{"id":1399,"date":"2009-02-13T17:10:14","date_gmt":"2009-02-13T09:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.weddingsatwork.com\/wawnewsblog\/2009\/02\/13\/a-pre-valentine-marriage-proposal-in-manilas-post-911-airport\/"},"modified":"2015-04-18T04:08:17","modified_gmt":"2015-04-18T04:08:17","slug":"a-pre-valentine-marriage-proposal-in-manilas-post-911-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/a-pre-valentine-marriage-proposal-in-manilas-post-911-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"A Pre-Valentine Marriage Proposal in Manila&#8217;s post-911 airport!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.weddingsatwork.com\/wawnewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/proposal_eugenepadua.jpg\" alt=\"proposal_eugenepadua.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n(photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessmirror.com.ph\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=6069:sweet-bitter-takes-on-valentines&amp;catid=23:topnews&amp;Itemid=58\" target=\"_blank\">Business Mirror<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>(MANILA | excerpted from <a href=\"http:\/\/globalnation.inquirer.net\/news\/news\/view\/20090213-189060\/Early-Valentines-Day-drama-at-NAIA\" target=\"_blank\">Inquirer.net<\/a>) People at the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ninoy_Aquino_International_Airport\" target=\"_blank\">Ninoy Aquino International Airport<\/a> (NAIA) were treated to an early Valentine\u2019s Day drama on Thursday after a male nurse used the airport\u2019s premises to propose marriage to his girlfriend of two years, a flight attendant.<\/p>\n<p>Eugene Padua, 26, of Taytay, Rizal, a nurse at UST Hospital, proposed marriage to his girlfriend, Marian Ocampo, 23, of Zambales, a flight attendant of Asiana Airlines of four years, right at the NAIA Terminal 1 arrival area.<\/p>\n<p>Curious passengers and airport personnel who were in the area kept their distance as they watched Padua formally ask Ocampo to marry him. The flight attendant accepted.<\/p>\n<p>The airport security office gave its go-signal to the marriage proposal on the condition that it be quick and would not disrupt operations.<\/p>\n<p>Tirso Serrano, MIAA (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.miaa.gov.ph\/\" target=\"_blank\">Manila International Airport Authority<\/a>) assistant general manager for corporate development and public affairs, said it was not the first time that someone proposed at NAIA.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cProposals being done at the NAIA prove that we are the friendliest and most accommodating airport. Proposals done at the NAIA are starting to become a trend and we are happy to be a part of a memorable moment in their lives as a couple,\u201d<\/em> he said. [<a href=\"http:\/\/globalnation.inquirer.net\/news\/news\/view\/20090213-189060\/Early-Valentines-Day-drama-at-NAIA\" target=\"_blank\">FULL STORY<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 (photo courtesy of Business Mirror) (MANILA | excerpted from Inquirer.net) People at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) were treated to an early Valentine\u2019s Day drama on Thursday after a male nurse used the airport\u2019s premises to propose marriage to his girlfriend of two years, a flight attendant. Eugene Padua, 26, of Taytay, Rizal, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107,109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-trends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1399"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}