How We First Met

To tell the truth, when I first saw my fiance, I didn’t instantly fall in love with him and it was never a love at first sight...I never pictured myself being with someone who is not from the same religion and culture and the fact that he is 3 years younger than me, lagi la the thoughts of us being together never occurred in my mind la kan.

It started out during my second year of studies when I had to work part-time to earn some cash. Turns out that he was working there part-time as well to save up money for college. When I first saw him... my first impression was that he’s very jambu and cute but not my kind of guy. Back then, I like busuk and messy kind of guy. LOL. 

But after few months of knowing him as a friend and colleague, I noticed that he is very different from other guys I know though at that time I still have not developed any feelings for him yet. Only after going out a bunch of times with some friends of ours, we started getting closer and comfortable with each other. 

And then....one day.... he asked me if I had any plans on the weekend. I replied him YES as I have already promised to see my friend, to teman her do her hair in one of the salon in One Utama and at the same time do mine BUT in  the end I told him that he could tag along if he wanted to and he said yes.

Unfortunately, on that day, the hair treatment session took longer than usual and he had to wait for me for 3-4 hours in the hair salon. My perut dah already bunyi sebab lapar sangat but of course I didn’t ask him to get anything for me la kan, sebab takut nanti kena chop diva but somehow entah macam mana, he could read my mind cuz he bought me a set meal from Burger King. I was like, awww...you didnt have to do that tapi lapar punya pasal I makan je. Haha. After I had done my hair, we went to Coffee bean to have their frappucinos...

Hmmm, after that first outing (can’t call it a date as my friend was there)... days passed by and we became even more close to each other and we went on a couple of dates after that.  I kind of knew that he has feelings for me already but my feelings for him had only started to grow after the occurrence of this certain event, as it was on that day, I started to look at him as someone whom I should seriously consider...

...somewehere in 2005 while I was working, datang la this psycho guy whom I kept avoiding (I have my reasons for avoiding him which I can’t disclose them here. I think the reasons are enough to make me hate him). Each time he called or asked me out I will tell him that I’m busy. One day he just couldn't take it anymore and decided to create a scene at my workplace. Can you imagine it???! Emotional gila kan?. He wanted to see me outside but I refused. He then forced me to follow him and started to raise his voice and all in front of everyone! Sumpah loser mamat tu.

But it’s so happened my fiance was there and we were supposed to have lunch together that day. When he saw how mad that guy and how degil I was, he stepped in and gently asked the guy to let go of me since I have refused to follow him. But.... this guy being as persistent and psycho as he is, still refused to give in!.  

Since this drama has attracted many unwanted attention from the public, my boss then called me and the psycho guy to his office. We were in there for soooooooooo long and by that time lunch hour had already passed. I figured my fiance must have taken his lunch. My boss asked me how to settle the issue and I decided not to make things worse by lodging a police report even though I was pretty sure that the psycho guy would disturb me again.... After hours of negotiating a solution, my boss finally released me and asked me to clear my head and go have lunch. I told myself that I’m not going to have lunch as I have already lost my appetite...

But as I opened the door...

...there he was......my fiance....waiting for me the entire time and looking sooooo worried. I was S.M.I.T.T.E.N and felt so touched as it was very unexpected of him...

and when my boss saw my fiance standing there, he told him to take me out for lunch knowing that my fiance was waiting for me... :)

The Proposal...

Since this is my very first entry, I thought of sharing my proposal story as this would mark the beginning of a new chapter in my life.

My fiance and I have been dating for around 6 years now (I think 6 years is probably the time when we girls start to wonder if the guy is ever going to propose or not right??). Hmm... even though we come from a totally different family background with me being a Malay and he being a Chinese, we both knew that we only wanted to be together...considering the fact that we have been together for a long time and have been through many obstacles together...

But unlike most couples, the marriage route is definitely not an easy route for us (especially him). There are many things to be considered and also a lot of hati and perasaan to be taken care of. So we both agreed to just wait until it is the right time (though I must admit that it kills me when I’m not sure how long more I should wait...haha)...

But it was on the 7th of July 2011 when he picked me up from my work place and took me to one of the most romantic restaurants that I have ever visited. (We were listening to songs by Westlife during the entire time we were in the car...which is not his typical playlist. He even menyanyi along with a couple of the songs...though he didn’t get most of the lyrics right. He did that to set a romantic mood. Lol). 

After being stuck in a traffic jam for almost an hour, we finally arrived at the Teeq Brasserie restaurant which is situated at the rooftop of Lot 10 ngam ngam on time as he has made an earlier reservation. The ambience of that place couldn't have been any more romantic and we had a great meal especially the cheese glazed fried prawns...

 

Halfway through our meals, he then recited some romantic words (which what seemed like vows) and pulled a ring and popped the one million dollar question that I have been wanting to hear;

He: Hmm, B, will you marry me (while holding the ring)?

Me: Puzzled. (Even though I actually knew beforehand that he was going to propose and was fully aware of the fact that he had bought the ring a month ago, I still somehow could barely speak).

He: Repeated himself.

Me: Still speechless.

And then he looked at me and said...

B..........Uhm........I want to marry you......... and I would ask you to marry me over and over again..... at a different time and place until you say yes. Uhm.....I would never give up on us...

Me: Melting gila and happily said YES!

Well, even though he didn’t get down on his knees like all those romantic comedies, it was still beyond sweet. I’m praying hard that he is my jodoh sent by God until eternity. Amin.