{"id":316190,"date":"2020-01-23T06:05:22","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T20:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=316190"},"modified":"2020-01-23T06:05:22","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T20:05:22","slug":"saipan-now-also-a-marriage-proposal-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/saipan-now-also-a-marriage-proposal-destination\/","title":{"rendered":"Saipan now also a marriage proposal destination"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Travelers Gio Loh and Mia Deng made Saipan a special place in their hearts after Loh\u2019s underwater marriage proposal and Deng answering\u00a0a big yes. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office officiated 619 tourist marriages last year. Unrecorded, though, are the hundreds of marriage proposals that were made on Saipan by travelers who take advantage of the scenic views and perfect sunset to ask the magic question, \u201cWill you marry me?\u201d<\/p>\n

Couple Gio Loh and Mia Deng from Singapore created a milestone in their relationship when Loh asked Deng to marry him two weeks ago. The kicker? They did it underwater.<\/p>\n

As Loh tells it: \u201cWe saw Saipan through a Chinese website that offers Saipan holiday tour. It has a lot of introduction of places and things to do on Saipan. Mia and I read reviews of where people went and what they did. Many said that Saipan is a very beautiful place. That and seeing the photos, we were captivated and booked a holiday in Saipan right away.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Loh, their planned simple holiday turned into an opportunity for him to propose. \u201cMia had no idea and, because we travel a lot, she thought that this was just one of our regular travels. Mia thinks that when I propose, I won\u2019t put a spin on it or be creative about it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Gio Loh and Mia Deng agree that Saipan has now personal significance for both of them.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cSaipan is a beautiful place, so proposing there and under the sea will totally surprise her. \u2026Mia loves to go scuba diving and we went to beautiful Lau Lau Bay, which is the perfect place to propose underwater,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Loh made all the arrangements, sharing his plans only with the dive company. \u201cWe are extremely grateful to our trainers and coaches\u2014 James Hsu, Ansel, and Ling of iMarianas\u2014that helped us with all the arrangement as they did most of the planning. \u2026So I did it and asked her to marry me underwater. Mia said yes and it was perfect because we saw a turtle swimming around us. That made everything more special,\u201d he said<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was truly a memorable moment for my girlfriend and now my future wife. \u2026We will definitely come back to Saipan. This place now has a personal significance for me and Mia,\u201d Loh added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office officiated 619 tourist marriages last year. Unrecorded, though, are the hundreds…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-316190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}