Everything Happens for a Reason

i will always be there for you… i promise

I think this post is very much long overdue as it has already been almost 2 months since I came back from Australia. I’m telling you, this trip has been for me the BEST trip I have ever had in all my 24 years thus far and it certainly won’t be the last time I’m going there. Its such a beautiful country, I’ll take one very good example, have a look at the photo of Dove Lake, I didn’t even have to edit it!

In a duration of just 19 days, I have travelled to 3 different cities, stayed in numerous backpackers place, seen things I have never seen before, took more than 3000+ photos, ate some of the best food, and most importantly I had one of the most beautiful moments of my life.

I proposed :)

Sometimes when I look back, it all seems very intriguing how every thing falls into place about 6 years ago when I first met Michelle at college. To be honest, I never planned for any of this at all. Michelle was the girl I would always notice in class as she would sit across me every single day. Very quiet and somewhat shy, she had always caught my attention even though to be honest, we probably barely spoke less than 10 words a day.

I guess we got close after she and I became study buddies after getting to know her a little better. There would be times I would stay back in college just to have dinner with her. I remember clearly how very innocently we became best friends and we could laugh and talk about every single thing in the universe (and probably beyond!). Then one fine day, again very innocently, I asked her out on our very first date. I really had fun that afternoon and I cant believe I said it but, I told her “let’s do this again some time” :)

I had thought she would be my really close friend forever… yeah, that was till I had feelings for her. I do remember the nights when we would stay back in campus and sit under our “special” tree and talk about the possibility of us getting together. The feeling was very much mutual but we were very afraid. Afraid that things would not work out and afraid that we would ruin the friendship that we already have. In the end, we just closed our eyes like this >< and took a huge leap of faith. And here we are together 6 years later on :)

I’ll tell you one thing, a relationship is not about finding the perfect partner, its about finding the partner that can make it perfect together. A lot of times we would argue (yes strong couples do argue too) and patch things back. We would make it work. But beyond all that, sometimes I do feel like God is always on our side. You wouldn’t believe the amount of ups and downs we have been though. We laughed together, we cried together.. but most importantly we did it together.

Hehe… at times I feel like Michelle is trying to get me killed :)
But its all good… one thing that she made a huge change in my life was that she showed me the lighter side of life. One which I could never have understood alone. I don’t know how many of you know that I can be a very serious person most of the time. And in that, she became my other half. The exact half that I need.

I don’t think she had expected it but I have been planning for this day to come ever since she left for Australia. The other day I re-read this email I wrote to my manager about my 2011 plans and in Q4 of 2011 it wrote “Seriously think of how to propose to my girlfriend”. Check!
I did it. I finally did it. I got down on one knee and started with “This is very important and I’m only gonna say this once… so listen carefully”. I’m telling you, the emotion that was going through my mind was so overwhelming I couldn’t even get the words out right.

Baby, if you’re reading this, I want to let you know that I wished I had chosen a better place and time to say it but I couldn’t so I had chosen the moment when I felt it was right. And yes, at about 700ft above the ground at Wineglass Bay, I knew it was the right time.

Being engaged is not just about getting down on one knee and giving a ring, its actually a beginning. A beginning of what is to become a lifetime being together. It was a promise. A promise that no matter what may come, you will go through it together.

I don’t know what may come in the years ahead, but one thing I know is that I will hold Michelle’s hand, grow up and grow old…. together.

I have never stopped loving you all these years, and I’m not planning to stop either.

19.10.2011