Elaine Yap Lee Ling, 25, and Terence Mok Ming Keat, 28, registered their marriage at the Shah Alam National Registration Department.
When Mok, a human resources (HR) executive, proposed to his HR executive sweetheart, he decided to place a 10cm x 1-column space "job advertisement" in Star Jobs in The Star on October 22.
"I thought of other creative ways to propose but I decided to place an advertisement because she likes reading the job classified page. I guess it is a HR thing," Mok said.
Eight years ago, Mok and Yap were coursemates pursuing a bachelor's degree in human resources at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.
"I was cold towards him at first. Eventually we became friends and started texting each other. We really clicked and spent a lot of time chatting via SMS," recalled Yap.
Yap said she did not suspect that Mok would propose to her.
"He told me that we were going for a trip to Bukit Tinggi (in Pahang) with some friends.
"I thought that one of our friends was going to propose to his girlfriend during the trip.
"It turned out that they were planning this behind my back. Mok proposed to me and later asked me to find the ad in The Star," said Yap, blushing.
In his "job advertisement", Mok wrote that the job required an applicant with a driving licence and eight years' cooking experience.
"We cooked together a lot during our university days and I look forward to many more years of cooking together."
He said that ever since the proposal was published, he had received many e-mails from the public giving marriage tips besides congratulatory messages.
