Faithless
01-22-2005, 12:00 AM
Asians -- as if they're normal people. :rolleyes:
Maybe, I don't pay attention to this stuff, but this is the first time I've read an article in a major paper (and not just Asian Week) about Asians with relationships -- like everyone else.
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Love story: Sandi & Eric: Magic Kingdom turns friendship into love (http://www.azcentral.com/families/articles/0111fam_lovestory.html)
Barbara Yost
The Arizona Republic
Jan. 12, 2005 12:00 AM
Disneyland is a magic kingdom in more ways than one.
Sandi and Eric Quan had known each other since high school, though they went to different schools in Phoenix. She went to Apollo. He went to Alhambra. They hung around with a group of Asian-American kids but never dated. His family is Chinese. Hers is Japanese.
"I thought she was cute, pretty cool," Eric, 36, says.
"I liked his goofy sense of humor," Sandi, 34, says.
Because he was dating her friend, Eric never asked Sandi out.
After high school, they both attended Arizona State University. Sometimes they'd find themselves in the same pick-up volleyball game. Their cousins were friends, and that often brought them together. "The sparks started to fly," Eric says, but still they never dated.
Just as they started to become really good friends - nothing physical, Eric says - Sandi decided to move to California and attend Long Beach State University. In the summer of 1990, Eric helped her move to California and stayed around a few days.
One night Sandi and Eric went to Disneyland. While riding through the Haunted Mansion, Eric made the bold decision to make his move. "I thought, what the heck," and he leaned over and kissed Sandi with ghosts swirling around. She kissed him back.
"We had a lot of things in common," Eric says, "family values, work ambitions. We were both interested in engineering." Eric now works as a "black belt" (statistical analyst) with Greenlee/Tempo, a manufacturer of professional tools.
Sandi stuck it out in Long Beach one semester as she and Eric ran up astronomical phone bills, and he kept her barraged with greeting cards. "He's more romantic than I am," she says. They flew to see each other twice a month. Finally, she decided she missed her family and Eric and moved back to Phoenix.
They were married Dec. 19, 1992.
After 12 years, he still thinks she's cute and he likes the way he can count on her for little things like buying birthday presents and making plans to go out - although they're mostly homebodies. "I know she'll always be there," he says.
Sandi still likes Eric's goofy sense of humor. "He makes me roll my eyes at him," she says with a laugh. And Eric is still romantic. In July, he surprised her with a trip to Seattle.
Their love was sorely tested when their first child died of sudden infant death syndrome at 3 1/2 months.
"At first it brought us closer together," Sandi says, then it drove them apart and finally together again. They now have 6-year-old twins whom Sandi stays home with.
Life isn't all Disneyland, but it's still a good ride.
Maybe, I don't pay attention to this stuff, but this is the first time I've read an article in a major paper (and not just Asian Week) about Asians with relationships -- like everyone else.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/chottomatte/sandi_eric00.jpg
Love story: Sandi & Eric: Magic Kingdom turns friendship into love (http://www.azcentral.com/families/articles/0111fam_lovestory.html)
Barbara Yost
The Arizona Republic
Jan. 12, 2005 12:00 AM
Disneyland is a magic kingdom in more ways than one.
Sandi and Eric Quan had known each other since high school, though they went to different schools in Phoenix. She went to Apollo. He went to Alhambra. They hung around with a group of Asian-American kids but never dated. His family is Chinese. Hers is Japanese.
"I thought she was cute, pretty cool," Eric, 36, says.
"I liked his goofy sense of humor," Sandi, 34, says.
Because he was dating her friend, Eric never asked Sandi out.
After high school, they both attended Arizona State University. Sometimes they'd find themselves in the same pick-up volleyball game. Their cousins were friends, and that often brought them together. "The sparks started to fly," Eric says, but still they never dated.
Just as they started to become really good friends - nothing physical, Eric says - Sandi decided to move to California and attend Long Beach State University. In the summer of 1990, Eric helped her move to California and stayed around a few days.
One night Sandi and Eric went to Disneyland. While riding through the Haunted Mansion, Eric made the bold decision to make his move. "I thought, what the heck," and he leaned over and kissed Sandi with ghosts swirling around. She kissed him back.
"We had a lot of things in common," Eric says, "family values, work ambitions. We were both interested in engineering." Eric now works as a "black belt" (statistical analyst) with Greenlee/Tempo, a manufacturer of professional tools.
Sandi stuck it out in Long Beach one semester as she and Eric ran up astronomical phone bills, and he kept her barraged with greeting cards. "He's more romantic than I am," she says. They flew to see each other twice a month. Finally, she decided she missed her family and Eric and moved back to Phoenix.
They were married Dec. 19, 1992.
After 12 years, he still thinks she's cute and he likes the way he can count on her for little things like buying birthday presents and making plans to go out - although they're mostly homebodies. "I know she'll always be there," he says.
Sandi still likes Eric's goofy sense of humor. "He makes me roll my eyes at him," she says with a laugh. And Eric is still romantic. In July, he surprised her with a trip to Seattle.
Their love was sorely tested when their first child died of sudden infant death syndrome at 3 1/2 months.
"At first it brought us closer together," Sandi says, then it drove them apart and finally together again. They now have 6-year-old twins whom Sandi stays home with.
Life isn't all Disneyland, but it's still a good ride.