We had the amazing opportunity to capture Erin and Weichen’s Love story. It was such a fun day full of so many sweet moments! We loved every single moment of it.
Read below some fun facts about how they met, how was the proposal and why did they choose to work with our team!
Venue: Boundary Oak Golf Course
Photo and Video: Boss Media Productions
Cake/desserts: Le Gateau Elegant
Flowers: Florals by Xochi
How did you meet your spouse?
For context: Weichen is originally from China, and I'm from California. He had been living in New York for several years, and I had moved to China in 2018. I came back to California for what I THOUGHT would be just a quick trip home to visit family during the Chinese New Year holiday (January 2020). COVID happened, thus shutting down the whole world, which then meant there was absolutely no chance of going back to the new awesome life I had just made for myself in China! It was pretty upsetting, and for a few months, I struggled with what to do with myself after realizing I would be 'stuck' in the US long-term. One of my best friends, Blair (who had visited me once in China and had attended some of my classes), encouraged me to get back to teaching: she pushed me to try online tutoring and recommended a website she had been using to learn Korean. I was honestly still pretty bitter over what had happened earlier in the year with my previous teaching job, but after turning down a few other job offers that just didn't feel right, I reluctantly signed up as a new tutor on the website she suggested. Ironically, Weichen was one of the first people to ever reach out to me asking for help improving his English. Since his office in NY had closed around the same time due to COVID, he decided to make use of quarantine time by working on his English speaking and writing skills. One of the funniest parts to us is that, since I was a new tutor (on this website), I had to set my teaching rates ridiculously low in the beginning in order to gradually gain a presence on this platform; Weichen, on the other hand, had a certain price in mind he was willing to pay - which just so happened to match my laughably inexpensive lesson prices at the time. He does, however, admit that the bit in my profile about having lived in China and having studied Mandarin didn't hurt either. :D He had English lessons with me temporarily, and we stayed in touch even after we weren't having classes together anymore. Within a few short months, he became one of my best friends, and (since New Years 2020) the rest is history.
How did he pop the question?
In a really nice restaurant on what is often called the Chinese Valentine's Day, 七夕节 (Qixi Festival, or 'Double Seventh' Festival) . He was hiding the ring from me in his jacket. At some point, I said I was cold and asked to wear said jacket. Somehow, he swiftly removed the ring from the pocket before handing the jacket over to me. Then after dinner, I was waiting to go home...but he was waiting for the loud group of guys having a business meeting (at the table next to us) to leave so we could have a moment of privacy. We must have sat there for over an hour after we finished our own dinner, and Weichen just kept making excuses to stall (let's have dessert, why don't you have another drink, how about ANOTHER drink...?); in retrospect, I should have been suspicious at this point because I can't remember another time where he's ever delayed leaving an establishment (especially when I've already asked him when we're leaving hahaha). Once the party seated next to us FINALLY left, he asked me in the most straightforward, most 'Weichen-like' way possible:
"Have you really thought about if you want to marry me?"
"*me not getting it yet* Yes, of course!"
"..Are you sure...?"
"*still not getting 'it' but rather, getting confused* ...yes...!?"
"Are you SURE?"
"YES."
Then he abruptly pulled out the ring box and slid it over to me on the table!!! I'm laughing retelling this because again, in the most 'Weichen' way possible, he made this moment like a business deal (he knew that I would be really awkward/uncomfortable if he made some dramatic, super-public display for the proposal so he tried to be lowkey about it!! hahaha). For me, it was perfect - he pulled it off seamlessly.
What was the best part of your wedding day?
We both agree that the toasts were an extra-special part of the day for us; we felt super awesome and loved. On a less-sentimental note, however, the whole dance / party was just ridiculously awesome!!! The whole family is still talking about how much fun it was and reliving the day through the sneak peek reels that have been released on Instagram and Facebook already!
What made you choose our company?
We first reached out to your company because it is on the list of preferred vendors we were given from the venue we chose for our wedding (The Clubhouse at Boundary Oak). We had a meeting with Nayra, and we had another meeting with a representative from one other company as well. In the end, we decided to go with Boss Media for two reasons: 1.) the convenience of being able to hire the same company for both photo and video! Weichen's work schedule is always really demanding, and I just finished school recently, so as we planned our wedding we were really looking to simplify the whole process as much as possible. For us, it seemed preferable to hire the same company for both jobs, and now we are so very glad we made that decision! 2.) We generally just got a great feeling from our first meeting with Nayra: we really got the sense that she not only knows what she is doing, but that she is incredibly passionate about her work as well. Aside from the many beautiful examples of weddings the company has shot before ours we previewed on the website, we just knew from talking to her that we could trust Boss Media with our big day. We are so glad we made this decision!!! Thank you guys again for everything!