Some of you may have read this from my Facebook or Twitter–I’m engaged (as of June 25, 2013)!!
Thank you for your overwhelming congratulatory messages!! :) Ken and I are extremely happy to have found each other and this proposal is really more of a formality to me than anything.
I may write about the proposal if there are people keen on reading it, but right now I’m waiting for Ken’s friends to send the videos over.
In short, he put a lot of thought into planning the most memorable proposal for me–there were over five hundred balloons, vans, a behind-the-scenes support crew of five people (comprising his friends), pre-proposal location sighting, filming crew, prop setup, tulips, etc. involved!
In fact, he told me afterward that he had planned to propose on two other days (first on his company’s family day at Sentosa beach, in front of thousands of people, but that event got cancelled due to haze; the other during my PE meetup last Sunday) before choosing my 29th birthday to pop the big question. For the proposal at Sentosa beach, he went into quite a deep level of planning, contacting the event emcee and all — and had in fact planned for a wet weather plan as well. I joked to him that he was planning three proposals because he went into such in-depth planning for each!
Thanks Ken for your love and faith in me. :) I’ll love you till the end of time.
For those of you who are curious, here are some quick photos:
The ring
The ring box
Us at City Space after the engagement
Update June 30, 2013: Some of you have been requesting to know how he proposed, so here you go! :) Read: The Day of My Proposal
Update May 25, 2014: We are now married! :D Details and photos here: My Wedding Day
(Images: Personal Excellence)
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I will love to see you in wedding dress, Celes! :)
Congrats congrats congrats.. Happy everafter
hugs
Hilda
Thank you Hilda! :) So sorry that you missed the readers meetup and thanks again for your lovely birthday gift! :) Hope to see you again soon, hopefully at our wedding! :)
Congratulations Celes. You guys make an awesome couple.
Thank you Brenda! :)
Celes and KenThis is the most wonderful and exciting engagement announcement!!! Seal clapping with delight and happiness for you both. Celes and Ken may you love and adore each other forever.. Happy happy xxxx
Aw thank you Caitriona! We have truly received your love and joy and wish the same for you as well. :)
Congrats!!!!
i´m really sorry, celes, but has it occured to you that this might be a little early? you´ve been together for what, 3 months?
Less than 2 months actually. :)
What constitutes early or not early though? Who’s to determine that time is an indicator of when people should be engaged or married?
Ken and I are in love. We are happy and we know that we want to spend the rest of our lives together; he realized this in the second day of us being an official couple while I only came to the realization slightly later compared to him (though still earlier than most people would with respect to their relationships). The proposal is really a formality for him to express his love in an official way to me and to the world; in our hearts we already know we are meant for each other from the start.
I know people will be quick to point out the short duration of the courtship. I also know people will be ready to cast doubt on the strength of the relationship and whether either of us are being delusional by wanting to marry each other so early on in our dating journey.
But I hope everyone can respect the unique nature of our relationship, that it does not conform to societal norms, and give us your best wishes and blessings. The fact is that we are deeply connected as like-souls and we believe we are the one for each other. Neither of us have ever thought about getting married (to anyone really) before we got together; it was because we truly love each other that we are planning to get married, and not because we are trying to tick a box in some societal checklist or because we are driven by some urgency fear-based factor to marry (like pressure from parents, fear of not being with someone, etc.).
At the end of the day, you have couples who have been together for over 10 years, engage, and break up in the end. You have couples who have been married for over 20 years and still divorce as well, after years of failing to keep the marriage together. I hope that Ken and I can show you that we are true about each other decades from now; either way I hardly see time as a predictor of strength of a relationship–I have always thought this way and being in this relationship has further solidified this to me on a personal level.
I do look forward to writing about our relationship, how we met, our journey together, etc. (things which some readers have been requesting for) at some point in the near future.
Yes, I agree on your points, Celes. I would say, a relationship depends on the commitment from both parties. How much do you commit to the relationship and how far you wish to go for it. :)
I’m here to congratulate you and Ken again, and wish to see articles about you and him in future!
We got engaged after 2 months too. The wedding took place after 1 year. It’s been 3 years from that and we are as happy as we were the first day. So, go gor it, Celes!
Thanks for your well wishes Simona! :)
Well I think the amount of maturity and attention to “psychological” and personal detail Celes has is far higher than most people of her age.
If Celes picked him and haven’t seen many red flags is because she also believes he has a maturity level that can make a long term relationship and commitment work.
Of course you never truly get to know one another till they live together and she’s just engaged not married, so there’s till time to learn on one another’s and improve anything that could be out of place (even unresolved issues he may be keeping to himself and may have not had enough time to naturally manifest).
But so far so good, Good luck Celes, *Hugs!* :)
Thanks for your kind words madjr! :) I appreciate them.
For those who may be interested, Ken and I have actually been living together since the second week of our relationship (as I had shared in https://personalexcellence.co/blog/self-relationship/). Unlike what most couples experience, our relationship has only gotten stronger, and not weaker, as a result of living together. And no, I can really assure that there is no “honeymoon” phase going on unlike what most may conclude.
There is such a high compatibility between us that conflicts/disagreements are actually very rare in our relationship. In the event that they arise though, we work through them (a) right away vs. sitting on them/avoiding them, and (b) consciously by talking them out vs. emotional, erratic manners.
As a result our relationship continuously grows stronger in the face of conflicts–if anything, each time we have a conflict/disagreement, our relationship actually leaps to the next level after that. I think back and the past points when my stance on the relationship shifted to a new gear was due to us overcoming a conflict point.
Cordial congratulations, Celes!
…and belated happy birthday! :)
:)
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Congrats a ton Celes!! the most amazing birthday gift ever? Lots of love to both of u!!
You said that right! Thanks a lot Navina!! :)
Congrats, wish you a life of health, wealth, and happiness!
Congratulations!
Oh wow, that was quick.. Congratulations!
Congratulations !
Congratulations Celestine!!! XXXX
Big congratulations to the both of you <3
Thank you so much Jia Mun! :)
Congratulations Celes and Ken. Everything was so romantic. May the happiness last forever and ever.
Thank you Leah!! :)
A hearty congratulations to you both for finding love and taking that special step towards a life created together with each other! Very excited for you! :)
Congratulations!!
Congratulations!!
Congratulations God bless you both
Wonderful, wonderful news! may you guys keep growing together in love and harmony!
Congratulations Celestine !!
Congratulations :)
Wooooo thats super fast! Hahha congrats!
Congrats !!
Omg~ congrats Celes! That was fast! Pic pls :p and a lil bit bout how he pop the question. Omg, I wanna be at your wedding :D
Thank you so much Alyssa! :) As I mentioned in the post, I would love to have PE readers at the wedding as well, if possible. I’ll update you guys in time through the blog if that is indeed the case! :)
I’m definitely looking forward to it Celes! Btw, how long have you guys known each other before you got together and how long Ken have been courting you before you accept in May?
I think you’re the first person (on the blog) to pose this question officially! :) We have known each other for ten years, but we were merely acquaintances. It was only during early April when we reconnected (I was in South Africa then and he texted me one day), and things flowed very quickly from there. It was as if we were already the right one for each other, and that’s why things moved so quickly after we reconnected. (In fact you can even argue that the reason why we reconnected after ten years was because we were already right for each other, and our higher selves then arranged for us to reconnect now.)
CONGRATS GIRL YOUR GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL WIFE AND WOMAN NEXT TO HIS SIDE AND HE IS A VERY LUCKY MAN <3
Congratulations wish both of you a happy loving future, you sound very happy amazing how love can make us feel so alive x
Congratulations Celes! After being connected with you for so long through Personal Excellence, I’m so happy for you. Wish you lots of love, happiness and contentment with your soon-to-be husband :)
Congratulations Celes :) It doesn’t take long to recognize”the one”, especially if the person deciding is someone as self-aware and wise as you :)
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