drewmarie
02-27-2007, 12:21 AM
andrew speaks
How do you hide a wedding proposal when you only see your fiancé in person once a year? Well it is not easy, that’s for sure. One of Maricel’s friends, now a mutual friend, was knowingly getting engaged and I had her get Maricel’s preference’s on rings, etc.
Maricel had some idea that I would propose on the next visit but couldn’t be sure when. I knew that she wanted a traditional engagement and this meant that I would have to ask her parent’s permission first. This proved to be very difficult as we did not spend a lot of time with them for one thing and another, we went everywhere together. When was I going to get time with Mr. and Mrs. Pesiao alone without Maricel?? The best I could do was to ask them separately. I asked her Mother at the Mall in her aunts presence and with Maricel just a few paces in front of us. How nerving. What if her mom or aunt would shout in excitement? It could have given me away. Her dad was even harder to ask. He didn’t go out with us much and even when we were home he was often working or away in Carmen. I finally got a chance later when Maricel was taking a nap and this only left a few days in my trip. This left October 30th as the last non-holiday day left for the proposal. We planned a big family vacation tour around the island and would be gone the whole day. Less than ideal conditions for the question though I had the ring with me as I had been doing for days waiting for the right moment.
When we got back to Cebu from our road tour it was already late and everyone was pretty tired. I asked Maricel, Janice and Jade if they would like to stay about the hotel or go out for a little while. Maricel and Janice accepted and Jade returned home. We went in to check our pictures first. We went to so many beautiful places and posed for so many perfect shots and they all fit on one extra large capacity memory card. When we plugged it into the computer we found that the card no longer held a proper format and that our pictures were not recoverable (possible not written in the first place).
It was a nice cool night and we decided to go up to the hotel roof to take in the sights and sounds of the busy city night life. Maricel and I stole off to one corner while Janice took pictures of us, the hotel and the city view. I told Maricel how I liked to share these new experiences with her. Even though we lost the pictures I was happy that we could share that time with each other and our family. Though we were far apart we had shared our feelings our thoughts and our lives over the internet and that we had grown close together. I then told her that I wish to share the rest of our lives together and as I pulled out the ring from my pocket I asked her if she would marry me. By this time we are already in an embrace sharing tears of joy and I hear a muffled ‘yes’ from my chest. Janice heard the commotion and inquired to the happy event. We still have those photos. At some point I asked Maricel if she wanted to see the ring. In the excitement she never saw the ring. I am not sure the ring was “seeable” at that time but she got a better look and more pictures downstairs.
We have tried to remain patient in what has seemed like a long time. A long time apart, a long time in-between visits. Now the goal seems near as I will return with my parents in March to get my bride and bring her “home”. It is the goal we have been working on for a number of years. This goal is not an end for us but a beginning, the beginning of shared experience and our shared life together.
the moment: when andrew asked me, my sister had no idea that at this point andrew popped the question she just took pictures.
http://inlinethumb52.webshots.com/179/2116662880053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2116662880053741963RlKfYm)
still no idea and wondering why im showing my finger.
http://inlinethumb32.webshots.com/2399/2430858000053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2430858000053741963TxQziu)
wiping the tears in my eyes
http://inlinethumb63.webshots.com/1726/2489500590053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2489500590053741963rZvlWl)
my sister who took the pictures.
http://inlinethumb27.webshots.com/730/2367379010053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2367379010053741963umuNyJ)
isnt that pretty?
http://inlinethumb03.webshots.com/1090/2353303700053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2353303700053741963HpSUCA)
more
http://inlinethumb13.webshots.com/268/1425691547076344766S200x200Q85.jpg (http://family.webshots.com/photo/1425691547076344766TsvUbb)http://inlinethumb23.webshots.com/2070/1425692068076344766S200x200Q85.jpg (http://family.webshots.com/photo/1425692068076344766uOoMIS)
http://inlinethumb08.webshots.com/455/2242654030053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2242654030053741963cbwfsA)
http://inlinethumb58.webshots.com/1977/2169154540053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2169154540053741963uoJUZk)
the engagement party
FH
http://inlinethumb27.webshots.com/2650/1504341172053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1504341172053741963nUKpkM)
my family
http://inlinethumb34.webshots.com/2977/1504342065053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1504342065053741963AMZahY)
the food
http://inlinethumb58.webshots.com/1721/1504349145053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1504349145053741963GnGuWh)
http://inlinethumb25.webshots.com/984/1504343980053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1504343980053741963tUboks)
http://inlinethumb49.webshots.com/2288/1504351761053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1504351761053741963WkNYus)
http://inlinethumb58.webshots.com/2041/1504351589053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1504351589053741963EULbfA)
http://inlinethumb08.webshots.com/3015/1504509506053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1504509506053741963RXZLnS)
http://inlinethumb54.webshots.com/1717/1504508047053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1504508047053741963XtNnxh)
http://inlinethumb21.webshots.com/1556/1504509771053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1504509771053741963NQJnnD)
http://inlinethumb45.webshots.com/1772/1504509637053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1504509637053741963RVERCV)
after the party
andrew resting
http://inlinethumb11.webshots.com/3018/1504510605053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1504510605053741963vUuFuO)
me goofing
http://inlinethumb16.webshots.com/2767/1504510444053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1504510444053741963nnaoQA)
okey serious now
http://inlinethumb56.webshots.com/2487/1504511469053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1504511469053741963dDWliF)
hope you enjoy our story.
How do you hide a wedding proposal when you only see your fiancé in person once a year? Well it is not easy, that’s for sure. One of Maricel’s friends, now a mutual friend, was knowingly getting engaged and I had her get Maricel’s preference’s on rings, etc.
Maricel had some idea that I would propose on the next visit but couldn’t be sure when. I knew that she wanted a traditional engagement and this meant that I would have to ask her parent’s permission first. This proved to be very difficult as we did not spend a lot of time with them for one thing and another, we went everywhere together. When was I going to get time with Mr. and Mrs. Pesiao alone without Maricel?? The best I could do was to ask them separately. I asked her Mother at the Mall in her aunts presence and with Maricel just a few paces in front of us. How nerving. What if her mom or aunt would shout in excitement? It could have given me away. Her dad was even harder to ask. He didn’t go out with us much and even when we were home he was often working or away in Carmen. I finally got a chance later when Maricel was taking a nap and this only left a few days in my trip. This left October 30th as the last non-holiday day left for the proposal. We planned a big family vacation tour around the island and would be gone the whole day. Less than ideal conditions for the question though I had the ring with me as I had been doing for days waiting for the right moment.
When we got back to Cebu from our road tour it was already late and everyone was pretty tired. I asked Maricel, Janice and Jade if they would like to stay about the hotel or go out for a little while. Maricel and Janice accepted and Jade returned home. We went in to check our pictures first. We went to so many beautiful places and posed for so many perfect shots and they all fit on one extra large capacity memory card. When we plugged it into the computer we found that the card no longer held a proper format and that our pictures were not recoverable (possible not written in the first place).
It was a nice cool night and we decided to go up to the hotel roof to take in the sights and sounds of the busy city night life. Maricel and I stole off to one corner while Janice took pictures of us, the hotel and the city view. I told Maricel how I liked to share these new experiences with her. Even though we lost the pictures I was happy that we could share that time with each other and our family. Though we were far apart we had shared our feelings our thoughts and our lives over the internet and that we had grown close together. I then told her that I wish to share the rest of our lives together and as I pulled out the ring from my pocket I asked her if she would marry me. By this time we are already in an embrace sharing tears of joy and I hear a muffled ‘yes’ from my chest. Janice heard the commotion and inquired to the happy event. We still have those photos. At some point I asked Maricel if she wanted to see the ring. In the excitement she never saw the ring. I am not sure the ring was “seeable” at that time but she got a better look and more pictures downstairs.
We have tried to remain patient in what has seemed like a long time. A long time apart, a long time in-between visits. Now the goal seems near as I will return with my parents in March to get my bride and bring her “home”. It is the goal we have been working on for a number of years. This goal is not an end for us but a beginning, the beginning of shared experience and our shared life together.
the moment: when andrew asked me, my sister had no idea that at this point andrew popped the question she just took pictures.
http://inlinethumb52.webshots.com/179/2116662880053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2116662880053741963RlKfYm)
still no idea and wondering why im showing my finger.
http://inlinethumb32.webshots.com/2399/2430858000053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2430858000053741963TxQziu)
wiping the tears in my eyes
http://inlinethumb63.webshots.com/1726/2489500590053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2489500590053741963rZvlWl)
my sister who took the pictures.
http://inlinethumb27.webshots.com/730/2367379010053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2367379010053741963umuNyJ)
isnt that pretty?
http://inlinethumb03.webshots.com/1090/2353303700053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2353303700053741963HpSUCA)
more
http://inlinethumb13.webshots.com/268/1425691547076344766S200x200Q85.jpg (http://family.webshots.com/photo/1425691547076344766TsvUbb)http://inlinethumb23.webshots.com/2070/1425692068076344766S200x200Q85.jpg (http://family.webshots.com/photo/1425692068076344766uOoMIS)
http://inlinethumb08.webshots.com/455/2242654030053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2242654030053741963cbwfsA)
http://inlinethumb58.webshots.com/1977/2169154540053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2169154540053741963uoJUZk)
the engagement party
FH
http://inlinethumb27.webshots.com/2650/1504341172053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1504341172053741963nUKpkM)
my family
http://inlinethumb34.webshots.com/2977/1504342065053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1504342065053741963AMZahY)
the food
http://inlinethumb58.webshots.com/1721/1504349145053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1504349145053741963GnGuWh)
http://inlinethumb25.webshots.com/984/1504343980053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1504343980053741963tUboks)
http://inlinethumb49.webshots.com/2288/1504351761053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1504351761053741963WkNYus)
http://inlinethumb58.webshots.com/2041/1504351589053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1504351589053741963EULbfA)
http://inlinethumb08.webshots.com/3015/1504509506053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1504509506053741963RXZLnS)
http://inlinethumb54.webshots.com/1717/1504508047053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1504508047053741963XtNnxh)
http://inlinethumb21.webshots.com/1556/1504509771053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1504509771053741963NQJnnD)
http://inlinethumb45.webshots.com/1772/1504509637053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1504509637053741963RVERCV)
after the party
andrew resting
http://inlinethumb11.webshots.com/3018/1504510605053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1504510605053741963vUuFuO)
me goofing
http://inlinethumb16.webshots.com/2767/1504510444053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1504510444053741963nnaoQA)
okey serious now
http://inlinethumb56.webshots.com/2487/1504511469053741963S425x425Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1504511469053741963dDWliF)
hope you enjoy our story.