SAMMY PROPOSED TO SARAH ON MAY 24, 2014.

ON A CLEAR-SKIED, LATE SPRING DAY, SAMMY AND SARAH WERE AT THE RECEPTION OF A FRIEND'S GRADUATION FROM UC BERKELEY. THEY HAD BOTH JUST FILLED THEIR PLATES WITH RECEPTION FOODS; SARAH SAID "CUCUMBERS ARE HEALTHY." SAMMY REPLIED, "THANK YOU, DR. LIN." IT WAS THE LAST EXCHANGE THEY SHARED BEFORE BECOMING FIANCES. SAMMY EXCUSED HIMSELF TO "THE BATHROOM," WHEREAFTER ANOTHER FRIEND HANDED SARAH AN ENVELOPE. INSIDE WAS A LETTER THAT TOLD HER THAT SAMMY WAS ACTUALLY NOT AT THE BATHROOM, AND INSTEAD HE HAD FLED TO A LOCATION FAR AWAY WHERE SARAH WOULD EVENTUALLY FIND HIM ON BENDED KNEE.  THE LETTER HAD INSTRUCTIONS FOR A SELF-GUIDED TOUR OF VARIOUS LOCATIONS SIGNIFICANT TO THEM DURING THEIR DATING RELATIONSHIP: THE FOUNTAIN IN NORTH BERKELEY WHERE THEY HAD THEIR FIRST HEART TO HEART, THE BERKELEY MARINA WHERE THEY WOULD PARK AND TALK LATE AT NIGHT, SUTRO BATHS, AND EVENTUALLY THE WAVE ORGANS AT THE SAN FRANCISCO MARINA (WITH A PITSTOP AT HOME SO SHE COULD CHANGE INTO SOMETHING NICE). IT WAS SAMMY'S DESIRE THAT THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE BETWEEN THEM AND THE LORD, AND THAT WITHOUT ANY PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF IT, MAYBE THE MOMENT WOULD EXIST AS A MEMORY SHARED BY ONLY THEM. THIS WAS FOILED BY THE LARGE GROUP OF TOURISTS THAT ARRIVED SHORTLY AFTER SARAH. THEY SNUCK AWAY TO A LITTLE SAND BANK AND SAMMY ASKED SARAH TO BE HIS WIFE. SHE SAID YES. AFTERWARDS, THEY WENT TO DINNER IN THE CITY AND CAME BACK HOME TO A GARDEN PARTY WITH THEIR CLOSEST FRIENDS AND FAVORITE SWEETS. IT WAS THE BEST DAY OF THEIR LIVES...THAT IS, UNTIL, APRIL 25TH :)