'MTV' VJ Nadya on a new track with South Korean stuntman
'MTV' VJ Nadya on a new track with South Korean stuntman
JAKARTA (JP): "Nadya Yuti Hutagalung and Jung Doo Hong request
the pleasure of your company at their wedding Sunday, 20th
September 1998. Chijmes 2:30 p.m. Michelangelos 7 p.m. (Dinner)"
reads the invitation.
The 14.5 cm by 14.5 cm brown invitation enclosed in a dark
reddish brown envelope received by The Jakarta Post on Monday had
a message that the popular Singapore-based MTV video jockey, now
24, will end her lonely years and start a new journey in life
with a South Korean stuntman.
"At least 100 people have been invited to the dinner at
Michelangelos restaurant here in Singapore and many others are
expected to come for the wedding ceremony early in the afternoon
at Chijmes (building complex)," Adrian, one of the wedding
organizers, said via telephone on Tuesday.
The choice made by Sydney-born Nadya, a mother of a four-year-
old boy from her former Australian husband, has destroyed the
dreams of many Indonesians who wished to become her next husband.
In an interview with the Post in January last year, the model
-- learning from the experiences of her first marriage -- said
she really hoped that her next husband would be a gentleman from
the land of the Batak, North Sumatra, where her father comes
from.
"I hope he won't be as rude as some Western people and not a
jealous guy," she said at the time.
At 10 years older than his wife to-be, Doo Hong, in the eyes
of Nadya, has become the man of her dreams.
"Among the things that encouraged me to marry him is his
seriousness to understand the differences between us. And the
most important thing is his great fondness and attention to my
son, Tyrone," Nadya, an Indonesian citizen, told local media here
recently.
The only serious problem between them is apparently language.
Doo Hong has poor English, while Nadya knows only few words of
Korean.
Upon receiving a gold ring from Doo Hong in an unexpected
moment in February, Nadya was unable to express her feelings
because "I forgot to bring my English-Korean dictionary", she was
quoted by Bintang Indonesia tabloid as saying.
"But he has intensified his English lessons for me," said
Nadya.
The couple first met some five years ago when the two had
parts in the South Korean-made television series Farewell to Song
Ba River, the shooting of which took place in Vietnam.
In the series, Nadya was an Australian-Vietnamese girl while
Doo Hong played the role of a South Korean soldier.
According to Nadya, it was her who helped Doo Hong write love
letters to his girlfriend, Linda, who also played in the
television series.
But Linda ended up falling in love with another man. Doo
Hong's taek won do instructor later advised him to get to know
other women, but, brokenhearted, Doo Hong had learned to hate
getting close to women.
After shooting the television series, Doo Hong and Nadya did
not meet again until early this year when he received an overseas
telephone call from Nadya.
A week after the short conversation, Doo Hong flew to
Singapore and told the jovial VJ in broken English: "You... Me,
together... living?"
Surprised and confused, Nadya replied: "You mean that you're
going to marry me?"
"Yes!"
"Impossible!" she answered instantly.
She knew her answer disappointed Doo Hong, who rushed back to
South Korea.
After pondering the man's roundabout proposal, Nadya said she
suddenly changed her mind and rang Doo Hong to tell him "yes".
The Korean found it hard to believe her, until she flew to Korea
and told him in person of her willingness to marry him.
According to Nadya, the date of their wedding ceremony was
arranged by the groom's mother.
Before the reception in Singapore, the couple will be married
in Doo Hong's homeland on Sept. 13.
In Singapore, a second wedding ceremony will take place at
Chijmes on Bras Basah Rd. and a gala dinner at Michelangelos in
the Holland village, about 10 minutes from the city center. (bsr)