever watched a movie with your boyfriend and have its soundtracks stuck in your head for weeks on end before you decide that “This is it, this is our song!” Well in the case of Shawn and I as a couple, we watched Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore’s “50 First Dates” and never quite gotten over how beautiful the movie was. We loved the movie so much, we actually went to the movies every night for one week straight just to watch it over and over again!

Most particularly, we love the song “Somewhere over the rainbow” by Israel Kamakawiwo Ole just because it was so relaxing and endearing. I feel exactly the same way whenever I am with Shawn. He makes me feel relaxed and completely at ease with myself as well as the world. He makes me feel like nothing could ever go wrong as long as he is by my side.

Then there’s the song “Wouldn’t it be nice” by the Beach Boys. It’s bright and cheery and Shawn told me that the song suits me to a ‘T’ because that is how I am – bright and always cheerful. =)

Finally, we agreed on a single song that’s to be played right after we are officially man and wife – “I want to grow old with you” sung by Adam Sandler in his movie “The Wedding Planner”. There was a little history behind this. During our early courtship when we were far apart (we were in a long distance relationship before we moved closer to each other) Shawn actually sent me an MP3 of this song. It sat in my Inbox, with no other words accompanying it. I heard the song and immediately fell in love with its whimsical tune and meaningful lyrics, as well as the sender – Shawn.

I particularly love this verse:

“So let me do the dishes in our kitchen sink
Put you to bed when you’ve had too much to drink
Oh I could be the man that grows old with you
I wanna grow old with you.”