IN MY MIND, I can hear Britney Spears singing that song clad in her hot revealing body hugging outfit dancing with a bunch of energetic back-up dudes. In my mind, I can hear the song and it makes my head jiggle while I am typing. And in my mind, I can hear the song and it makes me hum a soft tune. For a moment, I wonder if I still have the “moves” I used to have when I was a bit younger.

A few days back, I committed myself to Vienna to co-author her MyPinkNotes.com out of sheer curiosity to try out new things. It’s not really a big deal. Vienna and I – we have a special connection… virtually and otherwise. We met in a very unconventional way and in an instant I guess we clicked, both literally and figuratively. So, I have no regrets with the decision I made. In fact, I really enjoy writing for My Pink Notes. Did I tell you that, “pink” is my favorite color? Never mind.

Anyway, co-authorship is totally a new thing to me because I always do things “solo”. Not because I am a loner. Nope, I love companionship [that is why I had to take that last train ride to Matrimony Avenue just last year]. Not because I am a reclusive loser. Nah, I appreciate camaraderie with friends and relatives [even with some friendly strangers]. Not because I am an introvert. No way, I used to be the life of the party [oh, those days].

LAST NIGHT, Vienna talked me out again into another blogging endeavor. This time, I didn’t jump right into it without thinking. You see, Vienna has a certain charm that you cannot resist and before you know it, you will end up in a blind alley… so be warned. She is a charmer and it is her secret weapon… so beware. She is a pro… so be scared. Good thing, I am nippy and I can smell danger like a wicked fox. [I wonder why my power didn’t work the first time.] Last night, Vienna asked me again to co-author her other “baby” – BizarreMarriage.com. She was as sweet and innocent as ever. I didn’t even see it coming. She asked me in as-a-matter-of-factly way, that I almost said “yes” again. Good thing, I was cautious that time. And last night, I told Vienna… LET ME SLEEP ON IT. And she agreed.

GUESS WHAT? She won again. So here I am again, knocking my brain off to come up with my first post for this website to have a head’s start. I cannot promise you anything. I am just a simple stay-at-home wife and an “alien” step-mother. She said I have a lot to share here. She said I can do anything here. And she said I should feel at home here. [That’s how she operates.]

I cannot promise you guys anything because I know you love Vienna and her writings. I cannot guarantee that my writing style will be as good as hers. I cannot assure you that my ideas are as brilliant as hers. But if there is one thing that I am sure of, Vienna trusts me and so, I have a job to do.

Oh well what the heck… let’s give it a shot and blog on. ©

The scarcity of posts across all my blogs is due to the fact that I am extremely busy these days. As you might have learned from My Take on Things blog, we are moving to another city so preparations for this major move are taking so much of my time. Fortunately for this blog and My Pink Notes blog, I got somebody to see to it that posts come regularly.

Ruthi is a Filipina blogger whom I met online. Although we have not met face to face yet, I can say from our long chats that she’s a smart woman and a trustworthy person. I choose her to co-author My Pink Notes blog with me because I like her style of writing—heart warming and light. As for BizarreMarriage.com, I also believe that she could write great articles here since she’s in an intercultural marriage herself. It would good for this blog to have some of her thoughts because she can really present them in an interesting and funny-with-a-touch-of-sarcasm-but-still-delightful kind of way.

So if you are looking for some enjoyable reads, you can look forward to Ruthi’s articles about bizarre marriages and relationships.

I decided to start BizarreMarriage.com because I noticed that I have quite a number of posts regarding intercultural marriage and relationship scattered in some of my blogs and I would like to compile them all and put them into one blog.

As for the reason for this blog’s title…well, you might have already guessed that but just to stress it—this blog is going to be about my views on intercultural marriage and relationship as well as my personal experiences being in such bizarre marriage (wink*).

But here are some things I have to do first.

1. Find a theme for this blog.
2. Personalized the theme a little bit.
3. Write the “About Me” page.
4. Import posts from my other blogs.

After those things, I will start writing new posts and then I’ll promote this blog.

Wish me luck.