Project R: Wedding Proposal 2.0

26 10 2009

Thank you for visiting my humble blog. :)

Whether you are a regular reader or a first time visitor, I, Alvin Lim (Alvinology) needs your help.

You see, I was racking my brain juices for the past month, thinking of the best way to propose to my girlfriend of two years, Rachel Chan. How should a self-professed geek like me propose?

Online of course!

Rachel and I met working at an online portal, Youth.SG and our initial contacts were via long MSN sessions late at night. Even the solitaire ring I will be proposing with is bought online.

That’s how Project R came about: Project Rachel.

Here’s how you can help me:

Being a firm supporter and user of online social media, I am leaving my happiness to everyone to viral this message below to my wife-to-be:

“Rachel, will you marry me? I am waiting for your answer at a secret location. To find me, you need to unlock a series of clues which showcase my five resolutions to you. The first clue is in a video posted on my blog. I will be waiting for you till you show up.”

You can help me spread this on your blog, twitter, facebook, friendster of whatever other social media channels as long as it reaches people who knows Rachel personally and can inform her about this. If you know Rachel personally, you can do the same plus SMS, MMS, email her so she is swarmed with hundreds of proposal messages. A thousand and one proposal messages will be romantic isn’t it? Just leave the number 1001 for me.

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If you wish to provide me with additional support for this wedding proposal, here’s a banner I have created for you to post on your blog, websites or anywhere else online and link back to this blog.

Oh! Btw, if you are wondering why I chose to propose on this date, 26 October happens to be both, Rachel and my birthday.

I will be carrying my laptop around and will be LIVE updating everyone on the progress via this blog and my Twitter account, including uploading photos and information about my five resolutions as Rachel solves them one by one.

Wish me luck and a big thank you to all!

Alvin would especially like to thank omy.sg, Ping.SG, Advertlets.com and Youth.SG for providing me with precious web banners today for this proposal.

I would also like to thank all my friends and colleagues who helped me to plan and execute this wedding proposal – you know who you are, I will not reveal your names now so as not to spoil the surprise for Rachel.

LATEST UPDATE:

Resolution 1 Solved:

Alvin promises to pamper and love Rachel, paying close attention to all her needs and whims.

Q: The message is embedded in the video above.

A: “Look for your closest colleague” – Wei Chian.

Alvin presents Rachel: A portrait he painstakingly hand drawn with attention to the smallest details.

Resolution 2 Solved:

Alvin promises Rachel a lifetime of adventures, just like that sweet old man in their favourite movie, UP.

Q: Someone in omy

A: Connie Woo who shares the same birthday with Rachel and Alvin.

Photo album

Alvin presents Rachel: A photo album detailing the three countries they traveled together to – Japan, Thailand and Taiwan.

Resolution 3 Solved:

Alvin promises to lavish and shower Rachel with gifts, presents and all that money can buy.

Q: Someone who taught you before.

A: Alvin’s mom who taught Rachel dressmaking.

Alvin presents Rachel: A joint account, Alvin’s two other bank accounts. Alvin’s money is now also Rachel’s money.

Resolution 4 Solved:

Alvin promises to keep the romance alive in his relationship with Rachel, even when they are old and wrinkly.

Q: Someone who we traveled with before.

A: Mark and Meiyen who went Japan with us early this year.

Alvin presents Rachel: A bouquet of flowers. Yes, it’s cliche, but it is still romantic.

Resolution 5 Solved:

Alvin promises to grow old with Rachel. Please be mine. :)

Solitaire ring

Alvin presents Rachel: A diamond ring.

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47 responses

26 10 2009
Lai Chow

Happy birthday people! Hurry up and get married already!

26 10 2009
magekin

wow so sweet! :D

26 10 2009
Kai

WoOhoO~!!!

Keep us updated! ANd I’ll be waiting for your red bomb!!!

JIA YOU!!! BEST OF LUCK!!!

26 10 2009
Fred

Truly a trailblazer!

26 10 2009
DieHardX

Good luck man! I did my part by posting it on my blog!

All the best to both of you!

26 10 2009
Rachel

Okay, it’s not who I thought it is…Weirdses! And I only got half hour left of my lunch!

26 10 2009
eunice

p.s: I realised that u also hardly smile in photos, abit like Mona Lisa. XD

GOOD LUCK MAN!!!

26 10 2009
BooNMiNG

i will support you!! Go go ALVIN!!! :)

26 10 2009
Travelerfolio (Eunice)

Already done my part to spread Wedding Proposal 2.0!!! Waiting for your GOOD NEWS!!! JIA YOU!!!

26 10 2009
Jesfon Chan

I dunno u …but wish u at the best …( Add Oil ) !!

26 10 2009
alvinology

Thanks everyone! Especially to those who help to spread on their blogs, facebook, twitter, etc! Thanks a lot! :)

26 10 2009
kkk

this is so romantic! it will definitely be a success!! jiayou jiayou! i m looking forward to seeing your wedding photos!!!!!!

26 10 2009
ED

Wow…

I am a silent observer but this is sure one very interesting post!

Keep it up Alvin! u are a real Romantic and Congrats in advance! :)

26 10 2009
Josh Lim

Congratulations, Alvin & Rachel :) This is so geeky/romantic! Glad to be a part of it!

26 10 2009
mingo

No more 2nd clue ?

26 10 2009
Franz

I usually don’t do this, but I have to credit your efforts. Make sure you prepare your analytics so that you can know what happened.

=)

Your wife is lucky. Congratulations!

26 10 2009
Josh Lim

Btw, check out #AlvinAndRachel on Twitter :) http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23AlvinAndRachel

26 10 2009
alvinology

Josh: This is cool! Thanks for the support!

26 10 2009
Chitra

hurry up lah!!!! do the on bended knees, slip the ring, kiss and make out lah!!!

26 10 2009
KY

so you mean Rachel doesn’t read this blog? HAHAHAHAHA

26 10 2009
Esther

Great stuff Alvin! Super creative! Go go go!

26 10 2009
Miss Glitzy

Happy birthday dude!

I’m sure Rachel reads the blog but she doesn’t know the 5 locations!

26 10 2009
chucks87

omg!!!!!!!!!! exciting exciting!!!!! aiya. i see too late le larh!!!!! JIA YOU ALVIN!!!

26 10 2009
chucks87

oops that was marilynmegamonster!. haha using a friend’s account to comment. HAHA

26 10 2009
alvinology

We are now at Relish! :) Rachel said YES already! :)http://www.wildrocket.com.sg/relish.htm

26 10 2009
ADsolutE

congratz

26 10 2009
marilyn

congrates alvin!!!! ((:

26 10 2009
Ting

thanks for showing love, hope and romance is still alive. Good luck dude! :)

26 10 2009
ming zhen

so romantic and so sweet!
chasing your blog today just to know the outcome!

:)

great effort put in!

26 10 2009
Jessica Lim

Why so complicated. Why can’t you just do the conventional romantic dinner date thing!!??

26 10 2009
kkk

oh my god oh my god! CONGRATS ALVIN!!!

26 10 2009
stacy chan

Congratulations Alvin! That was really sweet. Happy birthday to both of you! :D

27 10 2009
JEAN. =]

CONGRATS CONGRATS CONGRATS CONGRATS CONGRATS CONGRATS CONGRATS CONGRATS CONGRATS CONGRATS CONGRATS CONGRATS, to MR. & MRS. LIM~!! =DD Nopes, I didn’t copy and paste that ok~!! haha. It’s a sincere blessing and joy from deep down my heart~!! Feel so happy for both of you. =DD

27 10 2009
method86

Congrats!!! Happily Ever After :D

27 10 2009
stan

GONG XI GONG XI!!! :D

SHENG RI KUAI LE!!!!!

27 10 2009
Esther

The diamond ring is beeeyoootiful!! :)

27 10 2009
Aussie Pete

Alvin – mate!! I’m absolutely speechless… brilliant job. So unbelievably romantic. Best wishes to the both of you…

All our love,

Pete, Sammi and Jaime!!

27 10 2009
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[...] quick update. Rachel said yes to the Project R proposal yesterday night at Relish [...]

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27 10 2009
joolin

dude, i am obviously a technology laggard. i just came across this. i am really happy for you two. your love is great :)

28 10 2009
alvinology

Joolin: Thanks dude. Reckon I got engaged before we managed to meet for lunch, haha. Catch up soon. :)

28 10 2009
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28 10 2009
Project R in the media

[...] Project R was reported in the two evening Chinese newspaper, Shin Min Daily and Lianhe Wanbao yesterday (27 Oct). You can read the article HERE via omy.sg. There’s also a vodcast covering the proposal process and photo gallery in the omy.sg article. [...]

29 10 2009
celine

congrat!! Ur wedding proposal was so thoughtful :D

31 10 2009
Wan Quan

Wah… why rachel still needs to much clue to be proposed by you? Sorry i missed that event, but anyway how it happened, Congrats!

Thanks Rachel for adopting our poor Alvin the geek! Hahah!!

10 11 2009
Rachel Soh

Hi Alvin, am really impressed by you. :) A very touching proposal. I wish both you and your Rachel a long and blissful marriage. ;)

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