Fiona & Johann's Wedding

Sat was Fiona's wedding and the day started pretty early. It was one of those rare times when i leave the house early only to realise that the main road was totally quiet with no cabs in sight. But that was not the earliest which i left home. The earliest was 3.30am in Feb when i had to go to my cousin's place before the whole family went to the airport together.

SIMPLE was the key word ... the wedding gown, make-up etc. Oh ... and i love her wedding invitation card. It was really classy and in black.



The house was really quiet and it doesn't seem that a wedding was taking place. There was only her, her cousin, parents plus me. And yeap ... this seems to be the one and only picture which we have taken together before.



While waiting for Johann & his best-man Julian to arrive, Jenny (her cousin) noticed that Fiona's shoes and mine was almost the same. The difference is that i bought it off the rack while she customed made it from the same shop. The design is the same except the fabric, height and heel.

(The top pair belongs to Fiona while the pair at the bottom is mine)


Ha ha ... this proves that 'shoepaholics' like us even had the same taste. Result of shopping together for many years.

And i had to post this picture of the pig up. The guy who was supposed to deliver the pig was kind of lost and we had to wait for him to arrive before we are able to go up to Fiona's parents place. Thankfully we didn't need to wait for long.

This is the cuplrit.



The church wedding was held at Grace Methodist Church and it turned out quite well. I love the acapella group, Equivox from NUS. It was most beautiful when they sang 'How Great Is Our God'. Too bad i couldn't record it coz. was standing next to her and infront of all the guests at that moment. Only managed to record this while the couple signed their marriage certificate.



Dinner was excellent .. and so was the view. Managed to get a glimpse of NDP preview from OCBC centre where we were. Caught up with Gladys, a uni-friend (and the one and only person that i know at the dinner). Her kid, 17 months old Timothy is soooo cute.

Ah Liang's Wedding

Jeremiah 31:3 "I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving kindness".

耶 利 米 书 31:3 "我 以 永 远 的 爱 爱 你 ， 因 此 我 以 慈 爱 吸 引 你 "







Yesterday was my cousin Patrick aka Ah Liang's wedding. Like some of my family members say, it's family gathering again. Nothing unusual as we meet very often. It was a chinese church wedding held at Ang Mo Kio Methodist Church where my cousin & cousin-in-law, Huishan worships.

Both are serving in choir and Pastor Fong shared to us how they got together. Pastor shared that in the earlier days, both huishan and Ah liang would often meet at the coffeeshop near the church for kopi. But on many occassions, my cousin had to rush through his 'kopi session' as he need to leave early for choir practices. Thus, he always doesn''t have sufficient time to get to know her better.

So when the Pastor knew later that my cousin was interested in huishan, he created opportunities for them to spend more time together by inviting her to join choir. In a way, they could also serve together in ministry as well. Not a problem for Huishan as she is a chinese teacher, she loves to sing and her mandarin is really powerful (chinese choir). And well, like what most would say ... the rest is history.

To come to think of it, i think singing runs in my family. My dad, cousins,cousin-in-law, aunties and grand-auntie are all serving in choir. Some in churches while others in school alumni. My dad and aunties are definedly more 'pro' than me. They have been trained under professional instructors for many years and have performed overseas, Esplanade & Victoria Concert Hall be it in group or solo basis. Candice has also held her own recital and some of her friends from her batch has made it big in Singapore. No kiddin. Me ..... does performing in Singapore Expo counts? Ha ha!

Johnathon, my nephew (cousin's son) ...the mischevious ringbearer looking extremly handsome in his outfit.



The bride & groom with choir singing 2 chinese christian songs for their guests. One unqiue thing is that for P & W, they even had a hokkien christian song. It's actually quite nice. But none of them are actually hokkien. One is teochew and the ither hakka.



And my cousin was really nervous .. very unlike him. He couldn't find his thank u speech. The bride even had to help him search for it infront of everyone. Ha ha!



Family picture ... but this is not the full strength. Some did not attend the solemnisation.



Huishan and her students from ACS. I think her classes must be really fun coz. she's a very jovial person. Her students must have loved her alot.



Church Wedding. Decorations all done by the cousins gang (minus me) who was at choir practice.





David, BJ, Mom & Esther. The world is really small. David & BJ is my mom's bosses. Esther who is my cousin is David & BJ good friend and church mates since young. And David happens to be under my small uncle, ricky's platoon when he is called to go back for reservist.



Lynn & Me



Tea Ceremony in church after the reception. Well, we are all surprised that grandma came well-prepared. Besides the angbao, there's jewellery as well. I wonder who brought her to buy.



Posing for the camera before second march-in.



Family picture ... but will wait for the one which Darren took. That is more complete ... all was present except Raymond & family who's posted to Taiwan, Benjamin who's studying in Australia, Sean and Cindy plus MengXiong side.



Weijun, Lynn & Me. (The 3 Miss Tan).



We also threw a surprise birthday celebration for my auntie after the wedding dinner. Her surprise birthday was organsied by her 3 sons.



My auntie with my 3 cousins.



Anyway, i'm proud of my family and i love each and everyone of them. My greatest wish is that all of them will come to know the Lord someday.

Weddings

Seems that lots of couples are getting married these few weeks. I suppose the dates must have been rather auspicious. Last sat was Galvin & Cecilia's wedding. At the same time, mom & dad also attended a wedding dinner on the same nite.

Today is my cousin Patrick's wedding. I was also invited to attend a friend's wedding but had to turn it down. And next month is Fiona's wedding.

Talking about weddings, lots of friends have been asking me to be a wedding planner as a profession since i'm handed and helped out in countless weddings. Hmm ... maybe i should seriously think about it. Ha ha!

Cecilia's Bridal Shower

It was Cecilia's Bridal Shower on friday and we celebrated it @ The Central. We had great fun and enjoyed ourselves. First stop ... nice dinner at Waraku Japanese Restaurant. It was easy to decide to go with jap. food since our bride-to-be is a big fan of japanese cuisine.







Next stop ... Paisley & Cream, a really nice & cosy cafe at the ground floor for desserts. The cafe has a very romantic, pursuit of dreams, stardust melodies kind of concept. What i love is the Audrey Hupburn pictures that were hanging on the wall. So classy but yet so vintage.







Bridal Shower is one of those parties that are fun, but yet practical. Also a nice occassion for close friends like us to spend some time with her before the big day. And not forgetting those sound advice from friends that are married. We asked her some questions which i am sure Gal will love to hear what Cecilia has to say. So here's for u my friend.

Q1) When was the first time he said Ï Love U"?

Q2) What is the most romantic/unforgettable thing he's done during your courtship?



Since it's her nite and the party is all aboout her, there's presents from some of us to pamper her. There's the pretty victorian bridal jewellery stand from Lynette, Cheryl Q and me, bird-nest from Lisan and an additional gift, a book from Alvin & Cheryl.



And a cute hair-band for the lovely bride-to-be. Cecilia must have loved it so much coz. she walked around clarke quay with it and all the way home. It'll be a great momento for her.





After desserts, we walked to the bridge to meet up with the guys who were having a stag nite at Brewekz for Gal.



The nite doesn''t end here. The guys had saboed the groom-to-be earlier and i heard that they had great fun. Refer to Jeff's blog for details. And now, here's what Galvin needs to do.

1) Approach ten groups of strangers and tell them that he is getting married. That's easy rite?





2) We just need to verify some answers with Gal from the Q & A session which we had with Cecilia earlier. That's to see how detailed they know eachother.



3) He had to propose to Cecilia in front of all of us. The original proposal was 'private'. Now he had to do it publicly.



Hope these will be a memorable time for both Galvin & Cecilia. Anyway, i think all of us had a fun time.





To Cecilia, my dear sheep, friend and beautiful bride-to-be,

A wedding shower marks a very special time in the lives of those in love. It's enjoying happy moments with friends and family, sharing the anticipation of a beautiful future, celebrating love. Cecilia and Gal, your shower is a special chance to tell you what a great couple you are, and to wish you both a lifetime of love. And here's wishing you
a wedding filled with romance,a marriage filled with love,and a lifetime filled with happiness.

Congratulations and Best Wishes Always!

Pictures With The Bride

date

Sat, 7 April 2007

venue

Grand Copthorne Hotel

event

Max & Jessie's Wedding

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ShArOn was nice enough to email the pictures taken during JeSsIe'S wedding to us real quick. Here are the pix!






We love the "China - Shanghainese - nostaglic" look of Jess. It suits her so perfectly.

Very different look from the usual brides.

Fond memories ...... we will always remember the day when the whole class skipped the afternoon lessons and was caught by teacher. Jess and another class-mate ran out of the school, dashed across the road but fell. In the end, her skirt was torn.





JeSs remembered AlViN's birthday and threw him a surprise .... a birthday cake for him. How thoughful of her. Here's Alvin and his younger son, Eaton.

Some of the gals were trying to confuse EaToN. That one candle means one year old. And this means that Daddy is just one year old.

And here's a Happy Family shot ..... AlViN, ShU-hUi & EaToN. Alvin's the proud father of 3. Two boys and one gal. Mommy was surprise that Eaton knows how to do a "VICTORY'' sign. Oh ... it was actually daddy who was holding his hand. But this picture looks good. Too bad Nigel and the sister is not around.

MaB & EvE

Alas ... my dear friend mabel is not complaining of migrane tonite. For the last few wedding dinners which we attended together, she is always having headache. Pure coincidence or is she simply 'allergic' to weddings.

Who can guess that ShArOn is 5 months pregnant in this picture rite?

And here's for memory. Pictures with our pregnant friend ... the first in the group.




Showing off her "tummy".