We all have that special someone who we one day meet. Sometimes it’s your best friend, other times it’s the person you least expect and usually we can’t predict these things, as much as we’d like to.
I have never considered going out with an Asian girl, mainly because I didn’t know many Asian people in England. Even after deciding to come to Japan I didn’t really consider dating an option. It seems difficult to date abroad, people don’t understand you and you never know how long you will really be there.
When I met Yuuri I instantly thought she was a lovely person, she seemed to go out of her way to help me best she could as a tourist information person. We had a huge festival here in Aomori called Nebuta and so I wanted Yuuri to join me in celebrating it Nebuta website 
After that I found her interesting, kind and lots of fun so I began to take her out more often. We went to restaurants and bars and I asked her out.
Next month I got very sick with chicken pox and had to stay in hospital. We hadn’t been going out for very long and even after I came out of hospital I didn’t look great. My chicken pox was very bad and I couldn’t shave or get a hair cut or even have a wash. I looked like Cast Away’s younger uglier brother. Despite this she stuck by me and took good care of me. It’s tough being ill in a foreign country, not just because your ill but because of the depression. It’s hard having no one there for you and not really knowing what’s going on.
Well I’ve almost made a full recovery now and Yuuri is still by me and we are still having lots of fun together. I’ve met her parents and they seem like wonderful people and she will meet my parents on the 19th march 09. So yesterday on White day (14th March 09) I decided to propose to her. I bought my ring from England so I knew what I was getting and booked a table at a restaurant.
The restaurant is on the top of Aomori grand hotel which you can see here. The View overlooks the bay and you can see the bridge.click to see the view.
We had a lovely French meal with Champagne and at the end I got up and opened the case containing the ring but the ring jumped out and landed on the floor by Yuuri’s chair. I quickly bent down on one knee to pick up the ring and asked her to marry me.
