LONDON Thursday July 26 (Reuters)-Eddy missed his girlfriend Anna so much that he flew back to
Britain from Australia to propose(求婚)to her. The problem is that she did the same in the opposite
direction.
     He and Anna even managed to miss each other when they sat in the same airport waiting room in
Singapore at the same time to wait for connecting flights.
     Anna, heartbroken when she arrived at Eddy's Sydney flat to find he had flown to London , told The
Times: "It was as though someone was playing a cruel joke on us."
     "He is the most romantic person I have ever known .I think our problem is that we are both quite
impulsive(冲动的)people. We are always trying to surprise each other."
     After an 11,000-mile flight across the globe, she was greeted by Eddy's astonished roommate asking
what she was doing there.
      Eddy, a 27-year-old engineer ,had taken a year off to travel round Australia .But he was missing
Anna ,a 26-year-old secretary, so much that he got a job on a Sydney building site (工地) and started
saving for a surprise.
     He then flew home to Britain and went to her flat armed with an engagement (订婚) ring, wine and
flowers.
     "I really missed Anna and I'd been thinking about her all the time. I was so excited when she phoned
me from Australia," he said.
     Eddy then asked Anna to marry him on the phone. "I didn't know whether to laugh or cry but I
accepted," she said.
     Anna was given a tour of Sydney by Eddy's friends before going back home .Eddy had to stay in
Britain for two weeks because he could not change his ticket.