Pho The Love Of It

Tanglin actress ROSALIND PHO may have said yes to marrying her Japanese boyfriend after dating for 15 years. But she had wanted to be the one to do the proposing.

- Jocelyn Lee

“I was surprised but a little disappointed,” says Rosalind Pho of her 36-year-old boyfriend Yohei Ueno’s proposal in Italy when they were holidaying in Europe in July. “Only because I had wanted to propose to him three days later in Greece! I had it all planned out but he beat me to it (chuckles).” Rosalind’s fiancé, who’s Japanese but grew up in Singapore, is the director of a logistics company which specialises in refrigerated ISO tanks.

Four months after the engagement, the 35-year-old actress is finally getting down to planning her upcoming wedding, which she says will be “in the second half of next year”.

Rosalind, who’s a self-confessed “rainbow lover”, is looking for a wedding gown that features all seven hues. “I hope we can find one that doesn’t look too gaudy. If you do a rainbow dress wrongly, it can look quite terrible,” she laughs.

The couple, who’ve been dating since they met at a BBQ pool party 15 years ago, will have two weddings — one in Singapore for relatives and friends who don’t wish to travel, and one overseas with no kids allowed.