School chums tie the knot 20 years on
Ariel Young and Jason Wong first met at age six. Although fate would separate them for years along the way, it was the start of a love to last
Ariel Young and Jason Wong met as pupils at a private primary school, when they were both only six years old. Two decades later they would walk down the aisle together.
"He was the tallest kid in school - at least triple my size - who cared about nothing much other than food," Ariel recalls with a smile. "I was one of the tiniest kids, and yeah, a picky little princess spoiled by my father's hotelier friends."
Ariel, 26, and Jason, 27, were married on September 22 at the Diamond Ballroom of the Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong, with about 150 close friends and relatives attending.
Ariel is currently studying for her MBA and Jason runs a garment factory.
Back in their youth, Ariel and Jason would see each other every day but were not close friends. After leaving primary school, they lost contact. It was only seven years ago, at an alumni gathering, that they reconnected. While going over shared memories and talking about "where are they now", they discovered most of their former classmates had left the city to study for higher degrees overseas.
After that first reunion, they would bump into each other at random, in different corners of the city. It occurred so often they ended up dating. "It just happened naturally," she says.
Their affection survived its first real test when Ariel went to college in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. They found the distance, despite the odds, drew them closer.