Man takes VTL flight from US, surprises girlfriend with proposal after 22 months apart
SINGAPORE When the Covid 19 pandemic struck and international borders closed, American Scott Bustabad was separated from his girlfriend Khoo Su Rei, and remained so for almost two years until Thursday (Oct 28).
After flying in from Los Angeles on a vaccinated travel lane flight between the United States and Singapore and landing on Thursday morning, Mr Bustabad surprised his girlfriend of 4 years with a marriage proposal at the OCBC Skyway in Gardens by the Bay.
The 26 year old told The Straits Times after the proposal that she was still in shock as Mr Bustabad had initially told her his passport had expired and he was planning to visit only at the end of the year.
While the proposal was a surprise, the couple's reunion has been a long time coming. They began a relationship when she left the US to return to Malaysia in 2017. Mr Bustabad, 34, an atomic physicist, said.
When we heard the travel lane with Germany had opened up, I started checking the news every morning when I woke up and every night before I went to sleep to see if a lane opened, and I was actually considering flying to Germany first.
For the couple, the reunion also means the end of a lengthy and difficult period of an enforced long distance relationship.
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