Christo & Suné

A rustic theme, with a touch of lavender.

Tell us your love story

We met in high school, on the 10th of September 2007. Early on in our relationship I knew – this is my future husband. We had a lot of ups and downs. Fortunately, each fight only made us stronger. After nine years and one week, I can finally say – I am now his wife!

And how did the Mr. propose?

I anticipated this day for so long! There were a few times that I thought, ‘here it is now,’ and then, to my disappointment, nothing! We were visiting my parents in Malaysia. We went to an island in Thailand, and before leaving he told me I must take nice clothes for a date night. Again I thought – ‘here it is!’ The trip to Thailand came and went with no question whatsoever. We met up with my parents again in a place called Langkawi.

Some time had passed and I had forgotten about any engagement whatsoever. One afternoon, after a busy day, I said I am going to take a nap. Apparently while I was taking my nap, he went to ask my parents the big question. We had planned dinner with friends of my parents. Before dinner he asked me why don’t I paint my nails (at this point I had no idea what was lying ahead for me).

We arrived at the restaurant and everyone ordered oysters. I am not the biggest fan of oysters so I didn’t take any. My mother asked me to walk with her to the restroom and I did. When we came back there was an oyster on my plate. Christo asked me to please eat one, so I did. As soon as I had the oyster in my hand, everyone had their cellphones and cameras in their hands.

At this stage I did not have the faintest idea of what was going on. I thought it was perhaps to capture my facial expression while eating.  Boy was I wrong! As soon as it was in my mouth, I felt something hard (and almost vomited), and then I realised – it is my ring! When I looked down (already in tears), Christo was on his knee. Everyone in the restaurant stood up and applauded. Such a special and memorable day of our lives, which we will certainly never forget!

What was the theme/colour/style of your special day?

Rustic theme, with lavender. This is about all that I said to Sieglinda (Our wedding planner from A pretty Occasion). She did the rest and it was perfect!

Tell us more about your dress?

My dress was made by Ann-lee Couture. It was exactly what I wanted. I showed her a picture and within two months I had my picture-perfect dress. Before we were engaged I, like any other ‘head-over-heels’ girlfriend, looked at a lot of wedding dresses, and as soon as I saw this specific picture I knew, this was it.