Like many expats in Hong Kong, Eng Seng Lim and Sharon Liu Min were both away from home and trying to blend into the new environment. They were lucky to find each other.
Eng Seng, 32, a banker, and Sharon, 30, an event planner, celebrated their marriage on October 8 at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Singapore with more than 250 friends and relatives.
They continued the celebration on October 29 in Hong Kong. The couple's chef friend designed a wine-pairing lunch menu for more than 100 guests.
The couple, both born in Singapore, met in 2008 in a bar in Lan Kwai Fong. Sharon had been in Hong Kong for just a week when she was introduced to Eng Seng at a gathering of Singaporean expats.
'He was very genuine and easy to talk to. I was happy I had found someone like him who I felt connected to,' Sharon recalled.
Although it wasn't a love-at-first-sight kind of opening, Eng Seng was intrigued by Sharon's unique personality.