Would you believe these blessed couple got me
blessed, I came to know them because of their prenuptial photo shoot in Trinoma
which they won over a love story contest. I have not asked for their story
until today while I was doing her hair and makeup. I asked her if she could
tell me their award winning story so she did but not very detailed; it started
when they we're in a line for a something important and Tarshi when he saw
Esther told himself that she'd be the one that he's going to marry. A lot of prayer
for Esther's part as Tarshi is her first boyfriend :). The Lord God impresses
her so much that she accepted Tarshi's proposal and so on the 13th of June 2012
they'll be one. All throughout the shoot the couple showed sweetness and
kindness. I love them both.
Photo's to follow...
I was invited today for Esther and Tarshi's prenuptial photo shoot in Trinoma and I had so much fun, all the hair and make up thing was done at Tarshi's residence and at quarter past 8 we headed to the photo shoot venue. There we meet the photographers and one of them is Ms Rose my fellow dgroup in CCF, she was the one who connected me and Ms Esther. I just met this couple today and it was like we knew each other for a year because of their kindness and that they we're very accommodating.
Can't get over their sweetness and kindness... :)
Esther tells their story: All beginnings are sweet and confusing but I can trace special moments of when everything started between me and my now Japanese fiancee. Trinoma, as a place, scores plenty of where our candid moments happen. He was just a friend acting sweet and I was starting to fall, but I was pretty clueless of what he feels for me. I guess there's some cultural thing going there as it seems on his part, it's pretty clear to him that he's trying to court me without saying anything about it verbally. It's in Tokyo-Tokyo (Level 1) where my then-friend but now-fiancee gave me a gift he bought from The Body Shop (in the same level), an act that robbed me of precious sleeping hours as I think afterwards of what that gift means. It's in Seattle's coffee (Level 2) where he introduces me to his dad who came to the Philippines for a visit, a date which his dad initiated telling him to specifically 'ask Esther if she's available for dinner'. It's in front of the mall garden facing Mindanao Avenue where I first hugged him - a fact that I just tried so I can assess his reaction - whether he's the type who would take advantage of women or not. He passed that test beautifully. There's just so much memories in this place - it floods me with a warm feeling now. Trinoma served as one of our top grounds so we can know each other more - I saw how he eats, how he goes out of his way to entertain the people I value, how he tries to settle conflicts with me, what books he read and music he is in, how he acts when we thought he lost his wallet (the Concierge/Info desk personnel and the security guards who we asked were very helpful - kudos Trinoma Mall Management for hiring great service people!) and even how he treats with respect the waiters and the service people. And now we have come to the decision of making our love official, it's not that hard to come up with reasons why Trinoma should be the place where we should hold our prenup photoshoot. A decade or so from now, I imagine this mall, the boutiques, the dining places where we visited, the special spots, and all good memories would still be impinged in my heart.
