Growing up, I find joy in watching proposal videos on youtube / vimeo. There’s something magical in each video, regardless of the recording quality is or the cheesiness level of the proposal. I’m always amazed of guys who put up creative proposals and even more amazed if that happened to be very ‘lame’. I believe that guy must be head over heels as no sane person would do it. And as a girl, I always imagine how I would feel if I were the one getting that proposal.

Fast forward to earlier this year, I still find the magic in each proposal video but being with you, I’m just not into it anymore. Probably because now I know that some of the videos aren’t even real at all. Lol.

Fast forward to earlier this week, I had this feeling that you would pop the question at some point. You couldn’t contain your excitement and kept pushing me to be free on the weekend. On Monday, however, you said I can do my Saturday pilates but ‘begging’ me to not go to Wednesday prayer meeting. Well well.. can’t you be more obvious my dear?

So yup, Wednesday, 10 October 2012. You said you’ve arrived at South Yarra early and that it’s raining so you wanted to pick me at the station. You were there when I arrived, all smile and handsome. We walked to my apartment and I saw helium balloons and the most amazing photos linings on the entrance of my apartment. I panicked for a while, thinking that you’ve called in the whole troops to come. Fortunately it was only Faz and his camera. Lol.

The photos told a beautiful story: mine, yours and ours. I never knew that we have that much photos, I always felt that we rarely took pictures. You put notes on each photo and Train’s ‘Marry Me’ was playing in the background. Despite your attempt to memorize the lyric and all, you failed. Please don’t try to impress me by singing again Sayang, I’ve accepted that you’re not a singer :3 The moment was beautiful and quite personal (due to several neighbour interruptions). I love all the DIY! Thank you for your effort. I could see that you’re nervous as when you cut the bear open (omooo!!), you didn’t even read the paper. Yes, that was impressive as well. I never knew someone who put a proposal question inside a teddy bear, and keep it in there as a secret for 20 months! Thank you, for being serious with this relationship from the very beginning.

Thank you Phodi for yesterday, for making me very special. I look forward for our days together.

Love,
Jessica

P.S. Thank you Faz & Dion, for capturing the memories and make it special :)

Hello there,

I know the weekend is not over yet but I just want to reflect on today. Thank you for spending the whole day with me :) I love it even if you were working and I was being a couch potato all day long.

So today, we watched ‘My Friend Totoro’. Such a sweet movie from a great animator. Then we watched ‘The First Grader’. Wow.. I was moved by the story. I feel bad that I had a great opportunity to learn but I didn’t strive for the best. It really reminded me that we should have a strong will from within ourselves, not a will that’s dependent on circumstances. And we ended the night by watching ‘Brave’. Simple story of a girl who wanted to be free from traditions – so much for seeing oneself in a movie although to a much lesser extent. Haha. But the conclusion is that we won’t be praying for a triplets :p

Thank you for taking me to Peninsula Hotspring. It was really nice. After rejected :) by a snob customer service in Daylesford we decided to go to Mornington in the following week. It turned out to be a better experience and cheaper haha. I enjoyed every single bath and more than that I enjoyed spending time with you… I bet we are a good travel companion to each other.

Looking forward for more adventures and new experiences with you.

what could be better to start our diaries for this year other than saying ‘HAPPY 2012!’ ?

happy new year Phodi.. semoga tahun ini kita semakin maju dalam pekerjaan dan pelayanan.
Seperti yang kemarin diingetin sama Kak Inge, God has planned everything so we don’t need to worry. Everything will be beautiful in its time :)

xx

P.S. I decided to compile my dailythanksgiving here..

Day1of365: Salatiga-Jakarta roadtrip. Thankful for a beautiful & naturally rich home country <3 Day2of365: thankful for a day out with parents Day3of365: thank you for the present & the afternoon, @phodi Day4of366: thankful for old friends with whom I can still share the same 'old laugh' Day5of366: in a way or another, thank you that I'm still my parents' piccola principessa Day6of366: yeay for a complete family getaway after 1.5years separated!! Day7of366: thankful for a safe trip to a pretty city Day8of366: thankful for yummy 'exotic' fruits this holiday season! Durian, longan, rambutan, mango, mangosteen.. :9 Day9of366: thank u for weekend with @Jeremyaprillio and for a shopping heaven :D Day10of366: thank you for my driver so I don't need to worry about Jkt's traffic Day11of366: thank u for @yenitajenne and her beautiful heart. <3 u girl! Day12of366: crosswords night with mom :D thanks to opa & mom's addiction, I'm kinda addicted as well Day13of366: thankful for a full on self pampering day :D Day14of366: putting cigs & alcohol aside, thank you for fun & crazy boy friends. boys will be boys.. Day15of366: Adios Jakarta! Adios PiMi. Thank you for everything <3 Day16of366: thank you for a friendly neighbor on the plane and for a beautiful Melbourne summer! Hello Melbourne! Day17of366: thank u for a reminder of your promise Day18of366: thank you for cellies! :)

I am very happy for you! :) Tuhan baik sekali sama kamu Phodi.

xx

“It is probably not love that makes the world go around, but rather those mutually supportive alliances through which partners recognize their dependence on each other for the achievement of shared and private goals.”

Fred Allen (Comedian)