While our food experience in Indonesia was not the best, as soon as we arrived in Malaysia, we found ourselves in the food paradise of Asia.
We first visited Ipoh where a friend of Dan lives. We visited him and stayed with him. Our friend bought us to eat in Dai Pai Don (Outdoor Chinese Restaurant) and introduced to us the traditional Malaysian dishes. He wanted us to try all the local food in two days. We knew we were going to have a food tour!
Ipoh is a city full of Chinese people. Food culture is quite similar to Hong Kong, especially how much food people can consume! flOra was talking to the mom and sister in Malaysian Cantonese all the time. The Malaysian Cantonese was quite different from the Hong Kong Cantonese that flOra used to speak. flOra felt like learning a new language even though it was her own mother tongue. There were many new phrases and expression she learnt while talking to them. She could now speak like Malaysian Cantonese.
As soon as we all sit down for Yum Cha (Chinese dinning usually with dim sum) the family wanted to order many dishes and asked us to order. Mom always wanted to make sure Dan was full and having enough. She ordered an American breakfast for him. To our surprise, the American breakfast had beans inside! Maybe it was a Malaysian British style breakfast!
When Daniel was young, he had a dream: to have an extended honeymoon with the woman he loves.
He did not know how she looks or where is she from, but he wanted to spend the first year of his marriage with his wife.
Inspired by the Bible verse, Deuteronomy 24:5 : When a man get married. The first year he shall not call to war or business, but stay at home and please his wife.
He thought what if people actually do it?
Life is short and full of hustles. Soon we will have kids, pursuing career, earning money and the list goes on and on. If we are to be married for 50 years of our lives, 1 year out of 50 is only 2%. Why don't we devote one year to just focus on marriage, enjoy and learn about each other, build a strong foundation for marriage, and create the memories that we would never forget?
We would never have the first year of marriage back. If we rush back to work the next day after our wedding and be occupied with other priorities in life, will we get to know each other’s needs or spend quality time together? So me (flOra) and my husband Daniel decided to give our best time and attention to each other in our first year of marriage.
This is part of our One Year Travel stories, specifically to Indonesia, Malaysia and South Korea. Enjoy our stories and visit our blog to know more:
http://www.floridanventure.com/blog
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