The proposal - finally! ;)

Backstory: Jay and I have been seriously talking about marriage from last year till this year, so we started shooting for a 2013 date early this year.

Problem: He was a bajillion miles away from me and he could not be here to ask me to marry him, little did I know he was planning a surprise for me!

Lies involved: He told me he was coming over in May to help me move so I naturally assumed that was when he was going to ask.

Parties involved: All his friends and my parents and Lynn and Weeli KNEW HE WAS COMING, and nobody told me sigh.

So there I was in Sydney for my birthday weekend - for which Lynn had convinced me to go celebrate my birthday there instead of staying in Melbourne. And we were doing our thing shopping in Paddington (very posh indeed) and walking along the street because Weeli was stuck in 'traffic' so he couldn't pick us up earlier. Suddenly this guy jumps out of the shop next door and yells "SURPRISE!". Oh my goodness it was Jay Ong in the flesh. I was stunned into silence and disbelief for a while because my brain just couldn't fathom that this was possible (he wasn't supposed to be there anyway!). They then proceeded to bring this massive croquembouche tower out of the car from Adriano Zumbo which was my birthday present :)

I was so happy at that time because we were going for dinner at Aria. See I had wanted to go to Aria for a long time and so I was "supposed" to go to Aria with Lynn and Weeli (they had made a "booking" a few weeks ago), and I asked them if they had included Jim in the reservation and they mumbled something and so they had to break the surprise to Jim as well (who was clueless before that). In the end Jay told me the reservation was only for the two of us and I was secretly excited because I thought he was going to propose to me there. BUT NO! They brought out all the courses of our degustation and a dessert plate with a "Happy Birthday" on it, but no ring, and no proposal. To say I was gutted would be an understatement. So fine, he was going to be here for a week and he told me we would be going to Attica the next Saturday so I decided that I will be patient and wait for him :)

The next day he wakes me up (extremely early in the morning mind you) and tells me that we're going for an excursion about one hour north of Sydney. I was grumpy because I am not a good morning person, and Lynn came into the room to fuss about my hair and clothes for some strange reason. Off we went on our journey to Palm Beach, and we stopped at The Boathouse which was a quaint cafe/restaurant on Palm Beach. Very rustic, beachy feel, and extremely popular with the Saturday morning breakfast crowd. We had to wait to get a table and even then it was in the blindingly hot sun. Good food though, one of the best breakfast meals I've ever had. After breakfast he then asked me to take a walk on the jetty which I refused saying "For what!". HAHA. Then he tried to get me to walk on the beach - same response. I was so grumpy because of the early morning, the long drive and the hot sun. SOOOO he said fine, let's just walk on the grass. I said okay, that will do. THEN he proceeds to set up Weeli's fancy camera on the tripod to take "couple pictures" and I got even more grumpy because he was taking forever! And I said my goodness just use my iPhone camera lah please. 

Next thing I know he pulls out the remote and tells me to pose with him and he presses the remote to supposedly take a picture. Little did I know he was taking a video, and then he proceeded to get down on one knee and the rest is history :) Poor thing was sweating and stuttering and so nervous that the ring wouldn't fit. But it fit like a charm. 

So that's it. That's my sweetest fiance who went to great lengths to cook up this amazing surprise for me! 

I am so lucky to be marrying you baby! 

Hiatus

365.

25/09/10.

Of us and our first year together :)

It hasn't been an easy journey so far, that much I can tell you. Being so far away from him can be really difficult sometimes. It gets lonely, this road. Sometimes I stare at other couples and think to myself, if only I could hold his hand, or stare into his eyes and tell him that I love him. Other times I just avoid going out with the others because they're all couples and who really likes being the third wheel right?

And then there are the fights. Any guy who can stand me and the times when I get all moody and melodramatic or when I get super sensitive and possessive is a keeper for sure. He never raises his voice at me, and is always waiting patiently for me to come to my senses. The best thing about the fights? He always apologises first no matter who started the fight in the first place. And he never lets me sulk all night and leave it unresolved. 

But then there are the times when I come home to a gazillion notifications on facebook from him leaving countless messages on my wall, or the times when I get to see and hear him on skype or gmail chat. And when he puts a great, big smile on my face and makes my heart skip a beat. Those times are when I think, the wait is worth it. The wait will be worth it.

I'm thankful that I still get to hear his voice telling me that he loves me, that I get to see his face no matter how pixelated it may be, that I get to tell him about my day on gmail chat, that I get to have him pray with me. I'm thankful that he's committed to seeing this through, that he's committed to me. I'm thankful that I have a guy who loves me for who I am, not for who I could be, or for who I should be, but for me. I'm thankful that I have an amazing guy to do life with now, and hopefully for the rest of my days on this earth.

To the one who's always been there for me.

I love you because...

You love God with all your heart.

You look kinda cute sometimes. Sometimes ;)

You make me laugh and cry at the same time.

You make fun of me and then apologise for it later on :)

You cook me awesome breakfast.

You will go out of your way to make sure I'm okay.

You ask your friend to buy flowers for me just because it's our month-ivesary.

You drive me home when I'm too tired to take the wheel.

You give me your jacket when I'm feeling cold.

You smell incredible :D

You can rhyme and make stupid puns.

You go to great lengths to get me hard-to-find makeup.

You buy me presents for no reason at all.

You have good taste in music, and you make me playlists!

You always tell me that I'm beautiful even when I'm in my subway uniform.

You make me coffee in the wee hours of the night.

You leave me texts and messages on facebook telling me that you love me.

You are always just a phone call away.

You hold me close and tell me everything is going to be okay.

You always make me work through our issues and not push them away.

You fight hard for us, and you fight hard to make this work.

But most of all, I love you because you make me feel loved. 

And that my darling, is more than anyone could ever ask for.