I’m Engaged

It’s true, I’m engaged to a girl named 郭哲 －yes, I know you have no idea what that says… it’s all Chinese to you. Well, it actually is Chinese, and so is she. She’s 22, studying law and has big, chinese, cartoon-like eyes. You can call her, Suki.

We haven’t made any plans as of yet, but here’s how the story goes:

We met in October of 2010, after my friend 全权 QuanQuan invited me out to church with him. Not long after, driving her home on my scooter became routine we looked forward to. When December came, it was time for me to make a visit back home to Canada. We talked on the phone and sent messages back and forth almost every day that month. Back in China, I found a new apartment, lost a guitar, learned some Chinese, met her family, played some music and spent a lot of time with Suki.

The next trip home would be an interesting one. As I was preparing to leave, we were talking about the future. We talked and talked; sometimes she didn’t want to talk. My Chinese is greatly in need of improvement, but her english helps compensate. I would be away, originally, for two month, which soon turned into three (a very long time). By the time I arrived in Canada, about one month after leaving China, I managed to persuade my little sister into going ring shopping with me.

Finally, I had a ring made by a great jeweller in Paris (Ontario). It’s half white gold and half yellow, because she’s Asian and I’m white………………… On July 13th at about 4:30pm I found a nice spot, under a Jade tree, on top of a mountain. She said nothing. She just kept looking at me, then hugging me, then looking at me again and nodding, then hugging me…. for about five minutes. It was awesome.