Contradictheory: Love, actually, is a stress test

Compatibility shouldn't be the only criteria if you're thinking of proposing, says the columnist. Consider how you navigate disagreements too, and how you get through life's upheavals together. — 123rf

It is likely the Malaysian wedding of the year, perhaps even the decade. On Oct 10, 2026, Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman and Bella Astillah (Dayang Nabellah Awang Astillah in full) solemnised their marriage on the 118th floor of the Merdeka 118 tower (now called Menara Merdeka Maybank). Wedding guests included top-ranking politicians and celebrities from the entertainment world. And if you couldn’t attend, you could have caught a live broadcast of the ceremony as part of an eight-episode television special.

This is the culmination of a four-year journey that began with a meet cute at a radio station when he said hello to her and she asked him for a selfie. Then he appeared in her music video, and later they climbed Mount Kinabalu together in Raya clothes. Their romance reached new heights when they climbed the mountain again in January 2026, where he proposed at the summit.

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Contradictheory: Love, actually, is a stress test

专栏作家指出，如果你正考虑求婚，性格是否合拍不应该是唯一的标准。还要考虑你们如何处理分歧，以及如何共同度过人生中的种种变故。——123rf

这很可能是马来西亚年度最盛大的婚礼，甚至可能是十年一遇的盛事。2026年10月10日，赛义德·萨迪克·赛义德·阿卜杜勒·拉赫曼 (Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman) 和贝拉·阿斯蒂拉 (Bella Astillah，全名 Dayang Nabellah Awang Astillah) 在独立118大厦（现名马来亚银行独立大厦）118层举行了婚礼。婚礼宾客包括政界要人和娱乐界名人。如果您未能亲临现场，也可以收看这场婚礼的现场直播，该直播是八集电视特别节目的一部分。

这是他们四年爱情旅程的最终篇章。这段旅程始于电台的一次浪漫邂逅：他主动和她打招呼，她请求与他合影。之后，他出演了她的音乐录影带，后来他们身着开斋节盛装，一同攀登了京那巴鲁山。2026年1月，他们再次攀登京那巴鲁山，并在山顶向她求婚，他们的爱情也因此攀上了新的高峰。

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