Linda的布拉格

明天是我在英國最好的朋友之二，Ellen和Hasan在倫敦的婚禮
(婚禮實況)
很想過去很想過去，也只能等夏天再親自跟他們恭喜了
我的朋友Ellen要變作土耳其醫師太太了^___^
這兩個人...相當傳奇

She once sat in front of me and all the fellows in 19 North Terrace, everyone around the dinner table were the witnesses, saying...

"HE...would be the LAST person I will be with in this world, even if we are on an no man's island and he's the last man left in the world" "HE is so annoying" "I HATE him" "How can I GET RID OF him"...things like this and that, though Nuno always insisted that "hate" or "hatred" were two very strong emotional expressions and how come we Asian people could just spit it out without even thinking.

At the dinner table, Nuno taught Ellen "If you really 'HATE' the guy that much, open and water your mouth, pretending you're falling asleep on the coach all the way down to London. Trust me, this will definitely frighten him, well, at least a man, away!"

That was the day before Hasan sneaked into Ellen's Christmas trip to London, 2001.

Several days later, picked up a phonecall from London, with the other end of the phone a-bit-of-cowardly stumbling, "Linda....I...er...well,...Me and Hasan are together!"
"What??!?!?"
That was how the story began.

Hasan said, "When I first saw Ellen in the OAC (i.e. Open Access Centre in School of Modern Languages, where all our memories were), I knew she was the one of my life I want to marry to." "Can this be possible?" Me and Jenny, another good friend of Ellen, gave him a doubtful look when we thought he was just trying to leave us good impression. WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT A TURKISTAN CAN MEAN BY SAYING SO.

He sent Ellen "carnations" when Ellen was still with her crap French boyfriend when they first met and we all thought the "carnations" was such a laugh. (You wanna show your love to your mum or what?)

Then Hasan was starting for his distant and hard journey to becoming a doctor in England, preparing for and taking thousands of small or big exams, while Ellen and I were bathed in tough works in T&I, writing endless assignments and doing also thousands of interpreting practices.

They fought all the time, orally or physically. They tried countless breakups and never was once successful. When they fought, you wouldn't want to get involved and you even wish them to PLEASE break up ASAP. But when they were so deeply in love, it was as if they were the perfectest match in the world. I never understood why this couple could go such extreme but were still together, but one thing I always know is that "they will get married one day for sure!"

We had so many good and hard times together. Hasan cooks really delicious kebab, chicken is my favourite. I don't have to mention how well Ellen can cook coz we lived together for a couple of months and we know each other so well. We played UNO together and tried to let other people get drunk. They were the two people who were by my side whenever I was terribly upset for some reasons.

If I'd have more times, I can tell the story of the couple for hours. After 3+ years coming to 2005, Mr Hasan Yilmaz is already a practice doctor in Plymouth and Miss Ellen Wu is currently doing another MA in U of Plymouth, hopefully will be having her degree by the end of this year.

Running a relationship can be as difficult as running a business. How two very different but unique people first get to know each other, know more about each other, fall in love, feel sweet, gone through numerous conflicts, got hurt but still love each other and finally the bride walks down the aisle, smiling towards the man she'll be with for the rest of her life, however good or bad the future will be.

Though it's a pity I cannot be in you guys wedding, I know you'll make it and will live happily ever after in England (just don't fight that much, ok?), having little Ellen or/and little Hasan. Love you both and see you very soon.

BIG BIG HUGS for the gorgeously beautiful bride-to-be!