From honours student to selling chicken rice
Lianhe Wanbao - 42 mins ago
<cite style="display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 10px; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; ">Ms Eliza Lee, 22, and her fiancé, Mr Michael Bo, 32. (Pic / The New Paper)</cite>
Two years ago, Eliza Lee was just six months from getting her honours degree in Tourism & Hospitality at the Management Development Institute of Singapore.
But the 22-year-old decided to suspend the degree course to help her fiancé sell chicken rice.
Now, she is on her feet 15 hours a day manning a chicken rice stall in a food court in Tampines.
She is doing this for her fiancé, 32-year-old Michael Bo.
Mr Bo has a professional degree in sociology but instead turned to selling chicken rice after completing his national service.
Determined to endure hardship for love, Ms Lee decided to help out Mr Bo at his stall to ease his work load.
Some days, she has to work until 1am in the morning.
Before this, Ms Lee was living a more comfortable life as her parents own a leather bag company.
Now, she has even moved out of her home to stay with Mr Bo in a three-room apartment which he shares with his parents.
Mr Bo revealed to reporters that not many girls could see beyond his blue-collar background like his fiancée.
He added that in his past relationships, his girlfriends had always looked down on him.
Once, an ex-girlfriend had brought him to a friend's new office and lamented to him "if only (he) could also work in an office".
Mr Bo is very thankful for Ms Lee's sacrifice and help at his stall and declared that he will definitely marry her.
"I treasure her a lot. It would be impossible to find someone else like her who is willing to go through hardship with me," he said.
When asked what she liked about him, Ms Lee said: "We never run out of topics to talk about. Sometimes, even our customers have to remind us that we are running a business."
According to her, what is important is that they "share a common goal, which is to start a family and live a good life".
Source: Lianhe Wanbao, 15 April 2012.
Lianhe Wanbao - 42 mins ago
Two years ago, Eliza Lee was just six months from getting her honours degree in Tourism & Hospitality at the Management Development Institute of Singapore.
But the 22-year-old decided to suspend the degree course to help her fiancé sell chicken rice.
Now, she is on her feet 15 hours a day manning a chicken rice stall in a food court in Tampines.
She is doing this for her fiancé, 32-year-old Michael Bo.
Mr Bo has a professional degree in sociology but instead turned to selling chicken rice after completing his national service.
Determined to endure hardship for love, Ms Lee decided to help out Mr Bo at his stall to ease his work load.
Some days, she has to work until 1am in the morning.
Before this, Ms Lee was living a more comfortable life as her parents own a leather bag company.
Now, she has even moved out of her home to stay with Mr Bo in a three-room apartment which he shares with his parents.
Mr Bo revealed to reporters that not many girls could see beyond his blue-collar background like his fiancée.
He added that in his past relationships, his girlfriends had always looked down on him.
Once, an ex-girlfriend had brought him to a friend's new office and lamented to him "if only (he) could also work in an office".
Mr Bo is very thankful for Ms Lee's sacrifice and help at his stall and declared that he will definitely marry her.
"I treasure her a lot. It would be impossible to find someone else like her who is willing to go through hardship with me," he said.
When asked what she liked about him, Ms Lee said: "We never run out of topics to talk about. Sometimes, even our customers have to remind us that we are running a business."
According to her, what is important is that they "share a common goal, which is to start a family and live a good life".
Source: Lianhe Wanbao, 15 April 2012.
