Zee Cornelius

Some say, 30s is the new 20s. I don’t quite understand that for when I look back to my 20s, there were much to learn from and mistakes to avoid. At 30, I don’t want to be the indecisive 20 year old me.

The start of being 30 was a little erratical for me. When the Wan kept going that he somewhat had a surprise for me, I didn’t expect to be putting everything away for a day. Being the workaholic (according to Wan) that I am, I found it hard to leave the studio while there were still things to settle. It was the period where we had our first huge project for Singapore Kindness Movement.

I started to see the restlessness in Wan at about 2pm. Though he did ask me to pack for an overnight stay somewhere, I really couldn’t figure out where he’d planned to bring me. When we had a last minute courier to be arranged, he got almost agitated with me. After everything was quickly settled, we got into a cab & to my (first) surprise, we were going to Siloso Beach Resort!

As I was just about to soak everything in as we got into our room; all the planning without me knowing (!!), Wan got a phone call on his mobile asking him to meet at the lobby. When I asked, he said it was to get the iron board & iron we’d requested for. Weird, I thought… Why would they call his mobile instead of the room’s phone?

And so it was his second surprise for me; a bouquet of my favourite sunflowers! The day was really such a rush, and by the time it was dinner, he brought me to my supposed last surprise of the night; cable car ride! Woot!

Though there was a little mishap; my pendant dropped along the way as we ran through the rain to get to the shelter – the Wan bought me a lovely replacement.

I supposed I was overall surprised that he managed to still surprise me after all these years.

Being 30, married to the Man I love, working alongside him day to day; is the best thing that can happen to me.

I am truly blessed.