What a beaut, huh?

I learn some­thing new every day liv­ing in China. It’s some­thing that I really appre­ci­ate being here. Not only am I sur­rounded by hyper-intelligent and well-traveled peo­ple, but immers­ing myself in a new cul­ture and new lan­guage has taught me many things, big and small. Some days, I learn life lessons, like how I shouldn’t assume peo­ple don’t speak Eng­lish. Other days, I learn things like how to say ‘Can­ton Tower’ in Chi­nese, even though I’ve lived in this city for 2 years and prob­a­bly should have learned how to say it two years ago.

Any­way as you know we’re wind­ing down our time in Guangzhou. So with the pre­tense of hav­ing a bucket list, the Diplo­Man and I set a date to go atop one of Guangzhou’s biggest tourist attractions.

Two Fri­days ago, we went up 110 sto­ries, plus some, up the high­est tower in China. High­est tower in the world, up until a few months ago when the Tokyo Sky Tree was com­pleted (mind your seman­tics– high­est tower, not build­ing. Yeah, I thought that was a cheap trick too).

Luck­ily, we caught a clear night in Guangzhou. We arrived just as the sun set, and caught a beau­ti­ful nightscape of Guangzhou all lit up.

Then you know what happened??

the Diplo­Man pro­posed. On the high­est part of the high­est tower, in the city we’ve made our home for the last two years. He got down on one knee and promised me a ring. And asked me to marry him. There’s been a lot of ups and downs here in China, and this was def­i­nitely a big up.

I’m not quite sure when I said yes, but I def­i­nitely asked, “are you sure” a few times.

He was sure. I was sure. We’re engaged!

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