The Proposal

It happened months back. Initially weren't sure whether I want to share this but happy news are meant to be shared! And I guess it is good to have this documented because my memory is getting worse these days, moments like this should stay and be remembered 😍

June 16th 2017, the day started just like any other normal days. It wasn't a birthday, an anniversary or any festive day. It was a Saturday, I picked him up from work (he works half day) and as usual we will go to the gym together. In our gym clothes, maximizing our workout. I usually don't touch my phone at all when I workout, I realized he occasionally used his phone and figured he's busy with work, which he usually is since he ventured into entrepreneurship.

After we are done, all sweaty, he told me he wanted to get flower pots! 😂 We had been talking about getting a pot for our baby avocados for weeks. However cause we were so sweaty, I told him we could get them next time, yet he insisted on getting them so I was fine with that.

On our way back, he was talking about how we met, from strangers to couple👫. How we used to just chat and talk, be each others' pillar and encouragement even before we got together. How it all started so abruptly but feels so perfect. It feels like a casual talk. We usually talk and laugh about the process, and how far we came, with all the doubts and becoming so in love. 

When we arrived his house, his families were at the living room. As usual I will just walk to his room, prepare to shower and get change for dinner. I walked ahead of him because he has to lock the main gate. This was when it happened. 

As I reached the room, I stood frozen at the door, staring at the bed. For a moment my mind went blank. The first thing I thought was "oh maybe his sister was doing some handcraft so she used his bed because his room is downstairs and more convenient". Not till he walked in and told me it's for me that I was trying to figure things out. You see, from where I was standing at the door the "Marry me?" was upside down and the flowers bouquet was blocked by the door 😂😂

He held on to my shoulder and made me stand in front of the bed, only then I could see the whole view "Marry me?", the ring💍, the bouquet and heart shape petals💞. I couldn't say a word. He took the ring from the bed, and I told him "I really need to use the toilet". So he asked me "ring or toilet first?" and I said "toilet!" while I rushed to the toilet. 😂😂 epic proposal hahaha

When I got back, he kneeled on one knee and presented me the ring, said "Marry me?" and I said "yes!". And he puts the ring on my finger. Then I started sobbing, badly. I wasn't sad at all, I was surprised, happy, shocked, overwhelmed? We did talk about getting married but I never expected that ME, I, Meilin! would ever get married. I am not someone who ever plan for marriage, not someone who always look forward to get married. I was so glad, so delighted, it felt so unbelievable. This man, actually thought I am worth marrying! This man actually wants me to be his wife, his lifelong partner! And this man is so great I always thought he dropped from heaven and is my guardian angel! ❤👫

All the time I was sobbing so hard, he had to close the door and he hugged me tightly, gave me kisses, making sure this is what we both wanted and he is there to stay....all the time while we were still sweaty in our post gym clothes, but it was perfect! Workout and gym are what brought us together, our common interest. 

This proposal after gym and in gym clothes is just perfect. It was not a romantic candle light dinner, an overseas trip, a stay-cation at the beach, on top of the mountain or in the water Lol, but it was totally US, totally our style. This man picked a very simple ring, which is totally my style for simplicity. He just knows me so well, sometimes I figured more than I know myself.

Background story: since he was working all morning, where did he get the time to do all the decorations and buy the flower bouquet? He asked his sisters to help him 😂 I feel so shy cause his sisters actually knew that he was going to proposed since like a week before so they had been in their poker face. And, he picked the ring with his Mum and sisters, so his Mum knew as well. His family collaborated so well for him to surprise me! 💕

So that's how we got engaged! Now planning for our wedding, which is about a year to go!