Our Story: Chapter 3

The Proposal

We were together for slightly more than 6 months and it was Christmas Eve 2008. It was our first Christmas Eve together. We had a cozy dinner at Coffee Club at Harbourfront where we both ordered his favorite Garlic Prawn pasta. After that, we caught Twilight at Vivocity although he wasn’t very keen on watching it. Throughout the show, he seemed very uncomfortable as if his pants were too tight, but I did not suspect anything and just continued watching the show. Usually, I am quite sharp but that day, I was slightly drunk from the drinks I had with my colleagues before I met him. I wanted very much to go back and rest after the show but he insisted that we head on down to East Coast Park for a while. So being the sweet girlfriend I was and also because it was our first xmas eve together and I did not want it to end so soon, I let him have his way.

We could not find any empty seats along the beach that night and we were just walking along the track when suddenly a blue box (not Tiff n Co. though) appeared in front of me. At first I thought it was my xmas present until I heard the words “Will you marry me?” It was totally unexpected and as I said I was abit slow to catch on that day because I still had alcohol in my system. I thought I heard wrongly until I asked him to repeat what he had said and while looking into my eyes, he repeated his question. I said "Yes" and now here we are .. Starting on a new journey together ..

~~ Looking forward to being Mrs Tan ~~

Our Story: Chapter 2

This is a continuation to my previous entry on Our Story. To read Chapter 1, click here.

The Continuation

After the movie, J sent me home because I had to take the car from my sis to pick up my parents who were coming back from China that evening. When we reached my place, my sis was not back yet and I had forgotten to bring my keys out with me. Although he had to rush to his colleagues wedding dinner that night, he accompanied me till my sis came back.

We went out quite frequently after that and after getting to know each other more, I started looking forward to seeing his messages and hearing his voice. Gradually, I realized that his height was not that big an issue to me anymore.

One day, we met up for dinner at Suntec after work. We were strolling along when he suddenly tried to hold my hand. The funny thing was I was holding a tissue paper in my hand there and we were both so embarrassed after that. That night, he called me after sending me back home to tell me how he felt about me. I was abit hesistant to start a new relationship as i had just broken up with my ex not that long ago and i was afraid that this would be a rebound r/s. I asked him for more time to reconsider and during this time, he did some things that really touched me and made me realise that he was really sincere in being with me and that he was really different from the guys that i have been with previously. A few days later, he brought me out for dinner at Bedok and he asked me to be his girlfriend again .. I said yes and that marked the beginning of out parthology .. 

This time its different
Its all because of you
It's better than its ever been 'Cause we can talk it through Oh, my favourite line was "Can I call you sometime?" Its all you had to say to take my breath away

~~ Looking forward to being Mrs Tan ~~

Our Story: Chapter One

I met J online thru one of the then-popular social networking site Frienster and the rest is history ..

The Message

It all started one Sunday afternoon in May 2008 when I received an email notification that I had a message in Friendster. I logged in and saw this fella with a picture of his side profile telling me that he wanted to be friends and that i could easily block him if i decided not to talk to him. I remember thinking that his side profile look cute and there was no harm making more friends. So i replied him and added him on MSN and we started chatting from there. Gradually, we exchanged phone numbers and started SMS-ing which led to phone calls that lasted a few hours.

Fate at Play

I don't know if it was fate or just pure coincidence but there were a couple of times after we started chatting when we happened to be in the same area at the same time. We would be SMSing each other throughout the day and he would ask me where am I and I would tell him and he would tell me that he was at the particular place awhile ago. He suggested a couple of times to meet up but being the shy me, I gave him lots of excuses to not meet him.

There was once i was playing mahjong at my cousins place at Sembawang and he also happened to be at Sun Plaza. That was when i had a feeling that it could be more than just coincidence.

The Meeting

It so happened that J was taking a short break before starting work at a new company and Kungfu Panda was on the screens. Being the big kid that he is, he wanted to watch it but all his friends were like "What?? You want to watch cartoon?? Don't want lah!" So he ended up watching the show himself during his break. When I told him that I also wanted to watch the show but had no one to accompany me to watch, he offered to watch it with me again.

That Saturday, my parents were out of town and were due back in the evening and my sis had taken the car so after helping my Grandma wrap dumplings, I walked down to AMK Hub to meet him. It was raining heavily then and he offered to pick me up from my Grandma's place. But being the considerate me, I told him that I would meet him there. When I reached, he told me to look out for a wearing a black polo t-shirt and holding a blue umbrella. He had already went down in the morning to get the tickets for the show so we went to Nebo for drinks since we were still early.

My first impression of him was normal and there were no sparks. I had already decided that we would remain friends and nothing more. Mainly because he was the same height as me although he likes to think that he is taller than me. I have always liked my guys to be taller than me cos i love my high heels. But all these were set to change .. Stay tuned for the next instalment of Our Story: Chapter Two ..

It started over coffee.
We started out as friends.
Its funny how from simple things, the best things begin.

~~ Looking forward to being Mrs Tan ~~