Happy Valentine's Day 2008

This was our 2nd Valentines celebration, and it fell on 8th day of Chinese New Year. Mark was still in Klang and I was working on that day.

Last year, he arranged the florist to send the flowers to my office. So, this year, I actually expecting flowers to be sent to my office as well..Each time the door bell rang, my heart beat faster and hoping to see flowers in front of me, but all the time, it was false alarm, hehe..I was not really disappointed as we are going to meet at night for dinner and movie..

At night, when Mark came to pick me for dinner, he presented me 18 pink roses, nicely wrapped! wow..He was asking me " Dear, are you expecting flowers in office?"

"eh..yeah, kind of.."
"haha, aiyo, this year I am in Klang mar, I want to give the flowers personally to you!"

ah, so sweet of him...

People always say, it is not worthwhile to buy flowers during Valentines..it is a waste of money..imagine, RM10 per roses!!!! Of course both of us knew that..however, I guessed sometimes it is not the money that matters..but the meaning behind that..

Mark always said "Is it true that when girls see flowers, they are very happy?"
"Look at me, I am very happy now!"
"Then, it is worth it! as long as you are happy."
"hehe, however, I am ok with no flowers next year..You are my flowers."

My life is more meaningful and excited with Mark around!

What is marketing?

“What is Marketing?

1.You see a gorgeous girl at a party.
You go up to her and say, “I am very rich. Marry me!”
That’s Direct Marketing

2.You’re at a party with a bunch of friends and see a gorgeous girl.
One of your friends goes up to her and pointing at you says,
“He’s very rich. Marry him.”
That’s Advertising.

3.You see a gorgeous girl at a party.
You go up to her and get her telephone number.
The next day you call and say, “Hi, I’m very rich. Marry me.”
That’s Telemarketing.

4.You’re at a party and see a gorgeous girl.
You get up and straighten your tie; you walk up to her and pour her a drink.
You open the door for her, pick up her bag after she drops it, offer her a ride, and then say, “By the way, I’m very rich “Will you marry me?”
That’s Public Relations.

5.You’re at a party and see a gorgeous girl.
She walks up to you and says, “You are very rich…”
That’s Brand Recognition.

6.You see a gorgeous girl at a party.
You go up to her and say, “I’m rich. Marry me”
She gives you a nice hard slap on your face.
That’s Customer Feedback

Happy 1st year anniversary-31.1.08

A year ago, God put us together, from friend to lover..We decided to celebrate this special day together..We had planned this weeks ago and plan to go back to all the places that we had been a year ago....and Mark decided to take off from his work, a long stretch of holidays, from 31/1-17/2/08. (in between he will work from home)

Started off with KLCC..(last year, it was my Dale Carnegie graduation at Wisma UOA, just opposite KLCC..I invited Mark to be my guest to the graduation ceremony..We met up in KLCC)..We watched "Rambo 4" at TGV, KLCC, quite action packed and bloody movie.. and also walked around some shops..Mark insisted to do all the things we did last year at KLCC..for eg, eating Auntie Anne's, went to Body Shop etc..

At about 6pm, we headed to KL Tower because we are going to have dinner at the Revolving Restaurant, about 282m above ground level! One week ago, Mark suggested us to have dinner at the Revolving Restaurant and he insisted him to make the booking..I actually sensed something fishy, because usually, I will handle the 'administrative' matter..well, I let him do the booking..and when I offered to call the restaurant to confirm our booking again, he asked me not to worry about it, he had all things under his control..

We sat at Table 23..near to the window and get to see perfect view from here..The restaurant's atmosphere was pretty good..You can either have the buffet dinner or the 6 course menu..We chose the latter..The dinner started off with some bread and butter..here are the set dinner menu:-

*Pomme te terre salades d'crustaces*

Potato salad with selected seafood tossed with honey lemon dressing

*Souppe de poisson de la mer du nod*

Velvet salmon and scallop soup with a spoonful of double cream

*Sherbet*

Smoothly blended citric lemon juice and syrup turned in to icy cold palate

*Main course-Grill crustacean et tournados richemont*

Grill king prawn with beef fillet, basked with a tangy honey and sour Hurlock sauce, accompanied with cheese potato berny

Or

*Main course-Garoupa poisson baloise poele*

Double decked Garoupa fillet with crisp potato, risotto confenghi and fresh garden vegetables

Or

*Cotellette d'agneau armenonville*

Oven baked rack of lamb with fresh herbs, bouillon potato and aromatic vegetables roesti potato, garden vegetables

and

*Tiramisu*

Cream cheese snow cake with cocoa powder and ice cream on tuilles

Mark had the beef set and I took the fish set..Food was pretty good, small serving but filling..I liked the soup..When I looked at the menu and noticed that we are going to have Tiramisu as dessert, I wasn't excited as I don't take Tiramisu..but I decided to give it a try ler..(later I knew from Mark that he was actually worry that if I don't eat the Tiramisu, he will make sure I eat it! why? continue reading please, :p)

Here come the dessert...I took small bite, well, not that bad..so I started to eat slowly..then, I realised there was something inside the tiramisu..something hard..initially I thought it was a slice of thin chocolate bar..and was about to eat it already..

"Dear, look, something inside the tiramisu!"

"Oh really..what is that?" (what a great pretender he is!)

So I took it out slowly..and something is not right..especially when Mark slowly walked towards me..It was a card, laminated..and it was written "Will you marry me, dear Ai Leng?".

Oh my goodness..this is surprising..Mark knelt down and expressed his love speech before ending with "will you marry me?"

"Dear, I thank God for putting us together. I enjoyed spending time with you for the past one year we're together. Would you be willing to take me as your husband, companion, and life's partner? Will you marry me? "

Next, I could hear clapping sounds..apparently, there were few waiters standing by our table (they knew the whole plot)..witnessing the proposal plan..hehe..because of their clapping..suddenly, everyone stared at us..alamak!

"Yes I will!" I gave him the promising answer..:)

He then put on the diamond ring into my finger..it fits perfectly! the right size! amazing!

(I am wearing it now as I blogged)

Initially I thought he will propose during my birthday, if not, it would be our anniversary or Valentines..He chose today, an easy date to remember and meaningful! He was telling me that he was quite worry that everything he had planned will not be successful..He called the Captain of the restaurant many times, to ensure the Captain knew his plan and work well with him..His mind was spinning during the dinner, thinking what should he say when he knelt down, did the Captain slot in the card into the dessert?..will she discover the card? etc..but thank God, everything is just so perfect! well, another great job done by Mr DDD..(his nickname)

Mark also explained to me how difficult it is to get a diamond ring..hehe..He actually surf the internet for information, did a research on diamonds, and visited more than 10 jewellery shops before settling down with Diamond & Platinum..He wanted to ensure he got the right ring and the best ring..and he did..He also shown me how to appreciate the diamond ring..Now he is an expert on diamonds..as I said earlier, being an engineer himself, he always ensure everything he does, is perfectly planned, with zero failing rate!

Before heading home, we went to SS2 and made a quick tour..SS2 is the place where all things started..

We are really thankful to our God, for putting us together..for all the happy moments from the past 1 year...There are still a long journey ahead of us, especially in planning our wedding..may the Lord our God continue to be our sherpherd..guiding us through!

So you people who are reading this..do visit my blog often for more updates..hehe..and thank you for sharing our joy!