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DUET Magazine MAY – JUL 2011 ROMANCE TAKES WORK “I don’t believe in love at fi rst sight,” says actor Zhang Zhen Huan 1. COMPLIMENTARYWIN It’s fun to MUSICAL COMEDY TICKETS P45 2. COMPLIMENTARY HAIRCUT AT KIMROBINSON be in love (WORTH $128) P7 CHECK OUT INTUNE MUSIC SCHOOL’S Perk up your dates; PROMOTION experts tell you how Tips for a lasting Singles talk about what Impress with BUZZ relationship CHAT love means to them STYLE retro-licious fashion cover may-jul.indd 3 13/04/2011 8:09 PM WRITE IN TO US letters I couldn’t stop reading the Valentine’s Day issue of DUET. I found myself totally caught up with the love stories and the valuable advice from the article “Bring on the romance”. Since reading the article, I’ve been newly- encouraged to make my relationship with my boyfriend work. He is studying overseas and coping with the long distance can be very tedious at times. The article gave me some ideas to spice up the relationship. I am glad to have received the Feb-Apr DUET A big thank you to DUET! issue just before Valentine’s Day. I was planning Ng Yu Jun to propose to my girlfriend, and the feature “Will you marry me?” assuaged my fears of being rst time. I was attracted I recently read DUET for the fi rejected. I don’t consider myself the creative type, to its colourful cover, and found the topics covered but the article “Gifts from the heart” gave t fromme the the captivating. My favourite article was “Love across the courage to complete a scrapbook for my partner. ages”. It proved to be a great read about monuments built I also had the option of picking an outfi as testaments to love. The advice given by Violet Lim and “Dazzle that date” spread. My girlfriend accepted Lydia Gan in “Love fallacies” was great as well. Thank my proposal — and DUET played a part! DUET relationship IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO you for the publication as it has proven an eye-opener for has done a fantastic job! me. I will continue to look out for DUET and enjoy the Zhou Weiyuan “Will you marry me?” activities listed. With my active participation and DUET’s So you’ve heard interesting proposal stories from friends around you. n When your turn comes, how would you like the proposal to be? If you are the one popping the question, how do you ensure that the answer is “Oh, yes!”? Here are fi ve proposal ideas for your easy reference. help, I hope that I too can fi nd my “Special One”. Congratulations Weiyuan by STELLA THNG THE ORIGINAL AND THE ‘called’ to say he felt unwell and couldn’t join us. So Kenny IDEA #1UNEXPECTED cajoled me to stay and dance for old times’ sake,” said Linda. Veronica Zhang When James Neo, 28, fi rst broached the idea of going HDB- “By the time we left at 3 am, we were giggling like fl at-shopping to Ling Tan, 28, his girlfriend of fi ve years, school kids, remembering all the cheesy moves. Then, right on your successful she thought that was the proposal. “Frankly, I was a little outside Zouk, he pulled out a ring and asked me to marry disappointed because it’s so typical of Singaporean guys to him! He didn’t go down on one knee and nobody even think that buying a fl at is a marriage proposal,” laughs Ling. noticed it. But it felt so special, of course I said yes!” “But my friends kept teasing me that at least he was willing SMASHING NEW LOOKS to marry me!” ROPE IN YOUR PALS revamp The couple started checking out fl ats with their IDEA #3Finance Executive Eddy Wee, wedding proposal! 30, took it seriously when his girlfriend of three years, property agent for a few weekends. Their daily conversations rst time that I read were fi lled with property jargon like ‘valuation’, ‘prime Fang Xinyi, 27, joked about marrying him only after he had location’ and ‘original condition versus renovations’. completed a 2,000-piece jigsaw puzzle for her. after He roped in two of his pals to help him complete a This was the fi They met up as usual on one Saturday. Ling was thinking of more house viewing, not knowing that huge jigsaw puzzle which had the picture of popular Walt You’ve won yourself $80 James already had a pleasant surprise planned for her. Disney characters Mickey and Minnie Mouse. “I handed Ling a card I’d made. On the cover, I pasted It took three painstaking months for the puzzle nd it interesting and f a photo of myself with the caption: ‘Prime location with to be completed, before the scene could be set for the ANNIE SONG proposal to be held at Capella Singapore, a luxury resort DUET. I fi good amenities. Original condition but available for 30, Human Resource renovation,” said James. When Ling fl ipped it open, there at Sentosa. Manager worth of Takashimaya was a second photo of James holding a heart-shaped “I had planned a visit to Universal Studios at cushion, with the words: “Valuation: Out of this world. Resorts World Sentosa for the day, while my pals e Will you marry me?” decorated the room with tealights and rose petals in preparation for the proposal at night. However, all the encouraging, and it also offers a lot of Ling was so surprised, she cried before she said “Yes!” theme park tickets were sold out for that day! I had to THE SIGNIFICANT send an email to Universal Studios, begging them to vouchers and a limited- Shoes of all kinds — fl ats, heels, wedges and more — are IDEA #2 MOMENTS sell me a pair of tickets as I was going to propose to my Annie’s biggest fashion indulgence. “I can’t stop buying them,” she Kenny Soh, 32, and his wife of three years, Linda, 29, fi rst girlfriend. Luckily, they agreed!” said Eddy. laughs. While she is often found in dresses during workdays, her met at Zouk when they were head-banging teens. “We When Xinyi returned to the room that day, she was activities and ideas. I particularly like uniform of choice during the weekends consists of tank tops and used to frequent Mambo Jambo night on Wednesdays, and stunned. The couple had agreed that they would only shorts. She spends most of her free time jogging, swimming and embarrassingly, we’d do all the Para Para moves. That was settle down after they had established their careers, so this chilling out with friends. edition RISIS “Decision came as a complete surprise. how we met: her group was impressed by my group’s moves Annie’s favourite brands include Zara, River Island and “I did not expect him to propose so soon as he had and we started dancing together!” laughs Kenny. Forever 21. She cites their wide variety of designs as the main Remembering fondly the sweet memories they shared just taken on a new job,” said Xinyi. “I was touched the Revamp section. I am impressed reason for shopping there. at Zouk, Kenny decided to recreate it when he proposed. by his effort to piece together a jigsaw puzzle for They hadn’t been to Mambo Jambo for years, but Kenny the proposal. It was something which I had casually ANNIE’S MAKEOVER WISH? Maker”. convinced Linda to join him one Wednesday. mentioned as a joke. When he got down on one bended “I’ve always wanted to try mixing and matching items to create knee, I knew I had to say ‘Yes!’” e “He said he had to bring an overseas client to Zouk,” my own style of dressing, but have never dared to try because The couple plan to get married next year. said Linda. “When we arrived, the ‘client’ conveniently Images Getty PHOTO: with the way Annie Song looks in I don’t know how to start!” says Annie. “I’d love to develop a wardrobe with more variety, and wear more accessories to match my outfi ts.” 24 DUET FEB–APR 2011 * t. I WHAT WE SAY ABOUT HER NEW LOOK “Ready for romance”, and would like Mix-and-match outfi ts can be fun and fl irty — 12/01/2011 8:46 PM especially with this romantic one-shoulder top and 24-24-2626 relationship3.inddrelationship3.indd 24 fl irtatious ruffl ed skirt. A pair of chunky bracelets to know where I can get the outfi add colour and a dash of style. would like to have a makeover and romanceReady for give my wardrobe a revamp. Can DUET shows Annie Songg and Dan Liew how to work their outfi ts for tthathat CChinesehinese NNewew Year reunion dinner or VValentine’salentine’s DDayay datdate.e. you kindly assist? by EVELYN MAK AND NELLIE TAY Despite being a romantic at heart, I had lost faith in the Lui Sook Fun 14 DUET * FEB–APR 2011 12/01/2011 8:39 PM notion of love. However, I was given renewed hope after 114-154-15 REVAMP2.inddREVAMP2.indd 14 reading “Love across the ages” in DUET. So watch out Sook Fun, check out il if nd out world, I’m going to actively ‘write’ my own love story, www.lovebyte.org.sg for more details if and embark on a fresh start this new year! you are interested to get a tmakeover. from the creditsYou can fi Diana where to get Annie’s outfi printed on the Revamp page.
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