U + S = US

It's strange how life turns out sometimes, isn't it?

In one moment, you could be passing by someone on the street or in school, and think absolutely nothing of it, but in another moment, suddenly you meet this exact same person again after many, many years, and something happens. Something lovely. Something familiar and yet unfamiliar at the same time.

Is this what they call FATE?

I'd like to think so :)

You see, this is how Mr. S and I came to be.

We started out as mere Secondary School mates, "blossomed" into boyfriend/girlfriend, and are now betrothed.

But don't get me wrong -- our story isn't a tale of highschool-sweethearts-since-secondary-school-marrying-one-another-after-10-years-of-dating. Ours is a bit more complicated than that. A bit more long-winded than that.




THE FIRST ENCOUNTERS

We DID meet in Secondary School. Or rather, we KNEW OF each other in secondary school. We never spoke. Never shared any interest in each other. Never stared at each other in utter longing during Flag Raising (or in our case, during mass prayer time).

He, a year older than I, was in the 'cool crowd' - with his karipap gelled hair and Chinese-y features that I'm sure girls would probably go crazy for at that time (not me, though).

And I, in all my rambut-kerinting-tak-boleh-control-and-wearing-glasses glory, was the Softball-playing GEEK who just wanted to fit in, but failed miserably. I didn't have many guys going crazy over me, needless to say.

Neither of us batted an eyelash at each other throughout the 3 years (cause I'm younger than him) we passed by each other in school. In fact, I barely had any recollection of him when we got into contact again a few years later, but that story will be told later.

We actually dated some of each other's friends. LOL. Again, without each other's presence registering on either of our minds. That was how INVISIBLE we were to each other back then.

So anyway, after being in the same school for 3 years, he then left for ITE while I worked on my 'O' Levels and we never saw each other again after that. AT ALL.

.
.
.

Until 8 years later.

When he added me on Facebook.

Both of us had just gotten out of 5-year relationships (yes, BOTH of us), and were in the midst of "enjoying" our freedom and getting to know people of the opposite gender (AKA dating), and truth be told, I wasn't that much interested in him at the time either.

When he struck a private conversation with me on Facebook and asked if it were true that I was from the same school as him, I had BARELY any recollection of him AT ALL. It took me a while to recall (and dig through past yearbooks) to remember who he was.

We chatted for a little bit on Facebook, mostly about normal things like where I was taking Muay Thai lessons, etc, before he asked for my number.

And then, we chatted a little bit more on Whatsapp.

Then... I ignored him for a while. HAHAHA!

And contacted him again after about a month, LOL. Nampak sah very fickle-minded.

I remember him trying to regain contact with me by commenting when I posted emo jiwang songs on my timeline. Went something like this:

Him: Waaaa, why u so pedih2 lately?
Me: Hahaha! (obviously not wanting to answer the question on my comment thread)
Him: If you like pedih2 songs, why not we go karaoke one day? :)
Me: JOM!

I was honestly just being friendly and wanting to forget my sorrows. I remember my mum, upon seeing that comment thread, telling me NOT to go karaoke with this strange guy, hahaha


THE FIRST DATE

And then, we met for the first time. I still remember very vividly what happened on that first "date".

We were actually supposed to meet on the 6th of Jan 2012. But me being gatal, or bored (I can't remember which), asked him to meet me on the 2nd instead. Mcm tak sabar eh? Hahaha

He was wearing a black polo T, jeans and waiting for me outside Somerset 313. I was super nervous before meeting him, but when I saw him, my nervousness just melted away. Don't know why leh.

We went to eat at Es Teler at Cineleisure, and I remember complaining to him about how my beefball dish was like water and beefballs. BLAND. Being the gentleman that he is, he offered to buy me another bowl, but I didn't accept.

After that, we had wanted to look for a Swensen's so that we could get some ice cream, but we couldn't find any nearby, so we went to watch a movie instead, which sadly SUCKED EVEN MORE THAN THE BEEFBALL DISH.

I remember teasing him alot because he was using a Samsung phone and I was still a crazy iPhone fan, and he got so geram (in a good way, not an angry way) it was so funny I tell you.

After the sucky movie, he sent me home. And I honestly had no expectations of him after that. I didn't know whether he would contact me again, and I had no idea that he would want to go ahead with our plan to meet on the 6th.

But he did, and from then on, we went on a bunch of different dates, and he even "choped" me for Valentine's Day hahahaha

And then the rest, as they say, is history.

On February 8th, we were an official couple. And I remember being super happy and yet super scared at the same time.

More than a year passed by with lots of ups and downs.

And now, Alhamdulillah, here we are, continuing to write our story :)