Yes. I am officially engaged π It’s not that I didn’t see this marriage proposal coming. Yeah how can I be so sure? It’s because we work backwards. Last Sept/Oct, after seeking approval from our parents, we balloted for a BTO flat 3 months into dating and was very lucky to get a nice queue number! Location is ideal and we will be staying around the 20th floor (bye to smelly garbage trucks)! Everything went very smoothly and we decided that we will tie the knot in Sept this year. Subsequently, we found a photographer for our engagement shoot and also booked a venue for our solemnization ceremony in Feb. So, apart from the wedding cake and invitation cards, we were only left with one thing — the marriage proposal!
Two crucial questions: 1) WHEN is he going to propose? and 2) HOW is he going to propose?
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On 25th June 2011, Chewy Charles went down on one knee and proposed to me at Once Upon A Milkshake (Maxwell outlet). Even till now, I’m extremely overwhelmed by this whole episode. The tremendous effort that he put into preparing this surprise really touched my heart. There are just some things that money cannot buy. I’m simply amazed by how willing and determined Chewy Charles was in the making of the video and of course it would not have been possible without the help of his university buddies from his fydp group. π
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So how did I end up at OUAM if it was meant to be a surprise? Chewy Charles roped in our fellow food blogger friends and so, a couple of days before, Maureen texted me that the rest would be going for a tasting and asked if I wanted to go. She even asked me to ask Chewy Charles to join in. I remembered him telling me that he had to collect his transcript at NTU two weeks ago. Boys and girls, open your eyes and look. This is how a fake tasting session would look like. Hahaha!
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After ordering our milkshakes, Maureen took a Macbook from the OUAM staff and told us to watch the ‘media kit’ which came in the form of a video clip. Now i’m wondering how could I not have sensed anything amiss when most of them were standing behind me.
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Watching the video intently.. That’s Derrick filming me! Sneaky! Haha.
Photo credit: Maureen Ow
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I have to say that I was very surprised and also mildly amused when I saw Chewy Charles in the video π
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And then god knows what happened. I CRIED! It was embarrassing I tell you. Those weren’t tears of joy. I was actually crying uncontrollably. Tears kept streaming down my face. If I were alone, I swear I could have wailed out loud. That was how touched I was. Anyway, nobody offered me tissue! So sad leh. π Lol!
Haha ok after relating so much about how I felt.. Here’s the proposal video! :))
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Well, I don’t know what’s with this expression. I think this was how I looked like when my heart ached for the silly boy upon thinking how much he must have gone through in the process of making this video. I once cried when he accidentally cut his thumb. I’m crazy right.
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Still tearing.. Kai was keeping a lookout for Chewy Charles and his surprise party of 9. When the video was coming to an end, he gave a thumbs up sign and they marched over.
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The first thing that Chewy Charles asked me was, “Aiyo! Why you cry until like that?!”
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Each one of our 9 friends who formed the surprise party came in holding a heart on stick, forming the words, “PLS MARRY ME”. Chewy Charles contributed to the last letter.
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Chewy Charles recited a great deal and I really cannot remember his exact words. I don’t even think I managed to digest what he had said! I was asking myself if this was all just a dream.
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After Chewy Charles popped the question, I whispered, “Uhhhh what should I say?” Hahaha fail. It was his idea to pick out ‘Y’, ‘E’ and ‘S’.
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This is one of the extremely rare photos of Chewy Charles smilingly so happily! Haha horrible la, there were still tears in my eyes! But anyway, both of us look really happy huh? π
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Him: “I bought your ring already but don’t know whether the size is correct or not..”
Me: “Huhhhhhh..” while eyeing the diamond ring at the same time.
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Photo credit: Ellena Guan
Happily engaged and looking forward to our solemnization π
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We sincerely want to thank our food blogger and twitter friends (Maureen, Kai, Rey, Derrick, Yan Cai, Jia Yi, Rae, Joyce, Lisa and Ellena). The ‘tasting session’ would not have been possible without them π And thanks for all the amazing photos!
Chewy Charles decided to contact this particular group of my jc girl friends (Alicia, Esther, Nicolez and Joyce) because he figured that if there were any form of leakage, it would seem not as suspicious because he had not met them in person and were not friends with them on facebook. Thanks to these wonderful girl friends who acted as part of the surprise team and took time off to witness this proposal.
And of course, not forgetting this very important and supportive group of NTU friends (Kai Yang – not in picture, Sin Yee, Kelvin, Hong Ming, Cheng Wei and Joel) who without any complaints (I hope! Haha), helped Chewy Charles in directing, filming and editing the video. They braved the sun and the rain and their efforts are appreciated.
Photo credit: Maureen Ow
Photo credit: Maureen Ow
To have and to hold π
We would also like to thank all our family members and friends for their well wishes and support π Lastly, we are finally blogging on our own domain! We had been toying with this idea for quite some time already and we think that this is a good time to do so. Fellow bloggers who have previously added Foodoshoot to your blog roll, please spend two minutes of your time to change it to missuschewy ok? π We will be going by this name from now on! Hope everyone enjoyed this special post! The full set of photos can be found here. π
Heartiest Congrats to both of you
& my warmest wishes for a lifetime of joy and togetherness :)) Looking forward to your special day 09092011 and officially announce as Mrs Chewy Charles. Pls continue to blog for your ROM too.
Thanks Carlyn we will definitely blog about our ROM!
love it! may u both continue to grow in love for one other even more with each passage of time…
best wishes!
Hello Benny, yup it’s growing and will continue to grow π Thanks dude!
Congratulation! So sweet and heart warming!
Thanks Wen! π
For the sake of Charles’s happiness, this food tasting have to be as real as possible ok.
I still remember u asking me, OUAM got things to taste meh? I was LMAO.
Anyway, congratulations on ur new domain. So cheesy! LOL
Hahahaha ok la it was a success la! Where got cheesy sia?! π
Congratulations! The marriage proposal is really really sweeeeet. You are one very lucky girl (:
Thanks Rachel π See you around soon ok!
hey! congrats once again!! and since charles is readin this, i dont think he knows me either, i will like to tell him! fantastic proposal!!!!!
so happy for the both of you! stay sweet always ok?
btw, how did you get your own domain? haha… like what are the steps? (sorry, side tracked)
but anyway, the new domain name is damn cool! i like!
Heyy Xiaohui! Yup he read your comment he was like so proud of himself. LOL! I’m using wordpress and clicked the ‘upgrade’ option. It’s pretty easy cuz there’s like a step-by-step thingy to follow π It’s about USD 17 per year though. I like my new domain too! π
Congrats again to the both of ya! =)
Thanks bro! Wheeee! π
Congrats once again Char! I feel excited for you guys reading this post! π
Hahaha Bee excited about what thing? π
Unimaginably sweet, so very creative, and so much thought and effort put in! So very very lovely, you lucky girl π Congrats to the two of you!!!
Hehe thanks Dot! π
What a sweet proposal. He must have spent countless days planning! Congratulations and I hope you have a blessed marriage!
Yeah he told me he started planning as soon as his final year exams were over π Thanks yo! π
Congratulations to the both of you. Looks like an awesome and very memorable proposal.
Hello Sihan, yup it certainly was very memorable for us π 20 years down the road, the video would be a joy to watch over and over again i hope!
Congratulations to the both of you… Have fun with your wedding preparation and wishing you an everlasting and blissful marriage… Looking forward to see your photos for your solemnization ceremony =)
Heyy Fen, I hope it would be fun lor! No stress can already π Must get some tips and advice from you. Hehe!
Hi. Congratulations!!! Changed to ‘missuschewy’ =)
Thanks dude! π
Hello! Congratulations to you both! He’s such a sweet person!!! So lucky! Bet you must be really really happy! Anyway, I just created a food blog, if you have the time, maybe you can drop by and have a look? Really amateur-ish compared to yours though! Congrats once again!!
Hi Ying Yin, oh no i think he’s on cloud 9 already. Everyone’s praising him to the skies! Hahaha. Yup i clicked on the link and i ended up on a very suspicious site. Realized that there was a mini typo in ur link. Phew! Thought that you could be a spambot but then again you sounded too real to be one!
This post is my favourite!!! And I think it’s going to stay that way for some time.. Before you blog about the ROM and actual wedding haha. To a lifetime of happiness! Blessed marriage π and remember what I mentioned on FB after looking at the proposal pics the other day? Lol.
Wahahaha ohh man the ROM is so near yet so far. Hehe! Thanks for giving us your blessing, Kaelyn π Yup I remember! You will find a very good man soon enough! :))