Recent events

Hello all

I have news. Which isn’t really news anymore since it’s about a month old. But it’s still exciting. Shu-en and I are engaged (Pause for gasping and applause, possible shrieks of joy). Please, please. Keep applauding. Don’t stop. It’s pretty awesome, I know. And not at all expected.

Actually, I was quite surprised how many people said something along the lines of “Yeah, we were waiting for that one.” That possibly had something to do with the fact that we told half the country that we were getting engaged before we got engaged (because I didn’t have the ring yet, and neither of us are good at keeping exciting secrets). Or it might be because I’m predictable. Either way, I expect no less cheering etc from all of you.

I asked her in Singapore. We had an amazing dinner at a place called Mount Faber, which is a mountain just inland from the southern beach of Singapore. I bought the waiters-must-fawn-over-guests package to make the evening special. And fawn they did. They never once showed their backs to us, but actually backed away. All I had to do was look up at one of them, and they were by the side of the table, quick as bunnies. It was awesome.

My wonderful fiancée gave me all the credit of expecting me to put the ring inside a champagne glass. Thanks babe. Still, it worked out well for me, because she was delightfully surprised when I took her onto out private cable car, with full leather seats, glass floors and decked out with flowers and Mumm champagne across the Singapore skyline to Sentosa Island. I asked on one knee when we were half way across the harbour. It was romantic. She was impressed. So impressed that she said yes. There was much celebrating. It was fun.

Since then life has been a flurry of planning and working new jobs. We’ve moved to Townsville which is where the initial ceremony/reception will be, followed by a second reception in Melbourne and then a Tea Ceremony in Singapore (a traditional Singaporean ceremony Shu-en and I serve the family tea, and the family gives us red envelopes full of money. I like this idea.)

Anyway things are moving along well. Shu-en is enjoying Townsville, though missing Melbourne. So if any of my Townsville readers see a lost Asian girl wandering around, there’s about a 1 in 3 chance it’s her (given the asian population of Townsville), so be nice and welcome her. Also, if you know of any good Chinese restaurants around town we’d love to hear about them.

I’ll keep you posted with my usual astounding regularity.

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