Last month marked our 10th wedding anniversary. That's a long, long time! The 9th of May to be exact. Except thats not exact because in Thailand, you're legally married when you stroll into the local council offices with two witnesses, give them a simple form and walk out ten minutes later with a certificate. You don't even need to book in advance at a quieter or more rural office, and that actually happened around the middle of May.
Just to confuse things further, the wedding photos and a video was shot at the end of the previous January!
No, the date we use is the date of the ceremony. The one with monks, splashing water and kneeling in front of the parents, not to mention the food, drink and open guest list. An introverts nightmare but the wife loved it, and that's all that really mattered, but still just a ceremony with zero legal status!
As I've said before, Thailand has an inate ability to make even the most simple procedures more complex than an MP's tax affairs.
So here we are, ten years on and without banging on about sickness, health, richer, poorer and mushy shite about loving to the moon and back i'll just say that we celebrated with a quiet meal after work at one of our favourite restaurants on Nathorn sea front, Kobori.
Kobori is a very well known Japanese restaurant here on Koh Samui and although I dont eat sea food, the wife loves it. They do a wonderful smoked salmon and she swears that the sushi is to die for.
Me, I love simple Japanese rice bowls. Nothing more than rice, beef and onions with a few deep-fried gyoza on the side. The best thing for me though is the beer. It's the only place that sells my favourite tipple, Asahi, on tap.
Nathorn sea front also has the added bonus of being the best sunset viewing point on the island. What could be more romantic?
So that's it. Happy 10th wedding anniversary to us, and that leaves me with just two months left to save up for another big celebration: The wife's 40th birthday! That could be seriously costly!
I'll leave you with a photo actually taken on the 9th of May 2014...
