The Cutest Couples (Part 1)

Christopher Tuason & Celine Gabriel

"Opposites do attract".

Among the worn-out clichés, this is the truest. In Celine and Christopher’s case, aside from the letter-C name openings, it could as well be their mutual comic genes.

Celine is what you can tag as the typical girly girl. Her job dictates so, working as a PR for a brand that is consumed in vanity and all things beautiful. And just to be more specific, she colors her hair every two months. Christopher, on the other hand, has Smith and Wesson monogrammed on his resume, being a General Manager of an international wholesaler and manufacturer of good old-fashioned guns. Pair them together and you get an explosive mix.

As for personality check, there are more things to doubt. Celine is very free-spirited and spontaneous as Christopher couldn’t be any more obsessive-compulsive and anti-septic. Her style is what she could call shabby chic, a mix of vintage pieces, homemade jewelry and modern-day store-bought stuffs, or, for lack of better words, its Kate Moss minus the eating disorder. "Or, I can just get a pair of scissors and cut away—pants, tops, whatever." And why not? It couldn’t be any more convenient for her rather impulsive suitcase packing sessions. "There’s this one time when I went to Mexico and told my dad the day itself," reveals her hippie outlook, which hopefully had the nerve to send her confused Daddy some postcards."

Christopher, in contrast, could as well let his nail biting and nervous kicking speak for themselves. "My brain races the whole day. I think too much." Indeed, but not as much as his bathroom breaks. "I wash my hands fifteen times a day and drink liters and liters of water.", he says of his germ-free living. And to cap it all off, he sleeps on the left side of the bed, every time.

Subconsciously or otherwise, at least, he now has someone to fill the other side. Even though she belongs to the far reaches of the other pole.

How did you guys meet?

Celine: Oh boy! That’s controversial already!

Christopher: What’s controversial about that? Go tell him!

Celine: Well, we met through a mutual friend.

Christopher: Used to be…(Laughs)

What’s the clicker in your case?

Celine: Hmm…my intelligence and his wit…(laughs)

Christopher: My shattering good looks.

Celine: My pleasing personality and sexy body.

Christopher: It’s the butt, actually. So you could say it’s a physical thing!

Celine: (Laughing) No, it’s basically our sense of humor!

No doubt! So what spells your QT?

Celine: Watching videos.

Christopher: That’s her quality time, not mine. It’s more of a hassle for me, actually.

Celine: Ok, then. What’s our quality time?

Christopher: Take me to the beach, baby!

Celine: Yeah, going out of town. And him cooking barbecue for me!

Did you court her?

Christopher: I charmed her, swept her off her feet!

Celine: Did you court me?

Christopher: No, baby, you attacked me!

Celine: I don’t know. It’s just an instant thing. Next thing I knew, I was telling everybody that he’s my boyfriend.

Christopher: My charms worked!

How do you see your future together?

Christopher: Well, she’s potentially "marriable".

Celine: Like a potential marriage material?

Christopher: You are, baby!

Celine: If so, I want it to be at the beach!

Christopher: We’re mutual there, baby! By the BEACH!

Celine: What beach?

Christopher: Doesn’t matter, as long as you show up!