its been a month again since i last posted...and i have to share wonderful news~

on june 16 len proposed!!! a month later, i'm still in shock...when i tell the story i feel like im telling someone else's story but here goes a simplified version...

on june 15 len talked to my parents about his plans and asked them for permission...later that night we went to visit uncle mhon and family in simi valley....then drove to anaheim to meet up with len's family for a weekend at disneyland!

on june 16th, we spent the day at disneyland with the family....it was hard to go through all the rides everyone wanted to go to since there was so many of us and there were kids to watch and strollers.....we went on the teacups (never again.....i was super dizzy), story book ride (going into the whale's mouth), its a small world, honey i shrunk the audience, star tours....then went back to the hotel so everyone can rest, take a swim.....then we went back to disneyland and met up with the rest of the family and lined up for fantasmic~ we were at the spot, waiting for 45 mins and the seats we got werent even that great...len videotaped the whole thing and i took pics....i thought everyone wanted to stay for fireworks, but they looked for something to eat and len and i watched the fireworks........after that len and i walked around a bit...i was anxious to look for the family, but he suggested that we walk around some more...so i saw the winnie the pooh ride and there was no line so we went on it....
we went on the ride, and i took a pic of us before the ride, and i was taking pics during the ride...eheh testing out the new camera on the pooh ride.....then len starting talking....
"I have to come clean about something," so of course i was scared, "why what did u do?," i replied...len went on while i was taking pics still he said something along the lines of "you know i love you and i want to spend the rest of my life with you and i know this is a step in our future together" then out of the corner of my eye and while taking the pic of pooh in his pj's dreaming, i saw len take out a box.....and OH MY GOSH!!! my mouth dropped and oddly at the same time we passed the dreaming pooh and we just entered the dreamland, i totally felt like i was dreaming too....he said "Will you marry me???" I'm surprised i even heard him say it cuz it was sooooooo shocked....well i guess i was silent for a while, while he was holding the ring out and he says, "well you could think about it if u want?" and i screamed "oh my gosh OF COURSE YES! i'm so sorry im speechless, i'm soooo shocked!!!!" my mind was racing and i was thinking, awww we dont have a picture/video of that moment....so at the end of the ride, we asked the guy to take a pic of us , and len goes " ya man, i think i just got engaged!" the guy replied "OH MY GOSH congrats!!! u guys are going on a second time!" so he took the pic and we went on the ride again...i was trying to ask len all these questions but he wasnt really telling me anything....then after the second ride, the guy took some more pics, and len got down on his knee at that time too =)
so i was sooooooo shocked still and i called my parents and they said they already knew....and then i didnt get to contact anyone else til we got home on sunday....but len said he was sooo nervous the whole day, trying to find the right moment sometime that day...and he had the ring with him the whole time....so his family knew he bought the ring since last yr, but they didnt know when he was going to ask.....so we found them on main st. and im not the type of person who will yell it out...hehe i got shy...so we were waiting for everyone to notice... len basically would gesture my hand in their direction.....it was and still is soooo exciting!!!

it probably hasnt hit me yet cuz we're not in a rush to do all the planning..we're estimating 2 yrs to save up more money....and figure out which one of us is going to move....im flexible since im finishing my program and once i pass my boards, i can pretty much apply anywhere...but as i look at bridal magazines and hear how much more expensive everything is getting....i get sooo stressed and i dont even want to start the planning process...i feel like im going to pull my hair out, thinking of all the expenses...and how many people we have to invite too! we made a list of just our immediate relatives...its already over 200.....we'll see how everything goes...but for now...im doing research every now and then so when len does come down to visit, i can show a few places and we can at least figure where we want to get married and what date...we're aiming spring or october 2008.....everyone keeps saying thats too long...but given the circumstances of one of us having to find another job and relocating...i think its a good amount of time....2 yrs is going to fly!!! and so now im just brainstorming...and of course trying to concentrate on working out and losing weight!!