By CHOONG MEK ZHIN www.thestar.com.my (click here)
PETALING JAYA: For this Valentine’s Day, businesswoman Kelly Tan E Li got an unexpected marriage proposal.
It was “wrapped” in a RM14,000 diamond ring and a huge billboard advertisement in which her boyfriend publicly declared his intentions.
“This is the biggest surprise of my life. And, the whole thing started as a very normal Wednesday. We went out for dinner and my boyfriend David Tan insisted on sending me home.
“The date ended very late, close to midnight. We got talking in the car and as we drove along the LDP in Kelana Jaya, he got excited and asked me to look at an “interesting” billboard by the side of the road,” said Kelly, 24.
As David was working in an advertising firm, Kelly assumed he wanted to show her some fancy new advertisements.
“I looked and was stunned. David’s picture was on the board! And beside his picture, were the magic words 'Kelly Tan E Li, will you marry me?'
“I was so shocked and could not speak for about 10 minutes. He finally smiled when I told him 'yes',” said Kelly.
And the RM40,000 billboard was not the only surprise.
Immediately after Kelly said yes, David pulled out a box and inside, was a sparkling diamond ring.
“I cannot ask for a more memorable Valentine’s Day. I really want to thank David for this unique proposal,” said Kelly, a nail salon owner in Bangsar.
David, 26, said he had planned this surprise for some time. He only wanted the best for Kelly.
The accounts executive said he deliberately proposed on Valentine’s Day so that they could remember this day with fondness in the future.
“I work in an advertising company and am always thinking out of the box to come up with new concepts and ideas. I wanted my marriage proposal to be unique,” said David.
He added that luck was definitely on his side for him to be able to book one of the billboards along the LDP, which were highly in demand.
“The fact that I managed to book one especially on Valentine’s Day is so lucky. Hopefully, our marriage will be equally amazing,” said David.
The couple met at a friend’s house during Chinese New Year three years ago and started dating six months later.
David has already started planning for the wedding.
“It should be held sometime at the end of this year or early next year.
“I cannot wait to marry Kelly. She is an amazing woman and she deserves all the attention I shower on her,” he said.
p/s: How sweet..Imagine what love can do to someone..(",)
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Other random valentine's love story
PENANG: Goh Hong Ghee promised his high school sweetheart 11 years ago to that he would marry her when he turned 32.
Yesterday, Goh fulfilled his promise, tying the knot with Ooi Su Ei, 29, on a special day – Valentine’s Day.
Also hitched on the same day and place were operations manager Lim Siang Cherng, 29 and print circuit board tooling designer Tan Chin Hooi, 28, who were classmates from Primary Three to Primary Six.
Lim said he liked Tan since the first day he saw her but it was only a year after a chance meeting during a class reunion in 2005 that they developed a romantic relationship.
“We chose to marry on Valentine’s Day because it is a romantic day to marry,” Lim said.
Tan said she would never forget how Lim proposed to her on Dec 31 last year.
“He got down on his knees and proposed at a shopping complex when I found the ring in the ice-cream that I was eating,” she said.
Wasn't i a dish even at this age? (angkat bakul sendiri sungguh, muahahaha.)
Here's another one. Our used to be favorito game. This is our old house back when we were little kids. Like any other typical noty rascals, painting the house was useless, because us 3 would creatively make our marks and short stories on the walls. Did i mention we used crayon? Rainbow, yank yank, names, drawings, u name it, it's all there, still is.
