Meeting for the first Time

We both moved to Wuhan in the spring of 2013. We lived about a mile away from each other before finally meeting in October of 2015. He was at an Irish Pub, and about to leave, before he saw some friends come in, and they said they just had a business dinner. Then Angela came in and we hit it off! We talked all night with just normal chit chat, where are you from, where did you go to school, what do you do for work. We exchanged numbers, and I invited her to come to a concert.

初次相遇

我们俩的故事，是从武汉开始的。2013年的春天，作为两个外地人，我们从不同的地方，在差不多的时间点来到了武汉。后来才知道，虽然武汉很大，但我们当时住的地方竟然意外的相隔不远，甚至很有可能曾经在同一个超市排过队，同一个路口等过红绿灯。但直到2015年的十月份，我们才算是真正意义上的初次相遇了。那晚，他在一个爱尔兰酒吧正打算离开的时候，刚好遇到认识的朋友和一群人走了进来。和这位朋友一起来的人群里，就有我。第一次见，我们就有聊不完的天。从哪儿来的，在哪儿读书，工作是什么，互相交换了号码，他说，有空来听音乐会哦。

First Date A few days go by, and Angela shoots him a message about the concert. She came to the hall and Chris gave her the tickets, making sure that he was looking dapper in white tie and tails. After the concert, we went to an Italian restaurant, and Angela asked the waiter for something without cheese. Chris can still remember the look on the waiter’s face! (Not liking cheese is something that definitely needs to be remembered). She said that she was very worried that the sticks would fly out of Chris’ hand at any moment during the concert.

After dating for a few weeks Angela had to go to Mexico for a business trip, and Chris “Taught” her Spanish over WeChat, with the most important phrase being “no cilantro”!

初次约会

10月25日，第一次去听他的音乐会。也是第一次见到一身帅气燕尾服，打着领结的他。他把音乐会票拿给我，告诉我结束后在哪儿等他的时候，有个小细节：本来出口应该是在左边的，他好像是紧张的缘故，口误说成了右边。当时我内心小小的窃喜了下，原来紧张的不只是我一个人。整场音乐会，我的眼睛都是爱心的形状：他演奏的时候简直在发光！和初次见他的时候，判若两人。非常专注，有热情很震撼的同时，又有控制力，收放自如，特别迷人！音乐会结束后，我们一起去了一家意大利餐厅，点沙拉的时候，我特别叮嘱，不要放芝士！他至今都还记得服务员脸上的表情，同时也默默记下了我的习惯。我对他说，演出全程我都提心吊胆，担心他手上的鼓锤儿在某个时刻万一飞出去了怎么办？！

随后，我们又约会了几次之后，我就出差去了墨西哥。第一次到了语言不通的国家，我只好求助于学过西班牙语的他。每次他都微信救我，并且教会了我最重要的一句西班牙语：“不要香菜！”

First Trip

Our first adventure together was a trip to Yi Chang, to see the Three Gorges Dam and Riverside. It was also the first time that we said ‘I love you’ to each other!

第一次旅行

人们都说，考验感情的最好方式，就是和他一起去旅行！我们的第一次旅行，是去了宜昌三峡。这是第一次一起坐火车，第一次一起坐船，第一次一起坐缆车，第一次把合照公之于众。最重要的，也是我们第一次对彼此说出那三个字：我爱你。

Proposal

Fall 2017, Ask her to marry. Chris bought the ring in August, and was waiting for the perfect time to ask Angela. Knowing that there would be no perfect time, Chris popped the question after making Angela’s favorite noodle dish.

求婚

2017年秋日的一天，他做了一个重要的决定。他偷偷在8月份去选了一枚戒指，一直想要等一个最完美的时刻。直到有天，他突然顿悟，觉得其实没有所谓的完美时刻，人是对的，任何时刻都是对的。于是，在一个平常的晚上，他做了我最爱吃的面，然后问出了这个改变我们人生轨迹的问题：“你愿意嫁给我吗？”我完全傻了，看他一脸紧张，我更紧张，一时间俩人连戒指应该戴在那个手指都不记得了。

Chinese Wedding

On May 1^st of this year we got married in Angela’s hometown, ZhuMaDian. To only explain the ceremony to you it would sound crazy! Angela walked through fire, kicked an apple and then Chris shot a bow and arrow...pretty normal day! And at the end of the ceremony we called each other’s parent Mom and Dad, and joined our families.

Now we are getting ready for the next wedding in August for a totally different ceremony, and are super excited to share this day with everyone!

中式婚礼

今年五一，我们在我的家乡，举办了我们的中式婚礼。婚礼的仪式，听上去很疯狂：首先，我跨过火盆，把苹果从脚下的马鞍上踢下来，然后他要拉弓射箭三次，分别朝向天，朝向地，朝前方… 最后，我们在亲友见证下，改口叫彼此的爸爸妈妈，从此，两个来自地球两端的小家，合成了一个我们共同的大家。

现在我们在为八月份的西式婚礼仪式做准备，又将会是完全不同的仪式和体验。非常期待，和大家一起分享和庆祝，这个幸福的时刻！

Details coming soon!