And it all began with a cup of coffee...

I can clearly remember how our first meeting was like. It wasn't a typical bride seeing ceremony nor was it a proper date. Perhaps, it was a little of the both I would say.

 

I was really nervous, though I was conscious enough to not let it be shown on my face. But I knew he was nervous as well, perhaps even more nervous than I was. How did I knew? Because he did tell me about it later...much, much later.

 

He was waiting for me at the restaurant with his mom and 2 other friends while I went there with my mom. Well, I did say that it wasn't a proper date, didn't I? And now you know why I was nervous? He has three other people with him as saviours while I had only my mom with me! Nevertheless, it didn't take me long to realize that I didn't really need to be saved, although I didn't know it at that point of time.

 

He was exactly like I've seen him in pictures...err...erase that! He looked much better than he was in pictures. In fact, one of the first thing that I realized upon seeing him was that he's not exactly a photogenic. He hates smiling for pictures and ends up looking so serious in all his pictures. But in person, he was good looking and ever smiling!

 

After the introduction, he and I went to a separate table, away from the rest of course. He had his fruit juice and I had my coffee...well, you should have guessed it by looking at the title. "Pray, why not call it 'over a glass of fruit juice' then?" you may ask. Well this is my side of the story and it all happened over MY cup of coffee, that's why. If he ever tells or pens down his version, then you may ask him to name it as accordingly but knowing him, I doubt he will ever pen this down. That reminds me- maybe I should ask him if he ever remembers what happened during our first meeting? It would be fun to hear his side of the story, that is, if he still remembers it.

 

To cut the story short, the meeting went well. He was pleasant and I felt comfortable with him instantly. Now, don't ask me what we talked but trust me, we did talk...for hours. We went there during tea time and talked til it was way past dinner time, so you get the idea.

 

They say that a lot can happen over a cup of coffee. Well, I can vouch over that. Cos' I met my soul mate over a cup of coffee too...MY cup of coffee- let us be clear on that ;-)