A pinhole of my life.: Chia Liang's Wedding 19th Jan 2013

How's your 2013 so far?
:D
I hope it's great for ya!

Attended my poly classmate's wedding yesterday at Grand Copthrone Waterfront Hotel, the exquisite place of accommodation near Zouk!

Chia Liang, 2nd good friend to get married.

It was pouring since the night before and due to the rain, we were stuck in a terrible traffic jam for nearly 45 minutes and in the midst of it I regretted taking a cab. We could have reached earlier if we were to go by the cheaper mode of transport and I wouldn't have to suffer car sickness. The fare totalled to $16 when my house is not that far from the hotel. Aiyah! Nonetheless, I was thankful that the cab wove through the heavy traffic so that we could get there in time.

Kind of annoyed by the jam as the wedding was about to start (I don't want to miss any part of it) and we had to rush into the ballroom.

It was an exasperating moment for me when a lady who went into the elevator before us shut it right in front of us! I practically exclaimed out loud to Simba, "Why do such people exist in this world?!!" Think the bellboy heard my annoyance and went to press the lift button to get us into the lift asap. Lol.

Finally reached the reception and saw the groom smiling widely at us, followed by 2 of his best men Daniel and Jason who grumbled about me being so late. My anger ceased almost instantly as soon as I saw those familiar faces. While Jason opened the door for us and led us to our table, Simba whispered to me, "Hey, your mood really changes fast." LOL. Maybe he was doing the shaking head thing in his mind and murmuring to himself, "女人啊女人."

Enough complaints from me. Here are the photos I took for the wedding:

The door gift. :)

The newly weds made their entrance not long after I took my seat.
I was pretty exhilarated that our table was situated near the aisle and thus my camera was not interfered by anyone's head! Managed to get a clear shot of the couple making their way in.

Chia Liang's wife, Audrey, chose a gown with corset details at its back, adding a tad of sexiness to the romantic touch.
Endless confetti were thrown at her gown lol.

The early birds. Jason is on his semester break and here in Singapore until mid Feb. We all miss that Jeff Wang Jian Fu lookalike so much lol.
Spot the 2 glasses of red wine? I got the waitress to pour us some as soon as we got there. Lol. The eat-and-drink-everything-worth-of-my-angbao is never once off my mind.

The boyfriend is here to include me into the picture!
Joanne, me, Daniel's wife Jasmine, Daniel, Song Hua and Jason.
I'm sure by now you must have known some of them from some entries of mine since 9 years ago. Look at us the bunch of optimistic and cheery friends still looking young even after 9 years!

Our first dish, the appetizer was served soon after. A meatball was on Jasmine's dish when this picture was taken. I wanted to snap a picture as soon as the waitress placed this on our table but Jasmine was asking me some questions, so I didn't have the time to stop Daniel from taking the food and putting it on Jasmine's plate. Oh well, how can I stop someone from being nice to his spouse?

The prawns were chewy and sweet but were soon covered by the scary taste of baby octopus (I don't eat baby octopus but was tricked by Simba to try some) and I had to gulp down the red wine to dilute the overwhelming smell.

Our Wei Jian was paired with Audrey's friend to be the Emcee of the day. Wei Jian used to be our class monitor (long time never hear this word right!), camp head coordinator, and an active Engineering Sports Club main community member, and now a Dolphin Trainer at Sentosa. With such fantastic history of always engaging others and blabbering his way to the top, who can resist not asking him to be the Emcee for their wedding?

He was even thinking of being his own Emcee for his wedding and would be the busiest groom of all-time history!

Look at Audrey knowing that I am taking pictures in her direction. Lol.

Roast duck, one of my favourites in the wedding course meal.

The guys were betting their lives, no I mean a washing machine, on who would be next to get married after Wei Jian. Daniel pointed me out while Sam chose Ting. Daniel, being fearful of losing his bet and is terribly in need of a washing machine, said he would go an extra mile in helping Simba with his proposal. Lol.

Spring Roll with Pumpkin Sauce.

Then long-term best friends of the couple surprised them by giving a speech to bless them. Cool and touching.
The pretty girl's speech was funny. When Audrey first told her she had a boyfriend, she asked, "Oh what's he like?" And Audrey's reply was, "He is mature, serious, stern, bushy eyebrows..." The bushy eyebrows made us laugh.
And Chia Liang's best friend blessed them with lots of kind words and one love quote, and ended his speech with "You both have shown that first love can last..."
Awww.. They are both each other's first love and they decided to start living their lives together when Chia Liang was 17. It's been 9 years!

Wei Jian was standing behind these friends all the while and told us that although they appeared calm and spoke fluently, their legs shook violently! Lol.

While listening to their friends' speech, Audrey told Chia Liang to smile at the photographer. I think she is one who would always be there for the camera.
She changed into her evening gown which was flattering so I think she must have done quite abit of gown fitting to find something that looked like it was specially made for her! The guys were saying that she chose red to match her Chinese name, Hong Hong. Lol.

Listening attentively to their friends' blessings. As much as I wanted to stand right in front of the stage and get a clear and good picture of them, I resisted the urge mainly because I was quite shy. But having included their relatives beaming at them makes a delightful picturesque, don't they?

Champagne cork popping time!
I didn't realise that one of the roses from the decoration was in the way until I browsed through the pictures afterwards. Lol photography fail.
Laughter filled the room when the champagne cork was still in Chia Liang's hands after the popping sound was heard lol. I was even preparing to dodge the cork if it came my way but it turned out that no one is getting hurt after all.
Poor Chia Liang didn't know how to react and what to do with the cork!

Samuel caught my attention by obstructing my view and made the people on the stage his background.

Emcees cheering everyone on to prolong their "Yummmmmm Seng!"

The couple giving thanks to families and friends. The groom spoke with abit of stammering (understandable under such circumstance) and the bride waited patiently by his side.
The bride spoke with a wide smile spread across her face but choked up in tears when she was giving thanks to her parents. Friends and families applauded to give her encouragement in carrying on with her speech. Okay, I teared up abit when she teared lol but wiped them away as soon as they fell from my eyes so that friends at my table wouldn't discover.

Wei Jian got them to kiss under the arch of mistletoe. Let's take the floral decoration at the arch as a mistletoe alright?

The guys prepared a generous amount of wine to welcome the groom to our table. :D

Audrey wanted to leave her husband in lurch initially but was called back by us. :D
Chia Liang and his helpless look.

His best men were really supportive and helped him with some.

But Jason and Daniel didn't help. Lol.

Half of the time our table was missing 3 persons as these guys were either doing their duty as best men or hosting the event. I was feeling the brotherhood. Lol. Daniel, Jason and Wei Jian were such a sport and helped heighten up the atmosphere. Love them! The gate crashing must be a really fun one!

Wei Jian was sitting at the edge of his chair at our table since he had to get ready to go up on stage anytime he was signaled.

That was Sam playing with my camera. Every picture taken was blur as he accidentally switched the focus to manual.
Poor waitress got her picture taken and made fun of by Sam! He hor always make fun of pretty girls.