Grace, Eye MD

It’s funny how in the past few days, people have been emailing me that they’ve seen my pictures on Friendster, and that I look so happy.  With Sam, more specifically.  Just today, Joey, an old friend from Zobel, said that he didn’t know Sam but we just looked so happy, and could we please get married na? Hehehe!  Yes, I am happy with Sam, and I guess it just shows

Most people know our story, and those closest to me were the most surprised about how we got together. All I can say is, I never looked back, because I never thought that I could meet my perfect match. I didn’t settle, I went for who I knew I loved, deserved and was truly happy with.

When I was young,I always had a checklist of the qualities I wanted in the person I would end up with.  When I met Sam, I was so amazed that he matched nearly all the items on my list (OK, I didn’t count on him being more maputi than me, and the 24 facial moles! Hehe!).  He loved coffee and eating (a lot), like me.   He was very smart, and I never saw anyone who had such passion for his work.  In that aspect, he reminded me of Papa. I guess every girl looks for qualities of her father when choosing her other half (IF she has a good father :> )Sam was funny, pilyo, acted like a runaway chimpanzee on marijuana half the time, knew how to make me laugh, was a stubborn ass like me plus, even when we were just friends,  we could finish each other’s sentences (something no one has ever done). He was irreverent and always spoke his mind.  There were never any pretenses. And, it was such a joy to finally share an intelligent conversation with someone who was a doctor, but knew so many other non-med, useful and useless things!  It was just amazing to find someone who thought the same way I did, was interested in the same things I was interested in, liked the same movies I did (OK, I’m the abnormal one, I like noisy, made-for-boys movies) and basically enjoyed the same stuff I did.  I think a big factor was that we both grew up in the same kind of  closely-knit family in the south; and when we talked about it, a lot in our childhood were parallel.  I had to get used to the fact that he was never afraid to show his affection in public (yes, even in front of our parents, he’d be hugging me!), but that was a welcome thing for me :)  Of course it helped that we both had the same vision for our future, especially in terms of career and family.

So, yes, Joey, I am happy :)  We both just keep wishing that everyone finds what we have.