Kelvin Tan, visually impaired, married Inez Hung on January 2.
Though he was previously reluctant to reveal more about the 29-year-old, he recently opened up on their relationship in an interview with Lianhe Zaobao.
Kelvin, who shot to fame as the winner of the inaugural singing competition Project Superstar in 2005, said they met through Hung’s younger sister during goalball training. Hung, a lazy eye sufferer, is accompanied by Joan, her sister, and Kelvin, national goalball players.
The 40-year-old said he clicked well with Hung because they are both easy-going and didn’t hide their flaws.
The couple began dating in 2016; he proposed to her in Oct 2020.
“It was very simple, I bought a bouquet of flowers and a ring and proposed at my home.”
He added laughingly: “I deliberately selected a date just a few days before my birthday. We celebrated the occasion and then I proposed. With my birthday as a ‘booster’, the chances of me getting rejected were lower.”
Because of the current Covid-19 restrictions, they invited only 100 guests — mainly family members and close friends — to their wedding reception at the Parkroyal on Kitchener Road.
“I don’t get emotional easily but I was nervous and a bit teary when I said my vows,” Kelvin said.
The newlyweds are not planning to travel abroad for their honeymoon. They will instead cruise next month.
They would also need to wait until 2023’s second half to receive the keys to their four-room BTO home. Kelvin and Hung are currently living with their parents and they occasionally sleep over at each other’s place.
A new beginning also awaits Kelvin professionally — he will be joining Lighthouse School to coach visually impaired students on using computers and mobile phones and also conversational Mandarin.
This article was published for the first time in AsiaOne.
Source: Her World
