Day 3 - W Day

Though it was hard to feel excited at 7am after 4 hours of sleep.. I was really looking forward to the big day..

Rushed out to the tram stop located opportunistically next to a Starbucks. (I was however, later shamed and shunned for even being inside of it.. I coped so much crap you’d think I’ve committed a crime against gourmet).. tho the coffee was as tasty as mouthwash.. I liked the feeling of the warm big cup of coffee in my hands.. it was just as soothing.. perhaps an equivalent of a mental dummy?

After a frenzy of make up, hair, dressing up, half a can of hairspary and 1kg of pins later.. the bride and her maids emerges a vision of beauty... the groom (JT) finally arrived to pick up the bride.

In traditional Chinese customs, the bridesmaids were suppose to set up a obstacle course for the groom for him to prove his worthiness. We had a quiz to test how well he knew his bride which he passed with flying colours.. I did however can see the deep panic in his eyes the whole time and can almost hear the churning sound of his overworked brain..

the second obstacle was the multi-flavoured dumplings that TY and I made the day before, one of salty, sweet, sour (vinegar), bitter (coffee), chilli. The groom had to eat each one and tell us a particular memory he had with the bride associated with each of the flavour. I can tell it wasn’t exactly pleasant but he was a good sport, TY was so worried that he’ll have a bad stomach after.. tee hee hee..

the final task, he had to sing a song to serenade D and she will only come out of her bedroom when it’s to her satisfaction.. JT some how struggled with this as he can’t seemed to remember lyrics.. his bestman (DH) forked out his new Motorola and googled.. was a juxtaposition to see a modern take on an old tradition.. you just have to laugh at the ingenuity..

yet.. it does make me wonder whether it has just made us lazy and over dependent on it? may be i'm just the old school thou shalt only enjoyst the fruits of thoust labour if thou provst thou ist worthiest thru abundancest of bloody sweat and toil.. :)

ANYWAY.. Wedding was lovely, lovely lovely… weather was perfect, setting was perfect, vows were perfect..

except I was put in charge of the groom’s ring to hand over to D, there was a point when I accidentally put it on my finger so I wouldn’t loose it, and I pushed too hard that it became stuck.. I FREAKED OUT! HOLY GUACAMOLE!! i'll be damned if I was the one who ruins D's wedding!! i quiver at the thought of if I wasn't able to produce a ring when it came time for the exchange!!! Though I kept smiling and prayed that the cold sweat streaking down my forehead won't show up on film.. my mind was blank with panic and no amount of twisting and tugging would make the ring come off.. eventually after some strategic persuasion.. the ring did come off just before the exchange.. PHEW!!!

here's the only shot i have of me and new couple in the car..

the girls.. awww.. look D's all grown up.. :)

the banquet was traditional with lobsters, abalone, shark fin soup, crispy chicken, steamed fish.. in hindsight i should've rethink that two sips of champagne that made me feel so buggered to even be politely social, or that extra bowl of shark fin soup that made me miss the dessert.. :(

anyway, after the banquet was a mad rush to get the bridal suite romantic as a surprise for the new Mr & Mrs... brand new sheets, rose petals, bottle of penfolds, countless candles, rose scented oil burner.. THE WORKS, the whole shebang n caboodle! mmmm.. have to say i'm pretty proud of our handy work..

except since we are unable to leave the open flame unsupervised, we had to wait for the new couple to arrive.. and boy did they take their time apparently running errands.. so at 2am.. this is what we looked like.. i just hope Dr K will never come across my blog or i might just have to take a 'vacation'..