I tried hard not to give anything away. I really did try my best. I always tried to avoid what we’d be doing once Vanessa got to Melbourne, and tried to make it as much of a surprise as possible. But – my baby always has a sense of finding things out, or guessing surprises! So it wasn’t a total surprise: she knew we were going somewhere, but I never told her where we were going until she got to Melbourne. When I told he she said “I knew you planned for us to go somewhere! But I didn’t know Sydney!!” Hehe, just seeing the surprised look on her face gave me an amazing feeling of accomplishment. I tried hard to find a nice place, and set up the cheapest way possible to go to Sydney and back so that we’d have more money to spend while up there. Now, in order to get the cheapest airfares, I booked the early flight at 8am… I thought we could have gone to bed early the night before – but who was I kidding? We had so much to catch up on and we were so excited in seeing each other that we just stayed up so late, talking into the night. We were DEAD tired in the morning. I mean really tired. So once we had found the hotel and were told to wait until our room was ready, we bummed around the neighboring food court for a long time and just tried to get some rest. As soon as our room was open, our only thoughts were to go to bed.
The room was smaller than I was expecting (but still big enough to move around in), but it was definitely very cool and stylish looking. It was located in a great section of Sydney too: it is in the dead center of the city, so you can walk to pretty much any location in a matter of minutes, without having to walk from one side to the other. Like China town was 5 minutes away to the south west, the IMAX theatre (which we didn’t end up going to) was to the west, the harbor bridge and opera house were to the north (where we went into the ice bar and had some really strange tasting alcohol) and very close to the bus route/train station which meant that we could get around quite easily, and visit a few markets. The flat screen TV and microwave gave it a very ‘posh’ feel, and the bright colours on the walls and pillows gave it a very energetic feel. But, it wasn’t enough to keep us from falling asleep and we were soon snoring away the first hours of our trip. It was nice, though. I like those quiet moments, when its warm and cuddly and you can just lay side by side and hug each other while you rest. It’s those things that I look for in a relationship – just being able to enjoy all those little moments together; no talking, no moving – just laying in each others arms and enjoying their touch. I once heard a quote from a movie that said “You know you’ve found someone special when you can be quiet, and enjoy their company in silence.” It rings home so truly that I try to live my relationships by it.
After catching up on some really needed rest, it was time to go to our anniversary dinner that I had been planning for the two of us. I had rung around to at least 8 different restaraunts on the water front, asking them if they were A) Formal/Slightly Formal, so that Vanessa and I could dress nicely. And B) If they served Veal Scallopini Al Fungi (a dish that I have gotten Vanessa hooked on in Melbourne, and had wanted to try again when she got back). Out of the 8 or so that I called, only one offered to CUSTOM MAKE that dish (Which took them an hour to prepare the first time, and because they made it wrong we had to wait another 15 mins for the real version). I tried to make our anniversary dinner have connections to when I first told Vanessa that I liked her. Harbor side with a view of night sky buildings, lit up with bright lights - a remembrance of the docks in Melbourne. I Went through quite a bit of effort and planning to make our (quite possibly the last) anniversary together as special as possible. As we were going out for lunch the next day, do you know what she said to me? "What did we have for dinner yesterday... i cant remember.. was it chinese?" I gave her the most blank/hurt look I could give. And she still couldn’t get it for a few more seconds! haiz... lol. Oh well, at least i enjoyed it. Playing with the candle-light thingy was fun, and being force-fed yucky salad was my idea of a great time. But I think she did too, and I hope that we can celebrate even better anniversaries in future (we missed out on our 6month due to long distance, but we will make our first one back even more special to make up for it :) ).
We went home back to the hotel and stayed in for the rest of the night. Just the two of us laying down in bed, watching TV. Her eating the chocolate/sweets I bought her when she was asleep ( I tried to surprise her with food! Lol.. lame I know -_-) and just, enjoying our moments together. I don’t think she noticed, but I hardly watched TV that night. I was constantly looking over to her and getting the tingly sensations I had when I first told her that I liked her. I asked if it would always be like this, that we would get strange feelings after not seeing each other after so long… but I dismissed them again as quickly as they had formed in my mind. This wasn’t the time for that. I had to show Vanessa one of the best time’s she’s ever had. I want to make memories with her that will last a life time. I wanted her to pick what she wanted to do with me, and I’d organize it and take her there (my directions are slightly better than hers :P). All I wanted was for our last days together to be special….
I wanted to show how much I loved her.
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