We met sometime in 2005. I was in UTP representing a company for a career fair. He was the organizing committee. Hence, I guess...he is OBLIGATED to be really nice to us (after what we have paid them..wink wink).

Little that I know that he was EXTRA nice to me. I was so..not aware of the extra special treatment I received. He was a student, and the organizing committee, so I thought, he HAS to be nice to all of us. The second day, he asked me out. Hmm.. well, no harm right..it’s just lunch. Probably he wants to know more about the company I worked for (still blur at this point). We went for lunch. It was special (although it was only at a local fried chicken restaurant a.k.a KFC Batu Gajah, haha) but nothing happened.

I then left UTP and went back to work, but we kept in touch. Through email, calls and sms. Once in a while, he would drop by my office to say hi (after-sale service?). STILL BLUR! After 2005, we stopped contacting each other. I guess he gave up on me. As I was still very blur. I had NO idea what was going on. On my birthday in 2007, he called to wish me Happy Birthday. He remembered!

Then he called again during Eid after his trip from South East Asia. Things started to ‘happen’ early this year. We have not seen each other for a long time, so we had teh tarik at a mamak place in Bangsar. We kept in touch after that (like REALLY keeping in touch..ahaks). I then found out that he had feelings for me all this while. I HAD NO IDEA! I thought men are blur, women too huh? Ahaks. I freaked out. I kept my distance. He is too young for me. Nah...won’t happen ! One day, he was at my house, asked for my hand in marriage from my mom. Is this guy crazy??? Wow ! I ran away ! Left him (stupid move).

Fate then brought us back together. I pray day and night, asking Allah to show me the right path. To find the right man. My soulmate. Someone to look after me. Someone who can accept my weaknesses. Someone who can make me happy. Someone who loves me. After many failures in relationships, I was afraid to fall for another man.

It was pretty late when I finally realized that Shafiq is not an ordinary man. He is special. Very special. Extraordinary. Where can you find someone who waits for you for 3 years (when you are not even 'there'!)? Someone who looks at you right in the eye and say, "I love you and I want to look after you until I die". Someone who gets angry when you do something hurtful to him but still hold your hand and say, "I still love you, you know". Someone who'd put you right at the top of his priority list and sacrifices many things..just for you. Someone who asked nothing in return but love and care. How can you not fall for someone as special as he is? I did. And I truly am in love with this extraordinary man. Hoping we will never be apart and our years ahead will be blessed...