Top Three Questions Answered About Our #KCFairyTale

Way back in 2013, before we were even engaged, I told Monika that the next time we go to Europe, we have to visit Prague, because Kanye West famously filmed his first short film Runaway there. I'm telling you Fam, Ye has influenced more of my life then any other. Anyway, when we arrived in Prague for the first time ever, we were blown away by how breathtakingly gorgeous it is. And standing there in Old Town Square for the first time in 2013, Monika filmed a quick panning video which featured both the Cartier boutique and the church where we would say our vows (without knowing any of this!). So in short, Prague was the most fairytale-like and whimsical city for us, and that's how we choose it as the backdrop for our forever after.

As first generation Canadian immigrants who were born and mostly-raised in our home countries, our heritage and cultural traditions were very important to us. So was it German traditions or Pakistani customs? Neither. Our wedding was a carefully selected curation of exactly what we felt was important to us - from what we wore to the music to the food to the wedding rituals. We fused together our two cultures and ended up with a wedding that was uniquely our own.

From the moment I proposed to Monika (details here!), it was our running joke that she would be balling her eyes out during the ceremony, and also during the whole wedding. She is the person who walks into a wedding venue before any celebration has started and starts to get teary-eyed. But wouldn't you know, those three days, she had a massive smile on her face and a twinkle in her eyes, and I was the softly who had tears streaming down during the ceremony. So there, I published it.