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July 19, 2009
Married to Liverpool
Singapore's craziest Reds fan loves the club more than his wife - and she doesn't mind
By Jeanette Wang
The couple being given tickets to Friday's Reds training session by Paul Masefield, sponsorship manager of organisers Profitable Group. The Singapore- Liverpool match is on Sunday. Liverpool-themed decorations were the order of the day at Vikinisvaran Suppiah and Bawani Arumoh's 2006 wedding. -- ST PHOTO: ALBERT SIM PHOTO COURTESY OF BAWANI ARUMOH
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FOR the past 21 years, Vikinisvaran Suppiah has kept a passionate relationship burning strong.
His wife, Bawani Arumoh, knows about it, but does not mind.
In fact, their lives revolve around this third party, whose presence dominates the couple's flat and whose name is proudly etched on his gold wedding ring.
'I love Liverpool more than my wife,' Vikinisvaran, 31, declared on Saturday of his romance with the English football club.
Bawani, 29, remains nonchalant about her husband's shared affection, calling it a 'healthy obsession'.
The Sunday Times calls him Singapore's craziest Liverpool fan, after receiving more than 700 contest entries in the past two weeks. Vikinisvaran clinched the grand prize of two training passes and four match tickets for Liverpool's visit here this week with his insanity.
The couple, who met 15 years ago as schoolmates at St Thomas Secondary, had a Liverpool-themed engagement in 2005. Against the backdrop of the club crest, Vikinisvaran recited his wedding vows, ending with an echo of the promise of the 18-time league champions: 'We'll Never Walk Alone.'
Then came their traditional wedding ceremony in 2006, which saw a whole page of the invitation card plastered with Liverpool's crest. White wedding garlands were passed among relatives to be blessed, but not before a bright red stamp of approval from the club's acronym 'LFC'.
Home is in Toh Guan, but you would be forgiven if you thought it was Anfield. Flags, coasters, clocks, posters, placemats, mugs, rugs, pillows, bedsheets, curtains... you name it, and they have got it as official Liverpool merchandise.
Decked out head-to-toe in official Liverpool clothing - a daily ritual, even under his work uniform - Vikinisvaran on Saturday shared his desire to have two sons. 'One called Gerrard,' said the container handling specialist, 'and the other Torres.'
Read the full story in The Sunday Times.
July 19, 2009
Married to Liverpool
Singapore's craziest Reds fan loves the club more than his wife - and she doesn't mind
By Jeanette Wang
The couple being given tickets to Friday's Reds training session by Paul Masefield, sponsorship manager of organisers Profitable Group. The Singapore- Liverpool match is on Sunday. Liverpool-themed decorations were the order of the day at Vikinisvaran Suppiah and Bawani Arumoh's 2006 wedding. -- ST PHOTO: ALBERT SIM PHOTO COURTESY OF BAWANI ARUMOH
View more photos
FOR the past 21 years, Vikinisvaran Suppiah has kept a passionate relationship burning strong.
His wife, Bawani Arumoh, knows about it, but does not mind.
In fact, their lives revolve around this third party, whose presence dominates the couple's flat and whose name is proudly etched on his gold wedding ring.
'I love Liverpool more than my wife,' Vikinisvaran, 31, declared on Saturday of his romance with the English football club.
Bawani, 29, remains nonchalant about her husband's shared affection, calling it a 'healthy obsession'.
The Sunday Times calls him Singapore's craziest Liverpool fan, after receiving more than 700 contest entries in the past two weeks. Vikinisvaran clinched the grand prize of two training passes and four match tickets for Liverpool's visit here this week with his insanity.
The couple, who met 15 years ago as schoolmates at St Thomas Secondary, had a Liverpool-themed engagement in 2005. Against the backdrop of the club crest, Vikinisvaran recited his wedding vows, ending with an echo of the promise of the 18-time league champions: 'We'll Never Walk Alone.'
Then came their traditional wedding ceremony in 2006, which saw a whole page of the invitation card plastered with Liverpool's crest. White wedding garlands were passed among relatives to be blessed, but not before a bright red stamp of approval from the club's acronym 'LFC'.
Home is in Toh Guan, but you would be forgiven if you thought it was Anfield. Flags, coasters, clocks, posters, placemats, mugs, rugs, pillows, bedsheets, curtains... you name it, and they have got it as official Liverpool merchandise.
Decked out head-to-toe in official Liverpool clothing - a daily ritual, even under his work uniform - Vikinisvaran on Saturday shared his desire to have two sons. 'One called Gerrard,' said the container handling specialist, 'and the other Torres.'
Read the full story in The Sunday Times.
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