Oasis

Hi all.

I am writing again because I have a rather exciting news; I got engaged!

So you might not know but this year has been rough on me, well luckily not so much but it definitely took a toll on my mental health.

It all started in February when I noticed that I was losing more hair than usual. It wasn't really going into my head but still, efforts were made to prevent me balding. But the thing was, it got worse each day; until now, in fact. I just care less and focus on other things now (if any..).

This was taken in mid Oct, I lost this much hair when brushing. Tried every hair tonic & medicine in the market; you name it: Kaminomoto, Natur, Neril, Mumbul Mas, Mynoxidil, Qiara, Muskrat, Erha, Biotin, Candlenut Oil, Argan Oil -nothing worked! I just ordered my old hair tonic from China as my last resort. If that doesn't work I'll just shave my head.

Because I did take some medicines with infamous side effects for my hair loss, my mood swings became worse and rest assured my boyfriend (read: now fiancé) was affected by it lol. I became more sensitive, I was lethargic and just wanted to stay home because I didn't want people to see my balding head (perfect timing because, well, covid & quarantine!). It was tough for him but what could I do when I was this helpless??

He started to talk about marriage and srsly looking at my condition I was like 'the heck am I gonna get into a marriage when I'm not sane myself?!' and always brushed him off whenever he mentioned it. I even mentioned about breaking up because getting married is not on my list right now or even in upcoming years lol

In the last week of October, we were gonna celebrate his birthday (again) at this fancy, exquisite restaurant, de luxe! Everything was well booked and I asked them to provide a cake with birthday note on it. Turns out this guy had a plan on his own.

We took a lot of photos there and one time when I was standing behind him to pose, he started to search inside his bag and I remember thinking 'tf are you looking for this poor waiter is still holding the camera' and he brought up a ring box and I was shooooked! He then said stuff I can't even remember because I was shaking lol and eventually asked the ultimate question; will you suffer with me for the rest of your life no jk jk lol he asked me to marry him and I said yes!

pardon the shitty image quality because I captured it from video lol and this fool got the ring box UPSIDE DOWN smfh..

Aside from the small mishap, the night was definitely memorable. This guy had the guts to ask me on one knee in front of a crowd lol luckily they were very supportive and cheered loudly. 

Oh one more mayhem, the ring he bought was twice (tu wai se, two times!) my size looool when we took it to the shop they said it's impossible to resize it since it was way too big so they had to make it again from scratch and here I am a ring-less engaged woman who can only wear my engagement ring in 2++ months. What . the . fuck...

This tops the highlight of my year and serves as an oasis in a dry ass desert aka my 2020 life. I can't thank him enough for loving me the way I am and for putting so much effort to cope out with me. Match made in heaven, really!

Oh.. when's the wedding you asked? Not in a year, not in 2021 for sure because I love my freedom way too much, I can't give it up just yet lol so now I am just gonna enjoy my time being unmarried until the time has come (not in foreseeable future). 

N.b. 

Special thanks to the crew of Henshin at Westin Hotel Jkt on the evening of 28-10-20.

And the guests for the congratulatory cheer :p much appreciated!