There’s no way I can actually make a post about what all I did for Becky today. Even a guy like me can actually do some romantic stuff and it all fell in place in an amazing way. Even though we were more than 300 kilometers away, she loved it and that was more than what I could have hoped for…. and here’s my verdict – Expressing your love does not always need expensive gifts and intimate physical closeness; 300 Km away and not even 20$ was all it took to sweep my valentine off her feet!! And as you can guess the flowers on the right were just a small part of what I gave Becky today!!

So we got up early and piled into the Temp Traveller to drop off S at the airport. She said goodbye and then pushed the trolley alone to the counter while we craned our heads to keep seeing her. Then almost like in slow motion we saw her being sent off from the counter and walking towards us. Our hearts sank as she told us that there was an ECNR stamp missing and hence she wasnt allowed to leave! This couldnt be happening!!! We desperately prayed and tried everything to try to bypass this procedure, but it wasnt possible. The only way was for her to miss her flight and goto the ECNR office and get the job done. We…

Finally a plan fell into my mind and I managed to leave Vellore by 8.30 AM and reach Chennai by 12 noon. After a quick lunch I planned to goto Beckys clinic and surprise her!! S and J offered to drop me as they were going to visit his sister close to Beckys house. Halfway through the journey Becky seemed to get a whiff of the surprise but S and J managed to quickly adapt the plan and they said they were coming to see her on the way. I kept calling and pretending I had just left to Chennai. I got off on the street before her house and J and S went in to see her. She was…

Another day… and I had to say bye to Becky. J and S dropped us off at her home and then went away to visit J’s sister and that left Becky and me together with her cousins etc. We spent some quality time together. I’m realising how precious Becky is to me! J, S, Becky and I then did a quick regrouping at Coffee Day before I finally had to re-drop her off at home and then tuck myself into the car alone in the back seat and get back home. That familiar lump in my throat and emotions rushed in again……

We’d planned as a large family (Rosses, Tituses and the Pauls) to sing a special number in church today – “Everlasting God”. We’d done a little practice on Friday but there was a lot of room for improvement. BEcky hadnt yet practiced with us and so we met up in church a little earlier and all of us practiced the song a couple of times. Beckys brother PEter also managed to join us.Well, after a little goof up with the announcement slide and after the bass guitar conked out we sang our hearts out and really enjoyed it because the song was so beautiful and appropriate to happenings in the last few weeks. I played the drums (after a very…

Will I ever find the words to tell you what happened today and express the way I feel ? Never….. words are just not enough when God’s plans simply blow your mind away and He makes a day so beautiful. Becky and I got engaged today and it was more than just a ceremony.Yes, there was the traditional plate-and-gift carrying, the Sari change, the ring-garland-bible exchange. But it was also more than that as every moment Becky and I felt so special because God had chosen us to be together. I’ll never ever find the words to express the way we felt tonight.You can see a few pics here – http://cmc94.fotopic.net/c1189659.htmlBut even those photos which are worth a thousand words…

My Altec Lansing speakers had conked out a few weeks ago and I had to lug it with me to Chennai to get it to the service center. Appa and I located the center and gave in the speakers for repair and we also managed to locate a DTP center to type out one of the tamil songs we were gonna use for the Engagement. A cuppa coffee later my speakers were repaired and as good as new (hopefully!!)I spoke to Becky about the quickest route to get there and my dad then dropped me off at Mount Road and went home. I had a pretty loooong wait for the bus and was pretty impatient. Finally I got one and…

I entered the New Year on duty at the hospital and a little busy. The best thing was being able to talk to Becky after she came back from church. Just past midnight Sandeep dropped in and offered to drop me off at the station at 6 AM to catch my train to Chennai. Cool!I slept a little on the noisy train and managed to speak a little to Becky. I was planning to go home, have lunch and then go off to Beckys place.My dad said he’d pick me up at the station. The train was about 20 minutes late and there was my dad waiting to pick me up. I started walking with him to the entrance and…

It was a daze today.All I remember is packing up and then going to the station holding Becky’s hand while she just looked down.Opened the door, pulled out my bag, gave Becky a little hug and then…… I watched her leave….I turned to enter the station and then it hit me hard… I wouldn’t be seeing her for 3 more weeks …..So there I was at the crowded station and the only thing on my mind was Becky. I kept replaying the events of the last couple of days over and over in my mind sitting amidst a thousand people….. Is this how love feels??!! Sadness when you say goodbye to her and yet joy that eternity is togetherness. I…

Beckys parents came to Chennai from Kodaikanal and we started shopping for the rings.After a few disappointing shops we finally went into GRT Jewellers and soon stumbled onto a beautiful ring for Becky that was awesome. We also decided to order my ring there itself and had alittle fun trying to get the right size : I’ve got this funny finger shape where the joint is big and the finger is slim!! But anyway the jeweller promised me a good fit… and we’ll trust him.Lunch was great at the Abirami Food Mall and it felt good as we were all excited about the engagement. We then dropped off Athai (That’s what I call Beckys mom) at the bus stop and…