I ran through in my head a thousand and one times how it may be like, when it will take place and how he will say it. And still it was a beautiful surprise.
I did the most cliched response of laughing and crying at the same time – I now understand why ladies do that when they were proposed to. It was all so funny, so old school, so surprising, so heartwarming to know the lengths this man went to to ask you to be part of his life till forever.
After the wonderful MOCC Dining-In which was a big formal fanfare of medical officers graduating from their course, the now Captain Dr Eugene Chua lured me to the 5th floor of Sheraton Hotel which had a swimming pool. I had my suspicions when I saw the beautiful pool and the strangeness of his claim of having left his bag in that area.
Then I saw that poolside table with candles arranged in the shape of a heart, then a bouquet of flowers centered by my favorite sunflower. Then I saw the guitar on the chair and I finally realized that this must be it. My dear man, handsome and crisp in his No.2 army uniform, picked up the guitar and sang me a lovely song of love. It was then that I started to giggle uncontrollably, with tears rapidly welling up in my eyes. Our dear friends Jon and Sam popped out from the pavilion nearby armed with video camera and digital camera, capturing this moment.
Then he got down on a knee, and I could only say yes, yes of course, yes.
This journey will be long and nobody said it will be easy. But it is by faith we walk together, knowing that our Lord leads us. We walk towards Him together in this lifetime, and other troubles just don’t seem to matter so much anymore.
