Rinaz and Cart in the Sunday Times :)
About two weeks ago, I was quite surprised to check my statcounter to find out that someone from the local newspaper surfing through my site. Soon-after, I received an email from a Ms Sandra Davie for a face to face interview.
I wasn’t sure if I should meet her because sometimes some journalists tend to skew the article to fit their own point of view. But in the end, I thought to myself, why not? And last Wednesday, I made an appointment with her at Geek Terminal and met her for the first time.
And I was so glad to find out that she was very nice. I had a casual and relaxed interview that before we knew it, two hours had passed by.
And this is what materialised out of the interview :
Cool!
Its interesting to note that the article is very romanticised to the point of mushyness. And I’m not 31! She made me older than I actually am. Eeek!
Regardless, I’m totally going to laminate this. I wonder how my family and friends would think :-)
Related links :
- Read the article online
- What started it all - Video of Cart and Rinaz SL home
- An Italian Vacation
- The Engagement
- Rinaz in the papers 2007
Updated : It was really funny to see Mum’s reaction at her first view of the article. The next day at work, a number of colleagues and even the heads were asking about the article. One student even came up to me and told me that the article was being passed around during assembly period. Oh my! :P
April 20th, 2008 at 7:52 am
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April 20th, 2008 at 9:04 am
Just read the papers. Very sweet :)
April 20th, 2008 at 9:21 am
u mus invite me to the weddin hor.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:57 am
Rinaz I always think Italians are one of the most romantic countries, I seen their artists doing paintings in near dark conditions.
Congrats.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:59 am
im tearing. oooh i love a romantic story. hehe..
April 20th, 2008 at 11:00 am
lovely read!
April 20th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Nice, now who would be so nice as to show me a digital copy, I don’t subscribe to newspapers no more
April 20th, 2008 at 11:28 am
darren> the ‘digital copy’ is there leh… under ‘related links’
April 20th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Ah! So you’re the one Sandra interviewed! So sweet! Now then I know of the story of you and him. Very romantic indeed! Will I be invited to the wedding too? =P
April 20th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Just read it, congrats!
April 20th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Great love story!! Sandra called me 2 weeks back and I referred her to you instead. Glad to see it turned out well, apart from the misquoted age, hehehe.
BTW, her last name is Davie, not Davis ;-)
April 20th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
the article was really sweet - congrats on your pending nuptials, marina.
April 20th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
rinaz!! it’s really YOU!!
i looked at the article over and over again to certify it was really you! btw, i never knew- how come you never brought this up at ping.sg gatherings??
i’m soooo happy for you *hugs*
April 20th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
There was a portion that I read and made me go O.o! Haha! It is actually a very nice feature. :)
April 20th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
wow…
cool man you..
you must be famous in singapore yah..
haha..
congrat rinaz =)
April 20th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
Congrats rinaz..it must have been a great tough journey for the both of you. :)
April 20th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Romantic and nice story which has a touch of reality infused into it. Great that cart cart and yourself were featured, and I like how she painted the fact about how you guys were even more attracted to each other in real life sans the physical embellishments of Second Life characters! Cool….
April 20th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Oh my… kudos to you for being so brave. So happy for you guys.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
it was a lovely read…so sweet and romantic :)
April 21st, 2008 at 1:14 am
Awwww …. so sweet! Love, Web 2.0-style. :)
April 21st, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Congrats. Nice article. :)
April 21st, 2008 at 12:36 pm
oh shucks!! i missed ready the paper that day! wow…now you’re more popular…heehee
April 21st, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Paddy Tan
Aww … quite mushy for me actually … hehehe
Buny
Of course, lets make this into a ping.sg outing ;) Hehehe
Henry Leong
I think many of Italians are romantic too :)
Daphne Maia
You dont think that its mushy?
Sha
You’ve got to hand it to Sandra, she really made it into a work of literature!
Darran
Hahaha, the online copy of it is available under related links! :)
Krisandro
Thanks for that, Abu Kris ;)
Claudia
Huh? How do you know about Sandra interviewing? But of course, you are invited, ping outing ;) Hehehehe!
Kenny
Thanks! :)
Vanessa Tan
Why, thank you for the heads up :) And I’ll change the error soon!
Cuclainne
Thank you :) *hugs*
Nannywen
I’d rather talk about you when we meet :)
Anyway, all the stories about cart and me are documented in this blog sidebar under the ‘classics’ section for people to read when they are free … hehehe
But thank you :) *hugs back*
Cobalt
HAHA! I know which part! But yes, its a nice feature, pretty … cool even :D
Hisyam
Not famous :) You’ll see, after a week no one will remember :P
Ignorantsoup
Thanks :) I think every person who are involved in a long distance relationship, are having it though themselves. It isnt easy, but if they can make it to the end, the results would be wonderful :)
Walter
What a perception, hahaha! I didnt even had the same thoughts about that :)
But I also read the ‘Love Lost’ part and that was really sad …
Bobo
I dont think I am brave … rather that it was something that I had to do or eternally think of the what if’s situation *hugs*
Eileen
Awww … Its very mushy!!!
Moby
Come December it is 3.0 ;) Hehehehe!!!
DK
You’ve got to give it to Sandra, she really did write a literature wothy article :)
Pniiwof
Its available online though, under ‘related links’ :) But the physical paper is nicer to read .. hehehe
April 21st, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Ahhh…congrats on your 1st media interview. Yes, do laminate the article for keepsake. I still keep my first 1st media interview from 10yrs back and looking forward to the latest one that’s going to be in SG Women’s Weekly in July.
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:01 am
haha.. wen I saw the papers I went.. hey I think I know who this person is!
anyways it’s a lovely read for a Sun morning..
April 25th, 2008 at 10:49 am
Hey, Rinaz. Truly very happy for you! Would love to attend your wedding too. But I’ll most likely have a workshop to run on that day.
April 27th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Trish
Cool! I’ll be looking forward to seeing the women’s weekly in July! :D
Ophelia
Hahahaha! Really? And then you read the article and then it confirmed everything .. hehehe
ClappingTrees
Our solemnisation will be on the 18th but the wedding ceremony would be on a Sunday. I do hope that you can make it then :)
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:09 am
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