Sunday, November 30, 2008
Photos from Simon's wedding
Yeah I know they’re a week late, but I was really really busy and stressed out at work the whole week…plus I didn’t have internet access in my current client’s meeting room….
Alright, more about that in another post… don’t want to mix the happy stuff with the stressed out stuff …. Hee hee..
The wedding banquet was held at Marina Mandarin Hotel, Vanda Ballroom.
Earlier this year (sometime in April) I co-organised a financial services related breakfast seminar at this same ballroom. At that time, I thought the ballroom was quite small…. Probably sufficient to hold a seminar, but probably not to hold a wedding banquet.
And it wasn’t just about the size…. It just didn’t seem elegant, fanciful, romantic, glam, etc. etc. enough…
Ok ok, don’t judge me…. Yeah, so I’m being a little materialistic and show-offish here. But hey, I only get to hold one wedding banquet in my entire life….don’t I deserve to make it a bang?
Well anyway, I think Simon and Daphne’s wedding totally proved me wrong…. Yes, I admit, I was wrong!!! Even tho some parts of the wedding seem a little cliché, but put together, everything was so sweet…so romantic…..
In fact, I was so touched that when the bride and groom made their entrance, I actually teared.
Yup, that’s how a wedding should be like…… having your closed friends and family coming together and celebrating ….
Yup, it doesn’t have to at the most fanciful ballroom to touch your heart…
Z was part of the “brother gang”. So he had to wake up super super early in the morning….. then got tekan at the bride’s place….
His biggest sacrifice? Having to drink a cup of chilli sauce mixed with tabasco sauce …eeeyyeewwwww….. even a chilli-lover like him couldn’t take it….. hahaha….poor guy.
Hmm…. Wonder who will be part of our “brothers” and “sisters” gang during our wedding??
Hee hee hee…..
The photos displayed at the entrance of the ballroom....displayed in a really simple frame...nothing very fanciful....even the easel used to prop it up was very simple.... but the photos were really beautiful.... very well taken... somehow didn't come appear to me as those "cliche" wedding photos..
Simon talking to the hotel events managers on last minute arrangements ... he looks pretty stressed .... hee hee... but it's great to see a guy taking his own wedding so seriously...
we arrived at the hotel super early, at around 5pm.... we knew the dinner wouldn't be starting till 7+....hey, we're not kiasu ok.... z had "brother duties" to fulfil, so we had to be at the hotel earlier. Anyway, I was really hungry, so z brought me to Macs @ Marina Sq, where we had medium fries and an iced milo.... z refused to eat his fries with chilli, due to his already huge consumption of chilli earlier in the day.... hee heee.... poor guy.....
Oh, we found a "secret door" leading from the hotel straight into the heart of Marina Sq shopping mall....ok, I call it "secret" cos I never knew about it before.....and it is pretty obscure.
The cute flower-candle arrangement on the small tables outside the ballroom. I know, under camera lighting, they don't seem anything special....but trust me, under the hotel's lighting, it looks perrrrrfect.....and really romantic. ok ok, so I'm a sucker for such things...haha.
The peanuts that were served to guests before the doors to the ballroom were officially opened.... I had quite a number of those, cos was quite hungry..... and my "cherry-sprite mix" drink in the background.... yummy!
I had to sit at the table by myself when the ballroom doors were opened.... cos z had his "brother duties" to fulfill. hee hee.... the cute little bear is now hanging from my cellphone.... it's a reminder of to me of z...... cos his chinese surname literally means "bear"...hee hee...
The bride and groom entering the ballroom..... swept in with a rush of bubbles and flower petals.. aawwww.... how magical...
sorry, I can't show their faces, cos I dunno if they're ok with their photos up on someone else's blog =)
The gifts from the banquet..... z forgot to bring the girl-bear back =(
Us! I love this picture alot !!!
z and Tres (who introduces himself as "z's friend from the past") hee hee...
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